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• Agreed! Bob Casner 14:19:50 9/09/99 (0)
  In Reply to: After this many days of dry spell... finally somethng great... posted by Victor Khomenko on September 07, 1999 at 19:33:24:

  I saw this in a movie theater in West L.A. when it first came to the U.S. Even if it wasn't a great story (which it is), the sheer visual beauty of this film makes it real "eye candy". Those COLORS(!) of the fabrics in the dye mill - I can't help but wonder if I was seeing one of those Chinese production Technicolor (IB) prints I know they're capable of making.
  
  
  

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• Now that's a great film. TAFKA Steve 03:19:19 9/08/99 (2)
  In Reply to: After this many days of dry spell... finally somethng great... posted by Victor Khomenko on September 07, 1999 at 19:33:24:

  "Ju Dou" is my favorite film by director Zhang Yimou ("Raise The Red Lantern", "Red Sorghum", "To Live", "Shanghai Triad"). Those amazing expanses of red linen reminded me of the artist Cristo. And Gong Li is so beautiful. Another Chinese film I'd recommend is "Farewell My Concubine".
  
  
  

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  • Speaking of Chinese movies Victor Khomenko 06:23:16 9/08/99 (1)
    In Reply to: Now that's a great film. posted by TAFKA Steve on September 08, 1999 at 03:19:19:

    How did you like The Killer? I found it to be way too overrated.

    Watching something like the JuDou one can not but help wondering about how different the two cultures are: your typical Western and the Oriental. It is customary to say "minimalist" when describing the latter, but I thnk that is an ovesimplification. For anyone accustomed to Hermitage, Prado and Drezden Gallery, visiting the Tokyo National Museum requires a complete rethinking. I am still unsure as far as to what to make of it. For instance, the Chinese import porcelain rivals the best of Sevre's, but for themselves they kept producing the simplest possible forms. Can one be so good while pretending? On the other hand, the post-WWII Japanese took to collecting the Western art like fish to water. A long-supressed desires? Go figure. Few things ever conform to simple explanations.
    
    

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    • Re: Speaking of Chinese movies TAFKA Steve 14:35:50 9/08/99 (0)
      In Reply to: Speaking of Chinese movies posted by Victor Khomenko on September 08, 1999 at 06:23:16:

      I agree with "The Killer" being overrated. I prefer to take my John Woo straight, no chaser: "Hard Boiled", "A Bullet In The Head" (director's cut only, please), and "Face-Off". Before I make too many generalizations about 1.4 billion people, I shall adhere to the following classifications: Chinese movies (e.g., dir. Zhang Yimou) = People's Republic of China, Taiwanese movies (e.g., dir. Ang Lee) = Nationalist China, and Hong Kong movies (e.g., dirs. John Woo, Wong Kar-Wei, Tsui Hark) = Hong Kong (I know, I know, they belong behind door #1 now).
      
      

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