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...genre piece." The implication is: just a genre piece, a diversion, a long sword fight played by grownups. Perhaps the director is thinking of his last purely frivolous work, the 1989 Codename Cougar, a goofy skyjack thriller that outfitted his severe star and muse at the time Gong Li in a tight stewardess uniform. If so, Zhang is underestimating both the power of the movie-epic form and his ability to inhabit and revive...
...stage the fights, Zhang chose Ching Siu-tung, a renowned choreographer who has also directed 21 features, including such Hong Kong classics as A Chinese Ghost Story, Swordsman II and The Heroic Trio?not to mention a 1989 quickie called A Terracotta Warrior, starring two kids from the mainland, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou. The very first set-to in Hero is a terrific one between Li and Yen. (Each man first imagines the fight, like a chess player visualizing his opponent's possible moves.) How swift their swords! How eloquent their body language...
Patricio and I ignore the ongoing gong show and arrive at the final verdict. Real Taco is a fledgling business and is bound to have its bugs that need to be worked out. It seems to be on the right track, as far as I am concerned. Patricio is not so forgiving. According to him, Real Taco falls short in its attempt at authenticity. “Don’t get me wrong, it’s good,” he says. “But it’s too similar to Chipotle...
...students worked on preparation, instructors interspersed demonstrations and pointers on technique. The sound of a gong that resonated throughout the kitchen at 7 p.m. meant it was time to stop cooking and start eating. Timing the meals and preparing them quickly, as restaurants would, was a major component of each day's lesson. After dinner, students returned to the classroom to review what was learned that...
...RESENTENCED. GONG SHENGLIANG, 46, Christian leader whose 50,000-strong South China Church has been banned by the Chinese government; to life in prison for raping female church members; in Hubei, China. Gong and four other church leaders had their original death sentences overturned last month, possibly as a gesture of goodwill ahead of President Jiang Zemin's upcoming trip...