Word: dou
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the woman assaulted by Dou- glas first reported her attack, she says shequickly realized that UHS officials were notsufficiently trained to help...
Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle Theatre. 40Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "Ju Dou" at4 and 8 p.m. and "The Story of Qiu Ju" at 6 and9:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 20. "An UnforgettableSummer" at 4"30, 6:15, 8 and 9:40 p.m. formFriday, April 21 to Tuesday, April 25 with weekendmatinees at 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. BostonInternational Festival of Women's Cinema fromWednesday, April 26 to Thursday...
Zhang Yimou is prone to relying on visual gimmicks. Whether it was the wine in "Red Sorghum", the lanterns in "Raise the Red Lantern" or the dyed fabric in "Ju Dou," his cinematic crutch is obvious and sometimes self-defeating--it forces the viewer into visual overload. "To Live" is a happy exception...
...roundup of best directors' next-best films. The Chinese master Zhang Yimou sent To Live; the film, which spans 30 years of Maoist hard times, is beautifully observed and performed (the male lead, Ge You, won the Best Actor prize), but lacks the fiery power of Zhang's Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern. Nikita Mikhalkov intended his Burned by the Sun as a Russian Gone With the Wind, a story of country life amid the turmoil of tyranny, but it was meandering and cloying. As for Patrice Chereau's Queen Margot, an epic melodrama set in Huguenot times...
Chinese and Chinese American literature (e.g. Dream of the Red Chamber, Family, The Woman Warrior) and film (Ju Dou, Eat a Bowl of Tea) are full of descriptions of situations exactly like those in The Joy Luck Club. These situations existed in history and they exist now. They are alive and well in China and they are found throughout the Chinese diaspora. I am sure that some men do not relish their positions in the hierarchy and some may have actually rebelled, but the vast majority of us stayed quiet and reaped the benefits...