The Story of Qiu Ju
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Movie Reviews of The Story of Qiu Ju
Movie Review: Full of beauty and suspense. . .but can we be aware of it
Summary: 5 Stars
A beautiful, quiet movie full of significant conflict, of necessary rapprochement, of long-term loyalty. But, I worry, will today's audience see the beauty and sense the substance of this movie through the quiet?
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[An angry aside: What is happening film makers of the west? Why do I have to search so far(away from the trash--no temptation is the better word)far away from the comic book superheros, the special effects showcases, the remakes of remakes of mediocre movies, the overly-long adaptations of books (Dr. Suess's books!?!), of bathroom humor (have we graduated from 6th-grade yet?) . . .
A warning; a forecast: Eventually, I will disconnect the DVD player (or use it far less frequently; I have already disconnected the cable television.) and return solely to reading. But my optimistic self believes this is just what our overly-volted bodies now need. . .We need, as Clifton Fadiman wrote in The Lifetime Reading Plan, to "disenthrall" ourselves from the contemporary.]
Movie Review: Persistence Pays
Summary: 5 Stars
Of this Movie, Janet Mason from The New York Times says, "SUPERB...The story of Qiu Ju reaffirms Zhang Yimou's stature as a story teller and visual artist of exceptional delicacy and insight". International film sensation GONG LI (Memoirs of a Geisha) gives a luminous performance as Qiu Ju, a stoic peasant woman who demands an apology when her husband is humiliated by the village Chief. But the Chief is a headstrong man who refuses to apologise, sending Qiu Ju on a futile trek through the complicated Chinese judicial system. From her small village, to a nearby city and finally to the large and impersonal district court, hers is a universal battle against bureaucracy and indifference. Winner of Best Picture and Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, THE STORY OF QIU JU is "funny, touching, surprising, provocative and entertaining every step of the way".-David Sterritt, The Christian Science Monitor.Movie Review: The Story of Qiu Ju
Summary: 5 Stars
Filmed on location in a remote province of contemporary China, and directed by the internationally acclaimed Zhang Yimou ("Raise the Red Lantern"), this finely etched satire of petty grievance and government ineptitude follows a country laborer's quixotic quest for justice. Ravishing former Miss Hong Kong Gong Li delivers a strong performance as the decidedly unglamorous Qiu Ju, especially in her peerless projection of stubborn female willpower. It is an absorbing, often caustically funny drama that will resonate with anyone who's ever had to deal with the absurdities and frustrations of the D.M.V, the courts, or an obstinate foe.Movie Review: The justice is blind but, from time to time, opens its eyes!
Summary: 5 Stars
Once more, the genius of Yimou Zhang is carved in relief through this simple and zealous story about a woman who decides to take to the last instances, an abominable act of aggression and cruelty exerted by the mayor of a small village over her husband. She is pregnant, but although this circumstance, she doesn't give up and just accompanied by her sister, she will do the best she can in order the justice was made.
A story whose influence comes directly from the Italian Nero Realism, well narrated and magisterially directed, by this master of cinema.
Movie Review: Sometimes you get what you wanted...
Summary: 5 Stars
Qiu Ju wants the town's chief to explain why he kicked her husband in the family jewels. She does not want money or even justice. She wants to know WHY he kicked her husband and she wants an apology. The whole movie is her climb up the ladder of law, trying again and again to just get what she wants. A simple answer and an apology. In the end she kind of wins but she also loses. Right when you think there is going to be a happy ending, kind of, the authorities finally take things seriously and mess it all up. Will she and the chief and the town ever get along?