possibly best movie ever
this film is quite possibly the best film ever made in my opinion, and for those of you who are fans, do your best to see the true widescreen 35mm print of this, as the colors are unbelievable.
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Yes, I agree, this is Zhang at his best, no CGI, no silly plots, raw animal love between man and woman which is 3/4 of the film before the tragic end to the family story. The lyrical, poetic beauty isn't used to enthrall audiences like his other movies but to heighten the narrative. Yes, the best film ever made. It's a pity where he's headed after this, with money and Hollywood recognition. I love this film to death and I wept shamelessly through it.
shareI didn't hate it, but I wouldn't say it's Zhang's best. I prefer Raise the Red Lantern. Hero was fun to watch, but it seems to act only as an answer to Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. House of Flying Daggers... well, that was made cause Hero made money. Oh you fifth Generation filmmakers.... selling out...
shareI thought Hero was made as a test, before Zhang went onto make House of Flying daggers.
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve it by not dying"
They are nothing compared to COTGF
They are nothing compared to COTGFshare
COTGF = Curse Of The Golden Flower = Junk Film
shareCOTGF = Curse Of The Golden Flower = Junk FilmActually my puzlement was with "They are nothing . . ." but I have since worked out what the poster meant.
As to COTGF, whilst IMHO not a junk film, it's nothing to get worked up about. A bit like a dress rehearsal for the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony share
ANYTHING with Gong Li in it is worth watching.
Humankind cannot bear very much reality. ~T.S. Eliot
I prefer Raise the Red Lantern.I too would rank RTRL above RS. 10/10 as opposed to 8/10 for what it's worth. share
It's a good movie but not Zhang's BEST. Raise the Red Lantern, IMO, is his best...and possibly the best movie ever.
shareaqua,
Hong gao laing - Red Soghum Wine is ranked overall as fourth in my all time best films to date.
Interesting that other people chose his more westernized works as their favourites.
His first was his best; obviously a tribute to his homeland and perhaps to something else as well as being antiwar.
It's been a long time, so I am not really sure, but I wonder if I didn't prefer Ju Dou... Anybody here saw "Yellow earth", Chen Kaige's first film, where Zhang Yimou was holding the camera? VERY low budget but incredibly touching.
shareI completely agree, the ending scene where the narrator says, "after that my father only saw red." What a powerful film about the rawness of the human experience, raw animal love can become raw animal vengeance.
And the colors were just incredible.
I have never read the book and I'm sure it's well written, but as a piece of cinema this is the most incredible film to come out of the 80s.
The only film I've ever seen from this director is To Live which I thought was a marvelous example of humor and tragedy, not nearly as striking when it came to color and cinematography as Red Sourgum though. This film breaths, it comes alive.