The title of the François Lunel film is the Buddhist proverb concluding by: "all is but illusion". His movie draws the Tsai Ming-Liang's face during the shooting of his movie Visage, which itself is also a movie within a movie.
Self / The Star / Salomé
Self / The producer / Queen Herodias
Self / Hsiao Kang - the director / St. John Baptist
Self / Antoine / King Herode
Self as the film director of Visage
Self as the #1 assistant director of Visage
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