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Farewell My Concubine : One's Most Intimate Friend

Yuan (Ge You) gifts Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) Zhang's old sword as a symbol of the relationship he wants to form with Dieyi. Later, Dieyi gives the sword to Xialou (Zhang Fengyi).

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camera leading, close-up, crescendo, dolly out, eyeline match, following shot, foreshadow, historical mise-en-scene, insert, long shot, makeup, match on action, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, over the shoulder shot, reaction shot, shot/reverse shot, symbolism, two-shot

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"One's Most Intimate Friend" in Farewell My Concubine. Directed by Chen Kaige, Beijing Film Studio, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=4326

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