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"Lust, Caution" (Ang Lee's Next Film)

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Kd5000:
An audio interview with Ang Lee in today's New York Times about "Lust, Caution."  I'm glad the film is getting so much publicity.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/09/27/movies/20070928_ANGLEE_FEATURE.html?8dpc#

Lynne:
There is a small to medium chance that some of us may try to see this in NYC this weekend:

3:55 Sunday at Lincoln Plaza

 :D :D :D :D

Front-Ranger:
In this weekend's Wall Street Journal, Ang Lee mentions his favourite dark romances, a thinly veiled promo for his fim that debuted two days ago. They include Laura, Double Indemnity, Chinatown, and The Big Sleep.

Reviews of Lust, Caution (w/o spoilers) wanted!

MaineWriter:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 30, 2007, 11:08:58 am ---In this weekend's Wall Street Journal, Ang Lee mentions his favourite dark romances, a thinly veiled promo for his fim that debuted two days ago. They include Laura, Double Indemnity, Chinatown, and The Big Sleep.

Reviews of Lust, Caution (w/o spoilers) wanted!


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Meryl posted one over on the "Resurrecting the Movies" thread. She saw it this weekend with a few other Brokies.

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Lynne:
I have some pics to post too, but that'll take me awhile to download, etc..  Mostly I want to say that I thought this was a great film, unmistakably our Ang Lee, beautifully crafted.  And at least one shot screamed 'Rodrigo' to me.

I don't want to post any spoilers or start much in the way of discussion until more people get a chance to see it - I now see that it will be in SF starting 10/12, so it won't be much longer before it gets wider distribution.  I will say that I found the sexual violence absolutely shocking but it makes complete sense in context.

I think I would have had a deeper understanding of the film if I were more knowledgeable about the history of the period.  I recommend a review of WWII in the Pacific - specifically Japan's occupation of China and what was going on in Hong Kong and Shanghai from say 1939-1944.

So - here is a short but incomplete list of things to keep an eye out for so we can talk about it in another month or so.  :D

-The use of food or the lack of food
-The use of colors - navy, deep blues, pale lavender, grays
-The significance of mah-jong games

I have another list of spoiler-type stuff to talk about that I'm holding in reserve for now.

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