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• An afternoon at the cinema

  2007-10-15 10:00PM / 標準BLOG / movies / 會員可以看
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  I understand the hype about Lust, Caution.
  
  Went to see it on Sunday at the Landmark at Embarcadero Center. This is a little cinema with only a few screens. The show to which I arrived a few minutes late was nearly sold out - only 15 seats available in the theater of 162. Was forced to sit front and center but wasn't too bad because the screen was smaller and I managed to slouch so as to rest my head on the chair's back.
  
  I didn't know what to expect, besides the explicit sex scenes. I think Tang Wei is a wonderful actress and singer and everyone performed nearly as well. This film was like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain in terms of pacing and restrained emotions where the characters conceal their true emotions for want of propriety, social mores or deception.
  
  The sex scenes were certainly graphic. But even so, they weren't unnecessarily drawn out and it does show the changing dynamics between Mak Tai Tai and Mr. Yee as their relationship progresses. Where he was once domineering and rough (as if to hide his true self), he becomes less so while she becomes more equal and trusted. We see that he later feels comfortable enough with her, to let his guard down, to be able to show his vulnerability.
  
  Mak Tai Tai, on the other hand, is losing herself in her duty to win his trust.
  
  I won't say much about the naked, hairy bodies I saw or mention that someone is dark in places I hadn't imagined.
  
  The film kept my interest most of the time. I believe the only times I became impatient were when my back was aching from slouching in the front row seat.
  
  The bathrooms needed some attention.
  
  The FTG showtimes become available some time today.