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Theatrical Release Date:
09/28/2007
DVD Release Date:
02/19/2008
Run Time:
158min.
Starring:
Director(s):
Distributor(s):
Focus Features
MPAA Rating:
NC-17 for some explicit sexuality.
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Romance,War
Plot: Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee adapts this Eileen Chang story set in World War II-era Shanghai that details the political intrigue surrounding a powerful political figure named Mr. Yee (Tony Leung) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Read More
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Although the sex is vivid and difficult to accept on the screen, especially in our culture, it plays an extremely important part in understanding how the brain interprets feelings and how the resultin... g action chosen depends on the interpretation. It tells us how feelings, rather than rational, can determine choices one makes, and if not skillful, can lead to disasterous consequences. Lust, Caution is an Ang Lee masterpiece, and masterful is the acting of both leads, who, along with Lee are deserving of Academy Award nominations, if not the Oscars themselves. Full Review
"Eileen Chang, the author of "Lust, Caution" has been considered to be Nobel Laureate material. WHEN Ang meets Eileen, esthetically and philosophically, how are they compatible or not? Esthetically, E... ileen wrote with splendor, sensation, femininity. Philosophically, she subtly and thoroughly ridiculed patriotism and romance. She wrote deeply NIHILISTICALLY. Under her x-rays, ALL HUMANS CAN BE EVIL and big devils eat small devils. Her famous quote: "Life is a splendid gown, fully occupied with fleas". The splendid gown of patriotism and romance is fully occupied with fleas of narcissism, vanity, stupidity, cruelty, absurdity. Psychologically, she could be a victim of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. As a teenager, she once quarreled against her stepmother. Her father beat and locked her up and left her fatally ill and neglected. He was the descendant of top officers in Chin dynasty which had been overthrown. ANG'S style has been gentlemanly. He criticized but also was compassionate about all. He is about Yin and Yang: For Ang, ALL DEVILS CAN BE HUMANE; he is MULTI-VALUED. In drama, The West treats homosexuality with severity of Christianity, or makes it into low comedies. Ang's Brokeback Mountain put it in a broad humanitarian domain, which liberated and savored tenderly. ANG BOTH CRITICIZES AND ADVOCATES (COMFORTS) (Like 'Hidden tiger, crouching dragon' on martial art traditions). Dualism is a hallmark of his work. HE SPEAKS CHINESE IN ENGLISH, and vice versa. HE PUTS HIS OWN WORDS IN OTHERS' MOUTH. Chinese men from Taiwan of his generation are late boomers sexually. HOW will Ang put his words into Eileen's mouth? Eileen turned all values around. How would Ang turn her around? We are waiting to watch "Lust, Caution". mostfortune@charter.net Full Review
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