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Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 10:18 pm
by Joks Trois
^^Yes I know. Only seen Curse though.
Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 10:55 pm
by mesnalty
Seen 6:
1. To Live
2. Ju Dou
3. Raise the Red Lantern
Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 11:08 pm
by nrh
potentially interesting gossip for anyone who missed it
https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/biog ... 201450519/
Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:01 am
by wba
Innteresting indeed! Always thought of Zhang as a "classical" artist who's primarily a "dreamer" interested in making his art and more or less truly living in that world, and trying to express his life and daily realities through it (a bit like Hitchcock et al). Wouldn't have thought him quite so gullible and prone to being exploited, though.
Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 7:01 pm
by oscarwerner
Seen 6. My votes:
1-Red Sorghum (1987),
2-Raise the Red Lantern (1991),
3- Shanghai Triad (1995)
Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 11:17 am
by ororama
1. Red Sorghum
2. The Road Home
3. Raise the Red Lantern
I've seen 6 movies directed by Zhang Yimou, although one was seen under somewhat difficult circumstances, so that I won't be checking it on icheckmovies until I re-watch it (maybe soon).
Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 2:07 pm
by flip
zhang yimou's films from the last fifteen years, if they got votes at all, ended up at the bottom of the list:
results
1. Red Sorghum (1988) -- 28 pts
2. Raise the Red Lantern (1991) -- 25 pts
3. Hero (2002) -- 13 pts
4. House of Flying Daggers (2004) -- 11 pts
5. The Road Home (2000) -- 9 pts
6. Ju Dou (1990) -- 7 pts
6. To Live (1994) -- 7 pts
6. Shanghai Triad (1995) -- 7 pts
6. Not One Less (1999) -- 7 pts
10. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) -- 6 pts
11. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) -- 5 pts
12. Shadow (2018) -- 4 pts
13. Coming Home (2014) -- 3 pts
14. Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010) -- 1 pt
14 .The Flowers of War (2011) -- 1 pt
Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:09 am
by MrCarmady
Just caught up with The Story of Qiu Ju and it should probably have more votes - a delightful time capsule blending comedy and pathos, with a superb ending which questions what justice is and whether it can ever truly exist. Gong Li is great.
Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:48 am
by ...
Just caught up with The Story of Qiu Ju and it should probably have more votes
I did what I could and gave it my top slot since it was getting ignored, but that wasn't enough it appears. Glad you also liked it though.
Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:58 pm
by flip