One of the things about the presidency is that you’re always somewhat apart. You spend a lot of time going by too fast in a car someone else is driving, and seeing the people through tinted glass--the parents holding up a child, and the wave you saw too late and couldn’t return....
The film opens with Duan and Cheng, who appear in costume. Cheng is dressed in a pink and white brocade robe with a Ruyi phoenix crown, while Duan is dressed in a black and yellow costume with a crown and a long beard. As an important part of the art of Peking Opera, the costumes ...