While the mob boss is quite amoral and vicious, at least you didn't find yourself hating him quite as much--especially since he was a smart guy. Shanghai Traid focuses on a man named Tang Shuisheng, who arrives to Shanghai to beginning working for a Triad Boss who is also named Tang. "Call her 'Miss'. Zhang's treatment of the aesthetic, both visual and aural (Ajiao's song makes for a wonderful musical theme), is moving as ever. It's a little slow at times because the story is so simple - yet the slowness and simplicity does allow the messages of the movie to hit home. Fortunately, despite being slow, the film does end very well with some interesting twists--but not quite enough to redeem the film.
But Gong Li's performance is outstanding. Shuisheng, a boy of 14, has come to the city to serve the haughty and beautiful Xiao Jingbao, the nightclub singing moll of Tang, head of the most powerful gang in Shanghai. Some platforms allow you to rent Shanghai Triad for a limited time or purchase the movie and download it to your device. The camera-work is great--with the wonderful use of filters, excellent framing techniques and grand colors.Unfortunately, while the film is very beautiful, the story itself is too often sterile and one of its main characters (played by Gong Li) is just too unlikable--seeming like a complete brat. The main gangster, however, is an interesting guy throughout.I've watched this twice and, frankly, expected more both times. This is a fine movie - wonderfully acted, beautifully shot, quite simple.
Got it?" Red is so prominent once again and for reasons we can only speculate. Description. Gong-Li and film making partner Zhang Yimou have another fine hit; in a series that is beautiful filmmaking as well as one the government would find disapproving of the reality of triads.She plays a "moll" , also a singing star triggering more than an ample reward for the conniving under bosses who would try to topple the boss.Stunningly photographed and acted, maybe near the Hang Zhou coast (or a rare unfilled canal in Shanghai?) Shanghai, China, 1930.
This is the most regretful episode of my life for the film has now been deleted. 31. This is a good film, but I would have liked to see the plot move in a different direction in the second half. "In 1930, Shanghai violence was not the problem. When I first saw Zhang Yimou's wonderful 'Raise the Red Lantern', I missed all but the last 30 minutes. Category. After Shuisheng sees a violent gang fight break out between his boss and their rival, he follows The Boss to a secluded island. What really bothers me though, is that events take place that result in a complete shift in setting half way through the film, and that's always a dangerous move in the cinema. Bad move, uncle is most displeased. As far as the plot about moles and trying to find the traitor in the group, it's old hat.
By now though, I have Lantern in such a high regard that it borders on gaining a. In many ways, Shuisheng is the most inscrutable character in the movie. Follow her wherever she goes, not to far behind, and not to close. That's the rule. Jinbao encounters a poor, single mother named Cuihua, and her daughter, Ajiao. "Shanghai Triad" shows you how mob violence destroys the life of a gangster's moll and endangers her innocent, fresh-from-the-country servant. Tang is then taken into a warehouse where he encounters two gangs that go through a terrible opium deal, that leaves one of the rival members dead.
He's got a real poker face, and you'll probably have a tough time deciding if he's an idiot, or a sharp kid who's observing things closely and learning fast. What a star in Gong Li, and what a director!I don't agree with those who contrast this with American movies - surely we feel the same evil in watching either version of Scarface or The Petrified Forest or The Road to Perdition. The production design, costumes, lighting and camerawork are all quite remarkable - creating stunning images from the opulence of Shanghai's nightclubs and mansions to the simplicity of the rural island where the second half of the film takes place.Unfortunately, the R1 DVD fails to do the film justice. Poor Zhang Yimou, he hardly ever seems to get good representation on DVD.The film is recommended for fans of Zhang Yimou or Gong Li, though without the vibrant cinematography the film wouldn't be ranked as his best by many people.
Hired to be a servant to pampered nightclub singer and mob moll Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li, Ju Dou, Farewell My Concubine), naive teenager Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) is thrust into the glamorous and deadly demimonde of Shanghai’s crime syndicates. It shows that perhaps you can create a better effect with lower production values. Streaming Guide Movies Crime. That's the rule. Over the course of seven days, Shuisheng observes mounting tensions as triad boss Tang begins to suspect traitors amongst his ranks and rivals for Xiao Jinbao’s affections. Runtime: 1m 48s. (Despite the fact that she is just four years younger than my mother) The film may not be seen as very moral but it is clear that it has heart as we feel so bad about the events that end the film.
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