opera on the grandest scale...

as a long time fan of zhang yimou's movies (whether spectacle or intimate) i've been drooling over the trailer for his latest epic curse of the golden flower for a while. so when the dvd arrived not an evening more was wasted, and...




...boyohboyohboy was i knocked out! an awesome combo of bollywood colour, italian opera, chinese martial dance, spectacle and greek myth. slow and soapy but sooo unbelievably, exquisitely, sumptuously glorious. man, what a great two hours. the image from my projector has never looked so good.

loovly loovly loovly! viddy well little brother, viddy well...

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