mark chan's music was fantastic. the movie, needless to say, was not for nothing a classic, and ruan lingyu is of course unbelievable, but the music was what made it so stirring an experience. i cried, and cindy cried, and afterwards we said that the music did it. even when the first bars were played my immediate thought was - i have to go out and buy the soundtrack the very moment the show ends - except of course i couldn't, since there wasn't one. you forget - that the movie is a silent one - the music was so much a part of it. i may go back tomorrow to see it again. much more to say, but not tonight. tonight i shall just gasp, close my eyes and marvel.