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Many Chinese and East Asian films are very successful due to their fantastic creativity and innovation. Here are a selection that deserve your attention. This article was also featured in Chinatown - The Magazine. Rawle Austin presents... House of Flying Daggers
Using tactics such as infiltrating government departments to ambushing soldiers sent to seek and destroy them, they are a highly secretive and elusive organization. We enter this backdrop by meeting two high-ranking police officers that are charged with finding the leader of this group so as to crush their rebellion. Acting on a tip off that a former leader’s blind daughter is working undercover at a ‘gentleman’s club’ frequented by government officials. A plan is formulated by two police captains to befriend her and thus get access to the rebel headquarters.
Fresh from directing ‘Hero’, another blockbuster, Zhang has put together a great love story, peppered with stunning action and laced with tragedy. Zhang Yimou studied cinematography at the prestigious Beijing Film Academy and is a leading member of China’s Fifth Generation Film-makers. He has directed over 12 films since his first feature, ‘Red Sorghum’, in 1987. Director's quote "House of Flying Daggers tells of a passionate, emotional journey, in which three people suffer for love - it tears them apart, yet they are willing to sacrifice everything for it."
Similarly, his colleague, Captain Leo (played by Andy Lau Tak Wah) added a certain gravitas to the whole piece. Of course I can’t write a review and not rave about Zhang Ziyi who is just gold in this film. For those of you not familiar with my writing Zhang Ziyi is, in my opinion, the best new actress to come out of China in a long, long time. Watching this film has only strengthened this view. Starring as the blind Mei, Zhang Ziyi gracefully and delicately conveys the subtleties of her sight impairment to great effect.
House of Flying Daggers has enough twists and turns to rival the Badaling Great Wall of China and is highly entertaining. The soundtrack is rather good too with two songs in particular, both haunting melodies, that will stay in your head for a long while to come. Get your hands on it’s forthcoming 2nd of May 2005 DVD release and prepare to be astounded! See more about this film here. Running time: 119 mins, Certificate 15
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