Lust, Caution: The Story, the Screenplay, and the Making of the Film
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001NJUOUS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 282 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Yee, a powerful political figure who works for the Japanese occupational government. Now a major motion picture from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain): an intensely passionate story of love and espionage, set in Shanghai during World War II.In the midst of the Japanese occupation of China and Hong Kong, two lives become intertwined: Wong Chia Chi, a young student active in the resistance, and Mr. Written in lush, lavish prose, and with the tension of a poli
Story will stay with you long after you close the book Armchair Interviews (Afterword by film director Ang Lee and essay by James Shamus. Translated with a Foreword by Julia Lovell)Anchor Books has printed Eileen Chang's short story, Lust Caution, just as it is about to be released as a major motion picture. Talking place in Japanese-occupied Shanghai of the 1940s, this storyline is equal parts spy-thriller and love affair. Chang's vivid descriptions of decadent Shanghai are candy for the imagination, and yet it's the heart and mind of heroine Chia Chih that hold the imagination captive. Chia Chih's story is told in only fifty pages, and yet I think one could spend a lifetime trying to. "Don't Buy the Digital Edition" according to jtyae. Many typos, wrong editing and formating.. Lovely and lacking? A Customer This book is incredibly short. You can't cover much in less than seventy pages.I felt ripped off. It felt like we were simply given an epilogue, two chapters as a beginning (this book has no chapters, by the way), and cut off abruptly. At the best, it could pass as a short story.They say that translating from foreign languages tends to lose its original meaning more often than not. I'm afraid the old phrase is true once more. If this is really what Eileen Chang wrote to become a masterpiece, I don't enjoy it very much.This is pretty much the only case I can think of in which the movie was way better than the boo
She moved to America in 1955, where she continued to write. . Eileen Chang (1920-1995) was born in Shanghai. She died in Los Angeles in 1995. She studied literature in Hong Kong but returned to Shanghai in 1941 during the Japanese occupation, where she published two works, Romances (1944
Her stories could hardly be more eloquent.” —New York Review of BooksFrom the Trade Paperback edition.. Chang’s world is a stark and mysterious place where people strive to find their way in love but often fail under the pressures of family, tradition, and reputation.” —The New Yorker“Chang has strong and sensuous power of description. “A dazzling and distinctive fiction writer.” —New York Times Book Review “Chang’s sensual writing has elements of both China and the U