Word: zhang
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DIRECTOR: ZHANG YIMOU...
...Today Zhang Yimou is China's ambassador to sophisticated moviegoers. He is a world-class artist who gives his films (Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern) heartbreak and visual grandeur. But people do not see Zhang's films so much as they read them, like fortune cookies, for signs and omens about the interior life of a forbidden country. Forbidden to him as well: the Chinese authorities have withheld release of some of his films. And yet Zhang still works in his homeland, against all odds and with great grace. Just like the heroine of his spare...
That face is worth saving, since the title role is played by the radiantly sullen Gong, who has starred in all of Zhang's features and who was declared best actress at last year's Venice Film Festival for this portrayal. As Qiu Ju or Ju Dou, as the bride in Red Sorghum or the balky mistress in Red Lantern, Gong has brought life and body to the director's ethereal cinema style. The Story of Qiu Ju relies even more on her personality than the team's earlier films. There Gong was swathed in luscious silks and period exoticism...
...There was a significant disagreement with ourresults," Dziewonski said. "We felt it wasimportant to inform the scientific community thatthe world is different from what Zhang andTanimoto said, to demonstrate they were wrong, andto show what we think the correct model...
...Zhang said they would be in contact totry to reconcile the differences in theirfindings. But Dziewonski said similarities in thetechnique used by both teams were more importantthan the differences he has with theZhang-Tanimoto model...