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In the "Inn of the Sixth Happiness" the Ingrid Bergman character remarks that the Chinese "love stories". Well, "Ju Dou", from 1991, is such a story, with enough twists and turns and ironies to keep the viewer fascinated, even if it's a second or third viewing. This is pure melodrama, and its frank sexuality caused the Chinese government to ban it in that country. Almost all the action takes place in a 1920's dye mill in rural China, and the various colored swaths of cloth (eye poppingly fimed in three strip Technocolor) are used to comment on the passions proceding there on a daily basis. This is one I pull out every 3-4 years and I enjoy sharing it with guests.
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All of these Gong Li movies are very good, but the best of he best is "To live" or sometimes titled "Lifetimes"--one of the best movies ever make, IMHO.
Cetaele (aka Bob)
I don't know if I completely agree. After a while she gets repetitious. Certainly our early reactions to her art were stronger, getting more mellow with time and more works. The To Live was a monumental work, while the Ju Dou is more like a chamber one, but between the two for the sheer beauty I would pick the Ju Dou - if I had to have just one.
In essence, I agree with you: Gong Li and the directer (Zhang Yimou) had a good run, but the later movies were not as good.Clearly, Ju Dou is small in scale while To Live is a grand epic. Nothing captures the changes that wrought China for so many decades better than To Live, which is why I prefer it.
All told, there are some classic movies in this "series".
Cetaele (aka Bob)
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