Friday, 14 December 2007

Lust, Caution II

色。戒



There's also a gajillion Brokeback Mountain spoofs out there, here's just one:


p.s. Have since seen BLOOD BROTHERS and as much as I love the cast (Daniel Wu, Chen Zhang, Liu Ye, Shu Qi), the original John Woo film is still light years better. This version is aesthetically perfect, but it has lost all of the politics and poignancy that made Bullet in the Head one of THE best all time movies about Vietnam without it being just another stupid war movie. If you haven't seen Woo's film, all the other Vietnam films are just macho fluff. This is kick you in the head (bullet in the head) raw. NOBODY can top Tony Leung's acting, although Jacky Cheung playing wacko is a pretty good second here. And by the by, that scene in Bourne Ultimatum where Jason Bourne has to shoot the guy in the FBI room, way better done in Bullet in the Head guys...

Also of exceptional note is Ning Hao's Crazy Stone (the now already old and much celebrated surprise blockbuster)... sorry trailer is in Chinese only, but it's a jewel heist gone very wrong, which was produced by Andy Lau's most worthy First Cuts production company...

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