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The Map of Sex and Love More at IMDbPro »Qingse ditu (original title)

8 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
poetic journey, 24 May 2002

Author: bastard-8 (chesbet@yahoo.com) from sydney

I just picked this up from Chinatown today. Well, since i came out, being an asian in a western world, i have an interest in seeing gay Asian movies and collect them as the same time. There seems to be far and few in between or perhaps movies in Australia is not as diverse as life here. The movie started very slow, and i thought in the begining the slow frame actually disinterested me somewhat, but the more i see it the more i like the movie. I guess this movie will not be everybody taste, rightly so i dont think the director has that in his vision. It is a very Asian movie, I mean that in a good way, and very symbolic. The movie feels like a beautiful poem, very poignant full of metaphors about life in general and in particularly gay. Perhaps that is why i like this movie so much because my passion is writing poetry. I love the moving sound-track, giving me inspiration to compose a poem on the spot. i guess the first quarter is kind of lost to me.It was a bit painfully slow (This movie reminded me of "kitchen" another fine Asian movie). It is only started to pick up when the main character's lives were weaved together. i do love the movie on the whole and would recommended this for the intellect.

4 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
About as interesting as some unknown family's photo album, 1 April 2006

Author: Atavisten from Tellus

Without reading anything about it I chanced on this hoping for something erotic. That was far from what actually unveiled. A long haired Chinese is in search for love and makes a biography of his search and what a boring dread it is.

By far this is the worst movie I have seen on a film festival, nothing happens and nothing is interesting in the least bit, some mentions poetic, I see just this boring long haired dude going on about his life and how his search is difficult. It's too personal to be interesting I think.

The only thing that kept me from walking out is that I at that time insisted on sitting every movie to the end.

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Thumbs up to the cameraman ... only., 20 February 2002
Author: ants7 from Hong Kong

A ruthless editor would have done the film far more justice as it was really much longer than was needed to get the story across. Not wanting to give anything away, I have to say that the angle on Nazi gold (this comes up halfway through the film) seems totally out of context to the exploration of a part of the Hong Kong homosexual lifestyle. Although the story tries to put justification to it, I'm really not convinced - but then, maybe I just didn't get it. The acting left a lot to be desired, but they were apparently amateurs and so hence the result. It was particularly embarrassing when Cheri Ho delivered a long monologue that would have been difficult for the most seasoned actor to play. The director was really asking too much from the talent. There were rare clever comical moments that raised some laughter and appreciation from the audience, and I was impressed with what can be achieved using a DV Camera, so my hat off to the cinematographer.

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