Every love story is the same, as is every whodunit, thriller, or war movie... This is a brilliant love story, and the principal cast has done a nice job.
Better yet is the work behind the camera; 'Hong Kong Cinema' has never shown any fear to go 'beyond' the technical possibilities, and although there seems to be some restrain in regards of camera-movements, lighting & editing, it is still refreshing and exiting. Every one in Hollywood ought to get a training job in Hong Kong !!
There are many things to talk about, but let's pick one: MAGGIE CHEUNG. Everybody worldwide knows her by now, since no one has an excuse for not knowing her after her performance in IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. She is sensational. Truly gifted. And THE Lady MacBeth of this new century ! Why hasn't anybody seen that yet ! She's so glorious, so multi-faceted, so marvelous.
As is the talk in the world of opera: why another Lady MacBeth, Carmen, Tosca, where there are already so many on vinyl or celluloid... Every generation has its right for their own heroes in archetypical roles. Maggie Cheung ought to be our 'own' Lady MacBeth. (And I know just the perfect place to set the Shakespearean play, and who to cast beside her..). Until that moment, relish her performances that do exist. As in this lush romance.
Better yet is the work behind the camera; 'Hong Kong Cinema' has never shown any fear to go 'beyond' the technical possibilities, and although there seems to be some restrain in regards of camera-movements, lighting & editing, it is still refreshing and exiting. Every one in Hollywood ought to get a training job in Hong Kong !!
There are many things to talk about, but let's pick one: MAGGIE CHEUNG. Everybody worldwide knows her by now, since no one has an excuse for not knowing her after her performance in IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. She is sensational. Truly gifted. And THE Lady MacBeth of this new century ! Why hasn't anybody seen that yet ! She's so glorious, so multi-faceted, so marvelous.
As is the talk in the world of opera: why another Lady MacBeth, Carmen, Tosca, where there are already so many on vinyl or celluloid... Every generation has its right for their own heroes in archetypical roles. Maggie Cheung ought to be our 'own' Lady MacBeth. (And I know just the perfect place to set the Shakespearean play, and who to cast beside her..). Until that moment, relish her performances that do exist. As in this lush romance.