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05/22/2008, 10:25 am
"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, Eileen 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
05/22/2008, 10:25 am
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 resulting 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.
05/22/2008, 10:25 am
WOW. WATCH IT. =D
05/22/2008, 10:25 am
Two 80-something film veterans, called Reel Geezers, give review Ang Lee's Lust, Caution on YouTube. \nIts a fresh, funny and insightful perspective... \ncheck it out at \n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoYavsUp7o
05/22/2008, 10:25 am
Caution! Do not go see this movie for the few extremely edited minutes of Lust! The pace is generally too slow for the dramatic effect intended. A waste of the amazing directors talent. Slow, long, drawn out and boring. Some of the sex keeps you awake (maybe). Hey, maybe the unedited version will be released on DVD and then we can really enjoy the film this should have been.
05/22/2008, 10:25 am
The acting is superb, the production values are high but this is truly a movie for all those who root for Attila the Hun and all the other villians of history. Old Wo uses people for his political ends and gets off scott free, the collaborationist lets the person who saved his life go to her death, the idealistic students end up with bullets in the head and the one person in this tradegy who allowed her humanity to rule her actions pays for being human with her life. Both this movie and The Black Book are set in WW II and the background is the resistence against tryanny. In both movies the heroines attempt to keep a hold onto what it means to be human and in both they succeed. Both movies reveal how inhuman we all can be. But in The Black Book humanity eventually, after much suffering, wins while in Lust, Caution humanity is the ultimate casuality.vpapabear46@aol.com
05/22/2008, 10:25 am
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