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Another watchable Zhang Yimou film, but not one of his best. The most interesting part is the architecture of the dyeing house and how it pertains to the story: separating characters from each other, providing hiding places, and playing a key role in murder and attempted murder. The story isn't that compelling and it develops predictably according to a standard melodrama formula. The cinematography appeared to be stunning, but it's hard to say because the DVD looked like ass.

A good love triangle story that falters a bit in the end. The one part that I won't forget is the badass kid, he laid down the law.

Decent theme, but rather basic in its telling. Zhang Yimou's knack for cinematography comes through a few times (even if it gets repetitive on the cloth).

Very sad and wonderfully acted drama/tragedy. Gong Li is gorgeous.

Viewed November 9, 2021. Pulpy material played with strained arthouse seriousness, giving it a draining feeling of miserabilism and a more or less incoherent series of characterizations. By film’s end, everyone involved has been punished for their transgressions but for unclear reasons. Zhang’s luridly colorful images tend to pack a punch, but he arranges the movie’s most dramatic moments with an airless precision that really wears on you.

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Zhang Yimou's best film? Maybe. And a young Gong Li is mesmerizingly beautiful, as always.

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A beautiful film about people making bad decisions all the time. I don't think I understand Chinese culture. Why is it that they inflict pain upon themselves (and then constantly whine about it) instead of just being happy? Hmm.. A seemingly simple but ultimately incomprehensible film. Too incomprehensible for me to really care about it.

Amor e Sedução estreava há 30 anos no Japão. Naqueles idos dos anos 90 Yimou se tornou uma espécie de perito contra a opressão patriarcal pré-revolução cultural chinesa tendo a Gong Li como protagonista, são filmes terríveis do ponto de vista feminino na questão sentir, mas louváveis na denúncia e aqui, utilizando de um Édipo mucho lôco, não é diferente. BlurayRip no MakingOff.

Zhang's second film is another literary drama, this time pure human tragedy, By now I see that Zhang's style, his care for detail, authenticity and visual poetry. He seems to have found a lot of collaborators right from the first film, with whom he continued to work for years. As nice this film looks, I couldn't really get into the story, it felt over the top tragic to me. What's that kid's problem, anyway? Gong Li's boobs are very distracting.

Nice little tragedy.

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Raise the Red Lantern is sufficient Zhang. Even that is almost too much Zhang.