Set in the northern province of Shandong during the 1920s and early 30s, a young bride, on her way to a prearranged future with the leprous owner of a wine distillery, avoids rape and then abduction, ...( read more
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Hey! let's all celebrate the 20th anniversary of Gong Li and Zhang Yimou's brilliant double debut Red Sorghum by getting it realeased here on DVD.
Oh, I have no power to achieve that. I can make a list.
Zhang Yimou's first film, as well as Gong Li's first role, and what a fabulous debut for both. The movie starts like Raise the Red Lantern and Ju Dou, but goes in a completely different direction. The cinematography rivals, if not surpasses that of Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lant...( read more)
RED SORGHUM might be the best Chinese film i've ever seen!
Aesthetically, this film beats most of the American films which use CGI or any kind of digital technology to make their films look great. Yimou's use of color, sound and landscapes illustrate the whole atmosphere of the...( read more)
This 90 minute Chinese epic has never been released on DVD, as such I?ve had it on my ?to see? list for a while. Luckily I stumbled across a VHS copy of it at a library recently. Unfortunately, because I no longer have a VCR, I had to watch it at the library on a crappy 12 inch...( read more)
A young woman is married (see: "sold") off to an old leprous owner of a wine destillery in the northern province of Shandong at some point of the 1920s. She arrives but is naturally seduced by someone other than her husband who shortly afterwards dies from his illness and leaves ...( read more)
Excellent Chinese movie starring Gong Li in her first role. The cinematography is amazing with fantastic use of colour. The mood of the film changes from comic to horror while remaining riveting throughout. A must see movie
Chinese with English subtitles (best way to see it) - sad, happy, romantic, funny, time well spent.
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