DVDBeaver:
Farewell My Concubine gets a 1080P transfer to Blu-ray from BFI. It's solidly in dual-layered territory and has a strong bitrate for the almost 3-hour feature (this is the 171-minute director's cut - NOT the, 16-minute shorter, US theatrical). It can tend to look at bit think in the beginning but settles down to a pleasing HD presentation. Colors are tight and there is no noise in the darker sequences. The 1080P supports reasonable contrast and some minor depth in the 1.85:1 frame. It's pristinely clean looking fairly film-like. This Blu-ray is competently transferred.