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Farewell My Concubine : Struggle Session

Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) prepare to take part in a Struggle Session with other members of the opera troupe. During the session, Xiaolou accuses both Dieyi and Juxian (Gong Li) of past crimes.

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arc shot, camera leading, canted frame, close-up, color, cutaway, dissolve, dolly shot, establishing shot, framing, historical mise-en-scene, long shot, makeup, medium close-up, medium shot, music, diegetic, music, nondiegetic, performance, prop, reaction shot, shallow focus, shot/reverse shot, sound mixing, symbolism, two-shot

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"Struggle Session" in Farewell My Concubine. Directed by Chen Kaige, Beijing Film Studio, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=4330

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