A World Without Thieves

Films/DVD Asylum

Movies from comedy to drama to your favorite Hollyweird Star.

This wonderful parable from Xiaogang Feng is about a Bonnie and Clyde couple on a Gone With The Wind ride through a modern China that might have come from Amelie so magical is some of it.
Really.
Early on look for the moment of bidding fairwell to the wolves...
Befriending a simple temple repairer, the couple's lives begin to change as they get on the train that to my mind steps in for the Mississippi steamers of GWTW.
Beautifully and imaginatively shot and set to sweeping orchestral music or choreographed to almost Spanish guitar (especially the fight sequences) or Satie-esque solo piano this will be a treat for everyone who appreciates a different view of the world or who wants to be transported.
And just to carry this through, instead of our usual pictures of western actresses, here are the two female leads...
Rene Liu
and an almost inexplicable photo of Bingbing Li
I know there is a growing audience for Asian cinema even amongst us gaijin and this is another for the lists of everyone of us here.

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Topic - A World Without Thieves - dave c 02:27:58 11/22/06 (0)

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