I saw this movie today and it is *great*. I highly recommend it to everyone.
I saw the subtitled version that runs 119 minutes 59 seconds. There is a
dubbed version at 120 minutes 9 seconds, but since there is relatively
little and straightforward dialogue it is probably (IMHO) better to hear the
actors speak. (Especially since the screenplay was originally written in
'international subtitle' English by James Schamus, then translated into
Chinese...)
Watching this movie reminded me how pitifully unimaginative genre Hollywood
movies have become... It is a lot like some _Weird Tales_ story from the
1930's like R E Howard or Clark Ashton Smith, or C L Moore's _Jirel of
Joiry_ from a later period. And instead of chinoiserie it has China with
deserts, mountains, forests...
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William T Goodall
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http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
