We the made our way to the Dendy at Circular Quay where we watched Ang Lee’s new film, Lust Caution. It’s brilliant. We were particularly interested because Susi will be working in Shanghai for large parts of the year ahead. It was also interesting to get some sense of a 20th Century history that was almost entirely unknown to me (the Japanese occupation of mainland China) although I did read John Birmingham’s Fragrant Harbour (about British POW in Hong Kong). The acting was wonderful. Tony Leung was immense. Newcomer Tan Wei was great too but really all the cast were great. It lasted nearly three hours but it didn’t feel like that at all.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Lust Caution
We the made our way to the Dendy at Circular Quay where we watched Ang Lee’s new film, Lust Caution. It’s brilliant. We were particularly interested because Susi will be working in Shanghai for large parts of the year ahead. It was also interesting to get some sense of a 20th Century history that was almost entirely unknown to me (the Japanese occupation of mainland China) although I did read John Birmingham’s Fragrant Harbour (about British POW in Hong Kong). The acting was wonderful. Tony Leung was immense. Newcomer Tan Wei was great too but really all the cast were great. It lasted nearly three hours but it didn’t feel like that at all.
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