Ang Lee: Lust, Caution / 李安：色，戒
The “Lust, Caution” trailer is out: Apple or Youtube… for those who are not only interested in luxury stuff ;)
“Lust, Caution / 色，戒” is the latest from Ang Lee 李安, the Chinese director best known for turning cowboys gay (Brokeback Mountain) and Ziyi Zhang 章子怡 (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Geisha) into an international superstar. Based on a novella of the same name by grand dame of Shanghai fiction, Eileen Chang 张爱玲, “Lust, Caution” depicts love and betrayal in Japan-occupied and espionage-riddled 1940′s Shanghai. Lee’s crew filmed on location in the Nanhui District, eventually building an 800-meter replica of 40′s-era Nanjing Rd inside Shanghai Film Studio’s lot.
Tony Leung 梁朝伟 (Infernal affairs, In the Mood for Love, 2046) will take the lead as Mr. Yee, a powerful turncoat working for the Japanese, who finds himself increasingly entangled with a young student activist played by Beijing newcomer Tang Wei 汤唯. Twin Peaks star Joan Chen 陈冲(claim to fame: was “discovered” by Chairman Mao’s wife at a riflery club in Beijing, which just might be the most surreal career-launch ever) and A.B.C. singer/songwriter AlexanderLee-Hom Wong 王力宏 also star. Add an original score byAlexandre Desplat (The Queen, The Painted Veil).
“Lust, Caution” will screen at the Venice Film Festival at the end of August, followed by a September 28 American release.
Related links
YouTube: Press Conference for Lust, Caution (Chinese only)
Jakob Montrasio: Old Shanghai in Ang Lee’s New Movie
Monkey Peaches: Lust, Caution (for those ‘lusting’ for pictures and behind-the-scenes details)
Sina:《色，戒》
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