Danger and desire

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Movie
German title Danger and desire
Original title 色 ， 戒 , Sè, jiè
Country of production Taiwan , USA , China
original language Chinese
Publishing year 2007
length 157 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Ang Lee
script James Schamus ,
Wang Hui-Ling
production William Kong ,
Ang Lee
music Alexandre Desplat
camera Rodrigo Prieto
cut Tim Squyres
occupation

Danger and Desire ( Chinese  色 ， 戒 , Pinyin Sè, jiè ) is a feature film by the Taiwanese director Ang Lee with Tang Wei and Tony Leung in the leading roles. The film was made in 2007 as an adaptation of the short story of the same name by the Chinese writer Eileen Chang . It premiered that same year in the competition at the Venice International Film Festival , where Ang Lee received his second Golden Lion . The cinema release in Germany was on October 18, 2007.

action

The story is said to go back to a true event that is said to have happened in 1939 and 1940. It is set in Shanghai during the Second World War and the Second Sino-Japanese War and describes a group of Chinese students who, led by the student Kuang Yu Min, are founding a patriotic theater group. They find out that a certain Mr. Yee is an influential and dangerous collaborator with the Japanese army , and they want to murder him. To do this, they use the beautiful Wong Chia Chi as a fashionable decoy, who, as Mrs. Mak, should befriend Mrs. Yee in order to enter into a relationship with her husband. Because of the murder of a blackmailer by the theater company and the transfer of Mr. Yee to Shanghai, the protagonists part ways for the time being.

In 1941, during the Japanese occupation , Wong meets the leader of the theater company Kuang Yu Min again in Shanghai, where she is persuaded by him to join the Chinese resistance and, from her position, to act again against the well-guarded and extremely cautious Mr. Yee . Because of her financially strained situation and the not entirely extinct love for Kuang, she joins the resistance. However, she seems to fall for the cool intelligence chief.

At the jeweler she warns Yee of the planned assassination with a "Go now!" Yee escapes into his car and alerts the security service, who immediately cordon off the streets and finally arrest the theater group. Yee refrains from interrogating Wong herself. While the resisters kneel in a stone quarry in front of a cliff, ready for their execution, Yee signs the execution order with mixed feelings . When the precious ring, his gift to his lover Wong, is given to him, he claims not to know it. You can't hear or see shots. Yee returns to his family like every day.

reception

Many critics emphasized the erotic scenes or praised an “elegant” or “cool” staging.

Others like Peter Körte from the FAZ , however, found the staging to be rather “sedate” and “grave”.

Susan Vahabzadeh wrote in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on September 1, 2007 that Ang Lee was “[v] irtuos […] introducing a strange western Shanghai, passionately manipulating the emotions of his audience, and Tony Leung was allowed to alternate between magic and charm and cold ”. According to the critic, the director “reinvents himself with every film.” In the NZZ, Susanne Ostwald described the “excellent work of the award-winning cameraman Rodrigo Prieto , who [...] here again proves that he has every emotion, no matter how delicate, on a face knows how to capture with extreme sensitivity. [...] It couldn't be nicer. "

Hannes Brühwiler at Critic.de stated: “Lee's gift for staging is most evident in the numerous Mahjong game rounds. The way the women talk and play at the same time is staged like an ongoing duel. "David Minnihan claimed at Senses of Cinema :" The scene in the jewelry store is [...] one of the most powerful that Lee has shot so far [ …] With the alternation of two close-ups […] the greatest scene in Tony Leung's brilliant career ”. Cristina Nord adds in the taz : “The attraction of the film is of course in the execution, in the detail, as Yee himself says in one scene: 'If you pay attention, nothing is trivial.' [...] A murder [...] does not happen quickly, but Lee shows how many stab wounds it takes before a person dies. "And Daniela Sannwald in the Tagesspiegel :" Acted emotions, felt play [...] as if murder was not an option after all . "

Mick LaSalle recognized in the San Francisco Chronicle of October 5, 2007, people “have been infected by the delayed war that pervades every aspect of life and perverts the simplest relationships. […] Every figure is aware of the fact that they are occupied . ”A story of“ perfectly formed beauty […] full of fear of death ”, wrote David Siems at Programmkino.de. As is often the case, Lee stages “more and less than a genre film at the same time ” and with “unswerving calm” a work of “constant, agonizing postponement”, stated Joachim Schätz at Filmzentrale. With the resolution "the film snaps shut like a steel trap," says Damon Wise in the Empire . Desson Thomson spoke of " love as the transcendental force" in the Washington Post .

Peter Bradshaw reported in the Guardian of Lee's films as “huge, exciting new structures that we gather around to admire.” Joachim Kurz from Kino-Zeit.de: “And one wonders where Ang Lee actually wants to go - He has long since reached the peak of his work. And there is no end in sight. "

The lexicon of the international film judges: "An elegiacly staged drama about desire, morality, betrayal and sexual violence, which tells its lavishly nuanced story and at the same time represents a declaration of love for the sophisticated Shanghai of those years."

Awards

For the film, Lee was at the 2007 International Film Festival in Venice - by 2005 for Brokeback Mountain with the - for the second time in a short time Golden Lion award. In the same year, Danger and Desire was selected as the official Taiwanese entry for the 2008 Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category , but was later not accepted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

At the US Independent Spirit Awards 2008 , the film was featured in the categories of Best Actor (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), Best Actress (Tang Wei) and Best Cinematography. At the Satellite Awards 2007 , there were nominations in the categories of Best Foreign Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, from which it emerged as Best Foreign Film.

Alexandre Desplat received a nomination for his background music at the Asian Film Awards (2008), the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2007) and one at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2008) and took home a Golden Horse Award (2007) Home.

Backgrounds, miscellaneous

“Newcomer” Tang Wei was an unusual choice for the lead role. She appeared, for example, in the Chinese qualifications for the Miss Universe competition in Beijing in 2004. Perhaps because of the extensive sexuality portrayed, her professional advancement in her home country was considerably restricted after this film (see Tang Wei ).

Box Office Mojo says the film has grossed about $ 66 million worldwide on an estimated $ 15 million budget.

The film contains references to the (emancipatory) theater play Nora or Ein Puppenheim ( Henrik Ibsen ) and the two Hitchcock films Suspicion and Notorious .

literature

conversations

  • With Ang Lee in the taz , October 18, 2007, p. 15: "I eat and sleep with the film" (about Lee's motivation, the themes of the film, and historical authenticity)
  • With Ang Lee in Die Presse , October 22, 2007: Bergman stole my innocence (especially through the portrayal of sexuality)

Review mirror

positive

  • film-dienst No. 21/2007, p. 30, by Rüdiger Suchsland
    (formally conventional, but dense and nuanced, fascinating equipment)
  • Hamburger Abendblatt , October 18, 2007, p. 8, by Heinrich Oehmsen: Love game with the decoy
    (exciting, brilliantly staged, expressively played)
  • Die Presse , October 22, 2007, by Christoph Huber: The snake in the heart
    (Lee told the story in a classically elegant, self-confident and sophisticated way)
  • Stuttgarter Nachrichten , October 18, 2007, p. 20, by Tilman Weigele: On exposing the foreign self
    (excellent and thrilling)

rather positive

mixed

  • epd film No. 10/2007, p. 32, by Marli Feldvoss (unforgettable love scenes
    , first half stretched, cumbersome time structure)

rather negative

  • Berliner Zeitung , October 18, 2007, p. 29, by Harald Jähner: Romance with an office-weary devil
    (Lee was more convincing; not touched, characters remain unfathomable, Leung beautifully dark, decor intrusive)
  • Die Welt , October 17, 2007, p. 27, by Peter Zander: In
    Fesseln (scenery and costume opulence, but cold and psychologically too rudimentary)

negative

  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , October 17, 2007, p. 37, by Verena Lueken: When melancholy eyes lie
    ("something went wrong"; beautifully photographed, especially in the first half too long, brutal sex, magnificent backdrops overlay drama)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for danger and desire . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2007 (PDF; test number: 111 735 K).
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Höbel: Rough sex and polished dialogues . In: Spiegel Online - Kultur , August 30, 2007
    Anke Westphal: Men in War . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 1, 2007
  3. ↑ Peter Körte: Little desire, much caution: "Danger and Desire" . In: FAZ , October 14, 2007, p. 32
  4. ↑ Susan Vahabzadeh: It's down to business . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 1, 2007
  5. ↑ Susanne Ostwald: A festival of the senses. In: NZZ . October 18, 2007, accessed November 25, 2008 .
  6. ↑ Hannes Brühwiler: Danger and Desire. In: Critic.de. October 18, 2007, accessed November 25, 2008 .
  7. ↑ David Minnihan: Ang Lee. In: Senses of Cinema. Accessed on November 25, 2008 (English): “This scene, set in a jewelery store, compares with the […] most powerful Lee has yet filmed […] almost entirely an alternation of two close shots […] It is the greatest scene in Tony Leung's illustrious career "
  8. ↑ Cristina Nord: Asia hit at the Lido. In: taz . August 31, 2007, accessed November 25, 2008 .
  9. ↑ Daniela Sannwald: role of life . In: Der Tagesspiegel , October 17, 2007
  10. ↑ Mick LaSalle: Review: Was's misery distorts all, even sex, in 'Lust, Caution'. (No longer available online.) In: San Francisco Chronicle . October 5, 2007, archived from the original on January 12, 2008 ; Retrieved on May 19, 2008 (English): “[…] have been infected by a protracted war that permeates every aspect of life and complicates and perverts the simplest of interactions. […] The fact of the occupation is with every character at all times " Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sfgate.com
  11. ↑ David Siems: Danger and Desire. In: Programmkino.de. Retrieved November 25, 2008 .
  12. ↑ Joachim Schätz: Danger and Desire. In: Filmzentrale. Retrieved May 19, 2008 .
  13. ↑ Damon Wise: Lust, Caution (18). In: Empire . Retrieved on May 19, 2008 (English): "[...] that springs shut in its final moments like a steel trap"
  14. ↑ Desson Thomson: 'Lust, Caution's' Open Hearts Aren't For Closed Minds. In: Washington Post . October 5, 2007, accessed on December 3, 2008 : "Lust, Caution, a 'romance noir' set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, makes a powerful case for love as a transcendental force"
  15. ↑ Peter Bradshaw: Lust, Caution. In: The Guardian . January 4, 2008, accessed on May 19, 2008 (English): "His movies are like huge, exciting new buildings for us to gather round and wonder at"
  16. ↑ Joachim Kurz: Danger and Desire / Lust, Caution / Se Jie. In: Kino-Zeit.de. Retrieved May 19, 2008 .
  17. ^ Journal film-dienst, Catholic Film Commission for Germany (ed.), Horst Peter Koll, Hans Messias (ed.): Lexikon des Internationale Films - Filmjahr 2007 . Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89472-624-9 .
  18. ^ Douglas Tseng: "Shorter version of Lust to be shown here". In: The Straits Times (Singapore), September 26, 2007, LIFE! - LIFE BUZZ
    sgForums: Singapore's Online Community - Lee Ang's Lust Caution
  19. ↑ Lust, Caution. In: Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 23, 2009 .