Flowers of Shanghai

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Call Number: DVD FLC-CHI Flowers
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

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Title from sell sheet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: New introduction by Tony Rayns; Beautified realism, a new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen; Excerpts from a 2015 interview with Hou; trailer; essay by Jean Ma and a 2009 interview with Michael Berry.
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada.
The gorgeous period reverie by Hou Hsiao-hsien traces the romantic intrigue and jealousies swirling around four late-nineteenth-century Shanghai "flower houses", where the courtesans live confined to a gilded cage.
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1); Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Okay but not great. submitted by generic username on July 26, 2021, 12:24am The film has interesting parts but there are segments that don't advance the story or the characterization. The cinematography is excellent.