Lust, Caution
September 12th, 2007
Now that I have your attention, let’s talk cinema.
“Lust, Caution” is the latest from Ang Lee, the Chinese director best known for gay cowboy love in “Brokeback Mountain” and for turning Ziyi Zhang into a mega-star in “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.”
The movie is based on a fictional novel with the same name by Eileen Chang, and it depicts love and betrayal in Japan-occupied and espionage-riddled 1940’s Shanghai (one of the cities we will visit).
The lead character is a man named Mr. Yee, a powerful Chinese traitor working for the Japanese, who finds himself entangled with a young student activist, played by Tang Wei, ordered to assassinate him.
“Lust, Caution” will screen at the Venice Film Festival at the end of August, followed by a September 28 American release. Supposedly it will have an NC-17 rating, which is usually the kiss of death in attracting American movie goers.
I look forward to seeing it. I love, just love, Ang Lee’s work.
Let me know what you think.
Other links related to “Lust, Caution”:
October 5, 2007 Wall Street Journal Film Review
Jakob Montrasio: Old Shanghai in Ang Lee’s New Movie
YouTube: Press Conference for Lust, Caution – for those who understand Mandarin!
2 Comments Add your own
1. Lonnie | September 14th, 2007 at 9:08 am
I first saw a Li An (Ms Yue now insists that I use his Chinese name) movie when I was doing an residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts with the woman who actually did the art work for the painter in wedding banquet….I show it to all of my classes because it was banned in the mainland…
Cannot wait for Zhang Ziyi’s new work, but my students and Ms Yue are non-plussed by her…They have NO idea why Americans think she or Gong Li deserve such a following….
Different Flowers, Different Eyes….:-)
2. Chris Carr | September 14th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Hi Lonnie.
Thanks for the check in.
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