Source: CCTV.com

01-05-2009 10:11

Chinese director Chen Kaige has made his comeback with Forever Enthralled, the life story of Chinese Peking opera master Mei Lanfang. With the film's box office gradually climbing, Chen has now released a book about the film's making, Mei Fei Se Wu. In the book, Chen records his three-year experience in the shooting of the film. The correlation between film and its fiction is not a new phenomenon. In today's Spotlight, Let's find more examples of the kind.

Chinese director Chen Kaige has made his comeback with Forever  Enthralled, the life story of Chinese Peking opera master Mei  Lanfang. With the film's box office gradually climbing, Chen has now released a book about the film's making, Mei Fei Se Wu.

Forever Enthralled is being well received by critics and fans. There is both praise and controversy for Chen Kaige, who is recovering from the box office flop of The Promise in 2005. Despite a few frowns over the latter part of the film and the correlation of its leading characters, many have acknowledged that the director did his best to bring the famous figure to life.

Forever Enthralled is being well received by critics and fans.

As the film grosses more in the box office, its corresponding book hits the shelves. The book is the second one from Chen Kaige, who wrote his own biography "The Young Kaige" twenty years ago. The current title itself marks Chen's comeback to the publishing circle.