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Title: a visual and musical feast
Review: This first film by Chen Kaige (who recently directed "The Emperor and the Assassin", a must-see film) is wonderful. The cinematography, by another superb director, Zhang Yimou, is glorious, with stark landscapes and sumptuous use of color. The poetry and melodies of the folk songs are marvelous and for those who have an interest in Chinese music, it's a treat. This is a beautiful film to look at and listen to, and politically should be taken in historical context, and viewed with the harshness of the life depicted in mind...a harshness that is hard to conceive of as we sit in front of our computers. It's an extraordinary debut by a man who would become one of the greatest geniuses of filmmaking, and it will widen your horizon and enrich your soul.
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