Sunday, February 18, 2007
China and Malaysia
Time is running so fast... Su Wern will leave us on Monday: time for a fare well party! Thanks for malaysian food.
苹果 - Ping Guo - Lost in Beijing
After a long hype in the media about censorship I don't know which version of the movie a watched. I think it was the long version with German subtitles. In the first minutes I felt like in a sex movie. Ping Guo (Fan Bing Bing) was raped by her boss (Tony Leung) of a feet massage salon. Her husband An Kun first dislike it (raped her too) and then he thinks how to make money out of it. Is this, in combination with the high-rise and old buildings in Beijing, the message of the movie? Sex and money? Quote: 'AIDS means you are good in bed.' Ping Guo and An Kun still love each other. After her try to visit a 'doctor' for induced abortion he set a contract with the boss. They will sell the kid (if it is blood type of the boss) for 100.000 and 20.000 compensation for suffering. Well, it turned out it's not but everything can be influenced. So Ping Guo becomes nurse of her own son in the flat of the boss and his wife. This one knows what she wants... sex with An Kun and money! In the end everything will be more confusing and dangerous.
This movie shows the society in China today. The version I watched had a sequence of different daily life styles in Beijing - pur reality. The official version will miss sex, prostitution, gambling and poverty combined with chinese symbols. You will get to know the importance of Benz and the star. Of course there is a girl in dolly style (Wang Mei). If you are interested in China you sould watch it!
苹果 - Ping Guo - Lost in Beijing
After a long hype in the media about censorship I don't know which version of the movie a watched. I think it was the long version with German subtitles. In the first minutes I felt like in a sex movie. Ping Guo (Fan Bing Bing) was raped by her boss (Tony Leung) of a feet massage salon. Her husband An Kun first dislike it (raped her too) and then he thinks how to make money out of it. Is this, in combination with the high-rise and old buildings in Beijing, the message of the movie? Sex and money? Quote: 'AIDS means you are good in bed.' Ping Guo and An Kun still love each other. After her try to visit a 'doctor' for induced abortion he set a contract with the boss. They will sell the kid (if it is blood type of the boss) for 100.000 and 20.000 compensation for suffering. Well, it turned out it's not but everything can be influenced. So Ping Guo becomes nurse of her own son in the flat of the boss and his wife. This one knows what she wants... sex with An Kun and money! In the end everything will be more confusing and dangerous.
This movie shows the society in China today. The version I watched had a sequence of different daily life styles in Beijing - pur reality. The official version will miss sex, prostitution, gambling and poverty combined with chinese symbols. You will get to know the importance of Benz and the star. Of course there is a girl in dolly style (Wang Mei). If you are interested in China you sould watch it!
Labels: Berlinale 2007, Ping Guo, Su Wern
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