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Ed W:
Last night I was about the call it and hit the bed and thought I'd just surf through the program listing on the tv just to see what's on and came across a movie called "Lost in Beijing" on the Sundance channel.  I had only missed about the first 20minutes or so but came in on this wild love scene in the shower between the husband and wife. Of course now I gotta see what this is about.

So I found it to be a up and down kinda movie but was fascinated with the intricacies of their culture, as I always have, and much of the interaction going on between the cast members throughout the movie. It wasn't rated really high amungst movie critics but I found it very interesting. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny but I couldnt turn it off. If you can get your hands on it, it's in english subtitles so you'll have to deal with that and the dialog moves quick so you'd better be a quick reader or have a hand on the reverse button.

Here's the link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Beijing

davidaquincy:
Ed,

I have watched that movie 3 times now. I have my DVR set on the Sundance channel all the time. I look for all Asian movies. There are quite several very good movies on there. Lost in Beijing was very good!

I check weekly ahead of what I should tape. BTW every Sunday evening Midnight mountain time here on the Sundance channel the have what they call "Asia Extreme" If you are a horror movie fan take a look at some of the movies. I think I have 15 movies saved on my DVR that are of Asian types. I enjoy every once in awhile watching them again.When I get home this evening I will send you some names of my favorites. Many great movies out there. I just joined a Asian movie club that sends you Movies through the mail much like blockbuster and netflix. If you want the info I will send when I get home.

Have a good one everyone!

daghoi:
Manya years ago (10 ?) i saw this movie called "Road Home". It is one of  Ziyi Zhang first films. She has later played in more famous movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but no martial arts in Road Home, it is a slow movie. Very nice filmed.

Here you can read more about it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235060/

raymond-:
i've seen that, daghoi.  you're right.  it played out...long...like a
Kurosawa movie.  i dozed and had to go back and pick up the
parts I missed.  still, a movie worth watching.

one lady I was writing to recommended that I watch Ang Li's,
'Lust Caution' which was quite steamy in some parts and I
understand has been banned in China as a result.  (wonder
how she watched it).  this one is pretty good, also

I enjoyed "Raise the Red Lantern", "Eat Drink Man Woman",
to name a couple more.

I laughed my butt off watching Kung Fu Hustle but that's quite
a different type of film.

feisnik:
The Road Home is awesome. It is a MUST WATCH movie.

My other top favorite Chinese Movies include:

Then Banquet / Legend of the Black Scorpion
Curse of the Golden Flower
Hero
Fearless
The Myth
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Once Upon a Time in China I-V
The Last Emperor

You will learn a lot about Chinese history, culture, and such from watching these movies. I would go so far as to call them MUST-WATCH movies!

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