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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN. EAN: 0025193330628 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Focus Features Languages: Manufacturer: Focus Features MPN: 62033306 Publisher: Focus Features Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 19, 2008 Studio: Focus Features Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Editorial Review: Product Description: Provocative thrilling and passionate Lust Caution is the daring new film from acclaimed Academy Award®-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon). Set against the backdrop of a transforming countrya young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress she becomes entangled in a dangerous game that will ultimately determine her fate. Erotic breathtaking and suspenseful this award-winning film is being called "exquisitely beautiful" (Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times) and "lushly sensual" (Leah Rozen People).System Requirements:Running Time: 159 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA Rating: NC-17 UPC: 025193330628 Manufacturer No: 62033306 Amazon.com: Lust, Caution, Ang Lee's follow up to Brokeback Mountain, for which he won the Academy Award® for Best Director, continues his exploration of people with a passion for each other trapped in a world where their passion could be life-threatening, but in a very different context this time. Set in China during the Japanese occupation of early World War II, the underlying plot concerns the story of young Wong Chia Chi (Tang Wei), an actress and member of a small group of student resistors planning to infiltrate the home of Mr. Yee (Tony Leung), a high-ranking collaborationist government official, in order to kill him for his role in the torture and executions of Chinese resistance fighters. Chi ingratiates herself with Yee's wife, the sophisticated and cultured Mrs. Yee (Joan Chen) under the guise of being the wife of a wealthy but unseen tycoon. Flashbacks tell the tale of how Chi came to be involved with the resistors: her acting ability is her most valuable asset, and her assignment is to act the role of Mr. Yee's lover, right down to the sex. The story of their love and the painful intimacy it involves for both of them is told through their sexual relationship, which starts out violently, drifts into S&M, and shifts with their feelings, moving from pain and fear to some sort of desperate connection. This is lust with a capital L; the film's sex scenes have become famous for their frankness and acrobatic portrayals (they took 12 days to film), but amazingly enough, it's never prurient. The nature of their sexual relationship, and not the sex itself, is the point. Chi falls in love with the man she's supposed to kill, but there is no stopping the mission and she knows it. The danger of it all collapsing for them both is ever present, and that's the Caution. The cinematography and direction in Lust, Caution is masterful, and every scene is beautiful. The film does drift into a languid pace, and at times one wonders why Lee would feel the need to draw it out at the expense of delaying the crucial climactic scenes. Still, it's a wonderful piece of storytelling that should only help solidify Ang Lee's place in cinematic history as a master of films that express the difficulty of being essentially human in an inhumane world. --Daniel Vancini Stills from Lust, Caution (click for larger image)
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 Rating: - Slow but worth it"Lust, Caution" is a magnificent film by Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition), Sense & Sensibility (Special Edition)). Bearing no resemblance to his previous films in themes used or in its direction, save for the amazing and beautiful scenes, this movie, as others by Lee, does what it intended to do: it explores characters as they are shaped by the idea, by the emotion and by the revolution love entails. Wang Jiazhi is a young student during ... Read More Rating: - A good, but not great film for Ang LeeLust/Caution, a pre-war period piece in Shanghai, focuses on two of the most potent aphrodisiacs: political power and sexual power. There is lust and caution in both, and their interplay is what this film is about. After breaking through to the American public with his excellent film Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee continues to create another full length feature from tightly wound vigtnette. But this film is not quite as brilliant as Brokeback mountain, and while avid film-watchers will enjoy ... Read More Rating:  - Imaginary love storyNot many people will come to understand the depth of this film, unless you're from that era. In my opinion, this was a great contribution from Ang Lee to his generation and his parents' generation. Don't be frustrated if you don't get this beautiful piece. Because this piece is not for everyone. Rating:  - Not what we expected...The trailer to Lust, Caution promises much that is not there when the movie is finally seen. The plot is about the horrors lived during the Japanese occupation of China during the early part of World War II. A group of students attempt to resist and plan against those who collaborated with the Japanese. They want to eliminate Mr. Yee, played by Tony Leung, a high ranking government official that collaborates with the enemy. The movie is beautifully filmed, the actors are gorgeous. The ... Read More Rating: - CinematicAng Lee strikes again - excellent photographic scenes. Intense but brilliant story and a great choice of actors to re-enact the story. Quite exciting and moving. Well worth a watch |
