This has got to be a perfect amalgation of art & kung fu film. Something pioneered by King Hu in the 60s and 70s but reaching a new pinacle under the masterful hands of Ang Lee.
Truly, I have not seen martial art fight scenes so fluid and so graceful; shot for shot, scene by scene - perfect symmetry & picture composition. Yet infused with a fevered intensity that I actually felt my pulse racing with the very first fight scene as Michelle Yeoh chased the masked intruder across the moonlit roofs of Peking.
The narrative style is another accompishment - from the delivery of a gift, the story expanded into a map of intricate plotlines, complicated characters with hidden agendas and filled with angst against society, traditions and fate. Remarkable.
15 of us saw the show together; at its conclusion, one was weeping, another was speechless, one just kept saying "fantastic" and the rest could not stop discussing character motivation, fight cheoreography and the cinematography.
Don't miss it.
Truly, I have not seen martial art fight scenes so fluid and so graceful; shot for shot, scene by scene - perfect symmetry & picture composition. Yet infused with a fevered intensity that I actually felt my pulse racing with the very first fight scene as Michelle Yeoh chased the masked intruder across the moonlit roofs of Peking.
The narrative style is another accompishment - from the delivery of a gift, the story expanded into a map of intricate plotlines, complicated characters with hidden agendas and filled with angst against society, traditions and fate. Remarkable.
15 of us saw the show together; at its conclusion, one was weeping, another was speechless, one just kept saying "fantastic" and the rest could not stop discussing character motivation, fight cheoreography and the cinematography.
Don't miss it.
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