陈凯歌 / Chen Kaige

陈凯歌 is the director of 《霸王别姬》 in 64.霸王别姬：疯魔与成活. The episode praises the film’s actor direction, especially its child performances, and uses the film to discuss how theatrical training, gendered performance, and historical violence become visible through staging.

The episode also links Chen’s film to a biographical resonance: it mentions his past involvement in criticizing his father and reads 《霸王别姬》 alongside father-son, institutional, and historical-trauma motifs. This is framed as interpretation of the film’s emotional pressure, not as a complete account of the director’s life.

Connections

• 《霸王别姬》 - central directed work in the source.
• 芦苇 - screenwriter figure in the episode’s account.
• Role-Life Collapse and Troupe Discipline As Identity Formation - film-reading concepts tied to performance and actor control.
• Coerced Denunciation - historical-pressure concept connected to public betrayal and criticism scenes.