Curse of the Golden Flower

...won best actress for imperial epic Curse of the Golden Flower. Gong plays an empress who helps stage a coup in the film, from House of Flying Daggers director Zhang Yimou. The Chinese film-maker also won the best Asian film prize for his...

In this article: Gong Li, Zhang Yimou, Johnnie To, Yuen Wo-ping, Shaw Brothers, Miami Vice, Jackie Chan, and Exiled

...of 10,000. The movie substitutes spectacle for emotional intimacy, and Chow has been better; his immediately recognizable face is hidden behind a goatee, which to my eyes disguises his singularity. However, that all but...

In this article: Gong Li, Zhang Yimou, Chow Yun Fat, Emperor Ping, World War I, The Lion in Winter, and Katharine Hepburn

...and tragedy." Andrew O'Hehir of Salon states: "the morbid grandiosity of Curse of the Golden Flower is its own distinctive accomplishment, another remarkable chapter in the career of Asia's most important living filmmaker." Stephen Hunter...

In this article: Zhang Yimou, Jay Chou, Pan's Labyrinth, Cao Yu, Johnny Guitar, and Stephen Hunter

...to the care of the auteur of her greatest films in the martial arts -- marital arts! -- spectacular "Curse of the Golden Flower," directed by Zhang Yimou. But the movie is really Gong's: As Empress Phoenix, she is beautiful, suffering,...

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...Lantern. The relationship includes such films as The Story of Qiu Ju, Shanghai Triad, House of Flying Daggers, and Zhang's most recent film, the 2006 martial arts epic Curse of the Golden Flower starring Gong Li and Chow Yun-Fat. Sony...

In this article: Zhang Yimou, Blood Simple, Sony Pictures Classics, Raising Arizona, House of Flying Daggers, and Academy Award

...Monk in yet another Asian stereotyped role of a martial art expert. In 2006, he teamed up with Gong Li in the film, Curse of the Golden Flower, directed by Zhang Yimou. In 2007, Chow was cast as the pirate captain Sao Feng in ''''. His...

In this article: Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong, A Better Tomorrow, Asia, John Woo, Wong Jing, Golden Horse Awards, and Hollywood

'Golden Flower' Bursting With Martial Arts Fun Think of "Curse of the Golden Flower" as "The Lion in Winter" with kung fu, and you'll enjoy the heck out of it. No doubt Zhang Yimou is a great filmmaker, and no doubt Gong Li is a great...

In this article: Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat, Ziyi Zhang, House of Flying Daggers, The Lion in Winter, Ju Dou, Emperor Ping, and World War I

...such as the kung fu films "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers." His last movie was the 2006 historical epic "Curse of the Golden Flower," starring Chow Yun-fat and Gong Li. Zhang's assistant, Pang Liwei, told The Associated Press in a...

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Chinese Outraged At Gong Li's Decision To Renounce Citizenship The career of Gong Li (Red Sorghum, Farewell My Concubine, Memoirs of a Geisha, Curse of the Golden Flower), one of China's leading actresses for more than two decades, appeared...

In this article: Gong Li, Chen Kaige, Farewell My Concubine, Memoirs of a Geisha, Singapore, Agence France-Presse, Tobacco, and Red Sorghum