Qu Ying Movies
Composer Zhao Liming has found himself at a juncture of juxtapositions during China's cultural revolution. Torn between his own dreams and his obligations to society, between the love and friendship he feels for the same girl, and between innovative music and traditional. He is determined, however, to create an opera that preserves the Chinese traditional Dogu song within the context of a Western style opera. At the brink of major changes, Zhao knows that he could lose everything if he fails. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
Utilizing a hand-held camera to create a frantic, off-balance effect that is radically different from the techniques with which he made his films best known to Western audiences Raise the Red Lantern and Ju Dou, Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou has made a fast-paced modern comedy that serves as an allegory for the state of China in the late 1990s. The story's protagonist is Xiao Shuai, a bookseller who falls in love with the seductive, free-spirited An Hong. To learn her address, Xiao follows her, but An spurns his advances. He refuses to give up; eventually she caves in and invites him to her home for some quick love. Unfortunately they start, but are interrupted at a crucial moment. Later Xiao is accosted by the burly henchmen of An's new lover, a sleazy nightclub owner. They are beating him like an old rug when Lao Zhang, an old researcher, intervenes. During the scuffle, his prized laptop computer is smashed and later, he demands that Xiao replace it. But Xiao cares nothing for the destroyed laptop; he only wants revenge upon his attackers. Together he and Lao arrange to meet the villains in their club for a showdown. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jiang Wen, Li Baotian, (more)
- 1993
When a writer and his wife (Feng Gong and (Zhang Lu) move into an established apartment block, they are quickly labelled as "the intellectuals" by the other tenants. Gradually, they get to know their neighbors. One fellow is out to try and get rich quick, and is full of shaky schemes for accomplishing this. Another man lives with his daughter; he is a loyal Party member, and is having a hard time keeping up with social changes in China. Another tenant is a policeman, here shown to be quite a nice fellow. In this slice-of-life comedy/drama, the humor comes from real everyday situations. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Feng Gong, Niu Zhenhua, (more)
