Wei… wei? Career? Are you there?
Mar 17th, 2008 by Peter
So I finally watched Lust, Caution. The naughty western version of course.
Yes – it has some naked skin, a pair of breasts, and sure it do show some hair from downstairs. There’s also a flash some balls on work, but really nothing that bad compared to what we normally can see here in movies in Denmark. Sure it’s a bit raunchy for China, but then again, if any Chinese is surprised what they saw in this version, they may not have had sex visited a public bath. But of course I’ve never seen anyone have sex in a public Chinese bath…. yet.
I still don’t get exactly why this would end Wei Tang’s career in China. Especially since the version allowed in China, is cleaned for the worst “dirt”. But then again, knowing China, why shouldn’t it? My best guess is that it must have been the political twist of her falling in love with a ruthless Japanese sympathizer, that gave her the death blow. Not the fact that she showed a bit of goodies.
The movie itself is actually pretty good. Not Oscar material, but way above average. Great acting, a good dilemma and a cool story. Not worth killing careers for though.