Home  ›  Short Review About the Rise of Red Lantern

Short Review About the Rise of Red Lantern

Written By ۱۴۰۱ فروردین ۲۸, یکشنبه Add Comment Edit

This commodity is almost the 1991 Chinese picture show. For other uses, see Ruby Lantern.

1991 pic directed by Zhang Yimou

Raise the Ruddy Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern poster.jpg

Chinese theatrical release poster
Traditional 大紅燈籠高高掛
Simplified 大红灯笼高高挂
Standard mandarin Dà Hóng Dēnglong Gāogāo Guà
Literally Heighten high the red lanterns
Directed by Zhang Yimou
Written by Ni Zhen
Based on Wives and Concubines
past Su Tong
Produced past Hou Hsiao-hsien
Chiu Fu-sheng
Zhang Wenze
Starring
  • Gong Li
  • Ma Jingwu
  • He Saifei
  • Cao Cuifen
  • Jin Shuyuan
Cinematography Zhao Fei
Edited by Du Yuan
Music by Zhao Jiping

Production
companies
  • Era International[1]
  • People's republic of china Film Co-Production Corporation[1]
Distributed by Orion Classics

Release date
  • September 1991 (1991-09) (Venice)

Running fourth dimension

 125 minutes
Countries China
Hong Kong
Linguistic communication Standard mandarin
Box function $2.6 meg (United States)[two]

Raise the Ruby-red Lantern is a 1991 film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaptation by Ni Zhen of the 1990 novel Wives and Concubines by Su Tong. The picture was subsequently adapted into an acclaimed ballet of the aforementioned title by the National Ballet of China, also directed by Zhang.

Set in the 1920s, the film tells the story of a young woman who becomes one of the concubines of a wealthy human during the Warlord Era. It is noted for its opulent visuals and sumptuous use of colours. The motion-picture show was shot in the Qiao Family Compound near the ancient city of Pingyao, in Shanxi Province. Although the screenplay was approved by Chinese censors,[3] the final version of the film was banned in Communist china for a period.[4] [5]

Plot [edit]

The flick is set in 1920s Commonwealth of China during the Warlord Era (1916–1928), years before the Chinese Civil War. Nineteen-year-old Songlian (Sònglián, played by Gong Li), an educated woman whose father has recently died and left the family broke, is forced by her stepmother to marry into the wealthy Chen family, condign the 3rd concubine or, every bit she is referred to, the Fourth Mistress (Sì Tàitai) of the household. Arriving at the palatial home, she is at first treated similar royalty, receiving sensuous foot massages and brightly lit red lanterns, equally well equally a visit from her husband, Master Chen (Ma Jingwu), the chief of the house, whose face is never conspicuously shown.

Songlian soon discovers, however, that non all the concubines in the household receive the same luxurious treatment. In fact, the master decides on a daily basis the concubine with whom he will spend the night; whomever he chooses gets her lanterns lit, receives the foot massage, gets her choice of menu items at mealtime, and gets the most attention and respect from the servants. Pitted in constant competition confronting each other, the three concubines are continually vying for their husband'southward attention and affections.

The First Mistress, Yuru (Jin Shuyuan), appears to be nearly as old as the primary himself. Having borne a son decades before, she seems resigned to live out her life equally forgotten, e'er passed over in favor of the younger concubines. The Second Mistress, Zhuoyun (Zhuóyún, Cao Cuifen), befriends Songlian, complimenting her youth and beauty, and giving her expensive silk as a gift; she likewise warns her most the Tertiary Mistress, Meishan (Méishan, He Saifei), a erstwhile opera singer who is spoiled and who becomes unable to cope with no longer beingness the youngest and most favored of the chief's playthings. As time passes, though, Songlian learns that it is really Zhuoyun, the 2d Mistress, who is not to exist trusted; she is subsequently described as having the face of the Buddha, yet possessing the heart of a scorpion. She also has to deal with her personal maid, Yan'er (Yàn'ér, played past Kong Lin), who hates her and dreams of being a concubine after a few brief flings with the Primary.

Songlian feigns pregnancy, attempting to garner the majority of the master'due south time and, at the same time, attempting to become actually pregnant. Zhuoyun, however, is in league with Yan'er who finds and reveals a pair of bloodied undergarments, suggesting that Songlian had recently had her period, and discovers the pregnancy is a fraud.

Zhuoyun summons the family physician, feigning concern for Songlian's "pregnancy". Doctor Gao (Gao-yisheng, Cui Zhigang), who is secretly having an illicit affair with Tertiary Mistress Meishan, examines Songlian and determines the pregnancy to be a sham. Infuriated, the master orders Songlian's lanterns covered with thick black canvas bags indefinitely. Blaming the sequence of events on Yan'er, Songlian reveals to the house that Yan'er'south room is filled with lit scarlet lanterns, showing that Yan'er dreams of becoming a mistress instead of a lowly servant; it is suggested earlier that Yan'er is in beloved with the master and has even slept with him in the Quaternary Mistress' bed.

Yan'er is punished past having the lanterns burned while she kneels in the snow, watching equally they smolder. In an act of defiance, Yan'er refuses to humble herself or apologize, and thus remains kneeling in the snow throughout the night until she collapses. Yan'er falls sick and ultimately dies afterward being taken to the hospital. One of the servants tells Songlian that her old maid died with her mistress'southward name on her lips. Songlian, who had briefly attended university before the passing of her father and being forced into marriage, comes to the decision that she is happier in confinement; she somewhen sees the contest between the concubines as a useless try, as each woman is merely a "robe" that the primary may clothing and discard at his discretion.

Every bit Songlian retreats further into her solitude, she begins speaking of suicide; she reasons that dying is a improve fate than being a concubine in the Chen household. On her twentieth birthday, severely intoxicated and despondent over her biting fate, Songlian inadvertently blurts out the details of the love matter betwixt Meishan and Doctor Gao to Zhuoyun, who later catches the adulterous couple together. Following the old community and traditions, Meishan is dragged to a lone room (also known as the room of expiry earlier on) on the roof of the manor and is hanged to death by the master'south servants.

Songlian, already in desperation due to the fruitlessness of her life, witnesses the unabridged episode and is emotionally traumatized. The following summer, after the Main's marriage to yet another concubine, Songlian is shown wandering the chemical compound in her old schoolgirl wearing apparel, appearing to have gone completely insane.

Bandage [edit]

  • Gong Li as Songlian (simplified Chinese: 颂莲; traditional Chinese: 頌蓮; pinyin: Sònglián )
  • He Saifei as Meishan (梅珊; Méishān ), the third mistress (三太太; Sān tàitai )
  • Cao Cuifen as Zhuoyun (卓云; 卓雲; Zhuóyún ), the second mistress (二太太; Èr tàitai )
  • Kong Lin as Yan'er (雁儿; 雁兒; Yàn'ér ), Songlian's young servant
  • Zhou Qi equally housekeeper Chen Baishun (陈百顺; 陳百順; Chén Bǎishùn )
  • Jin Shuyuan as Yuru (毓如; Yùrú ), the first wife (大太太; dà tàitai )
  • Ma Jingwu as Chen Zuoqian (陈佐千; 陳佐韆; Chén Zuǒqiān ) or Master Chen
  • Cui Zhihgang every bit Md Gao (高医生; 高醫生; Gāo-yīshēng )
  • Chu Xiao (初曉; Chū Xiǎo ) equally Feipu (飞浦; 飛浦; Fēipǔ ), the master'south eldest son
  • Cao Zhengyin every bit Songlian's old servant
  • Ding Weimin as Songlian's mother

Soundtrack [edit]

Raise the Red Lantern
Soundtrack album by

Zhao Jiping
Released 1994
Label Milan Records

All songs composed by Zhao Jiping.

  1. "Opening Credits/Prologue/Zhouyun/Lanterns"
  2. "Starting time Night With Main/Alone on Starting time Dark 2d Night Third Night"
  3. "Summertime"
  4. "Flute Solo"
  5. "Record"
  6. "Autumn"
  7. "Births/The Peking Theme"
  8. "Pregnancy/Yan'er'due south Punishment"
  9. "Meishan Sings"
  10. "Young Master Returns Meishan's Punishment"
  11. "Realization"
  12. "Wintertime"
  13. "Ghost"
  14. "Seasons"
  15. "Next Summer"
  16. "Business firm of Decease"
  17. "Fifth Mistress"
  18. "Songlian'south Madness/End Credits"

Distribution [edit]

Raise the Reddish Lantern has been distributed on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD by numerous dissimilar distributors, with many coming under criticism for their poor quality.

The Razor Digital Entertainment DVD release has been widely criticised. DVD Times states "Many other viewers will find this DVD release simply intolerable."[6] DVDTown criticised the same release, giving the video quality 1 out of 10 and the audio quality 6 out of 10, summarising that "the video is a disaster".[7] DVDFile adds to this stating "this horrible DVD is just recommended to those who love the motion-picture show so much, that they'll put up with annihilation to own a Region ane release."[8] The translation on this version has been also widely criticised for its numerous inaccuracies.[9] [10] A release by Rajon Vision has also received poor commentary[11]

ERA's first release received similar attention[12] but the second digitally remastered edition has been more warmly received with DVD Times stating that "It's a film that really needs a Criterion edition with a new print or a full restoration, merely in the absence of any likelihood of that, this Era Hong Kong edition is well-nigh as adept every bit y'all could promise for."[13] DVDBeaver broadly agrees stating "Now, this is not Criterion epitome quality, but it is bang-up at all. It is easily the all-time digital representation of this film currently bachelor."[xiv] DVD Talk, though, believes that "This new version is a stunner".[15]

A new MGM release in 2007 has also received some positive feedback.[14]

Reception [edit]

Described equally "one of the landmark films of the 1990s" by Jonathan Crow of AllMovie,[16] where it received five stars, since its release Heighten the Scarlet Lantern has been very well received. James Berardinelli named it his 7th best pic of the 1990s.[17] It has a 96% certified fresh rating at review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews, with an boilerplate rating of viii.4/10.[18] and TV Guide gave information technology 5 stars.[19] However, in that location were a small-scale number of negative reviews. Hal Hinson of The Washington Post stated that "the story never amounts to much more than a rather tepid Chinese rendition of "The Women."[20] The film ranked #28 in Empire magazines "The 100 All-time Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.[21]

The film has besides been praised for its artistic merit. Desson Howe of The Washington Mail service stated that "In purely aesthetic terms, "Raise the Cerise Lantern" is breathtaking"[22] and James Berardinelli stated that "the appeal to the eye only heightens the moving-picture show's emotional power". John Hartl of Film.com described information technology to be "a virtually-perfect movie that often recalls the visual purity and intensity of silent films."[18]

The film has been interpreted by some critics every bit a criticism of contemporary Red china, although Zhang Yimou himself has denied this.[23] Jonathan Crow of AllMovie stated that "the perpetual struggle for power that precludes any unity amidst the wives provides a depressingly apt metaphor for the fragmented civil guild of mail-Cultural Revolution Red china". James Berardinelli made a similar analogy in his review where he stated that "Songlian is the individual, the master is the authorities, and the customs of the house are the laws of the country. It's an archaic arrangement that rewards those who play within the rules and destroys those who violate them.".[24] An online commodity suggested that in such a organization, the innocent individual becomes the executioner of new incoming victims, making the outcome fifty-fifty more tragic.[25]

Chinese journalist and activist Dai Qing has said that the film, along with many of Zhang Yimou's earlier works, caters besides much to Western gustatory modality; "this kind of film is really shot for the casual pleasures of foreigners".[26]

The film's popularity has also been attributed to a resurgence in Chinese tourism after the authorities response to the Tiananmen Foursquare Protests of 1989 due to its use of exotic locations.[27]

Raise the Red Lantern was i of the films with near appearances on 1992's year-end lists, appearing on 36 lists.[28]

Accolades and nominations [edit]

Recognition [edit]

  • Empire 100 All-time Films of World Movie theater – #28[46]
  • Fourth dimension Out 100 Best Chinese Mainland Films – #13[47]
  • Included in The New York Times'southward listing of The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made in 2004[48]
  • Included in BBC'due south 2018 list of The 100 greatest foreign language films voted past 209 film critics from 43 countries around the earth.[49]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "Heighten the Red Lantern". Hong Kong Movie Database . Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Raise the Red Lantern (1992)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved six August 2007.
  3. ^ "Raise the Cerise Lantern Review". Telly Guide . Retrieved 6 August 2007. Though Zhang'southward screenplay for RAISE THE RED LANTERN ... got a stamp of approving from the Chinese censors, the finished production was banned at home while playing to peachy praise abroad.
  4. ^ "Zhang Yimou'southward RAISE THE Cherry-red LANTERN". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2007. Originally banned in China .
  5. ^ Zhang Yimou. Frances K. Gateward, Yimou Zhang, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2001, p. 64.
  6. ^ "DVD Times - Enhance the Ruby-red Lantern". DVD Times. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  7. ^ "DVD review of Heighten The Cerise Lantern". DVDTown.com. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  8. ^ "DVDFILE.com". DVDFile. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  9. ^ "DVDFILE.com". DVDFile. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2007. The English subtitles contain an inordinate amount of typos and grammatical inaccuracies.
  10. ^ "DVD Times - Raise the Red Lantern". DVD Times. Retrieved eight Baronial 2007.
  11. ^ "Raise the Ruby-red Lantern (Da Hong Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991)". Retrieved eight August 2007.
  12. ^ "DVD Talk Review: Heighten The Reddish Lantern". DVDTalk.com. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  13. ^ "DVD Times - Raise the Ruddy Lantern". DVD Times. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  14. ^ a b "Enhance the Red Lantern - Gong Li". DVDBeaver. Retrieved 8 Baronial 2007.
  15. ^ "DVD Talk Review: Heighten The Red Lantern". DVDTalk.com. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  16. ^ "Raise the Reddish Lantern > Review". AllMovie. Retrieved 7 Baronial 2017.
  17. ^ "The Best Films of the 1990s". Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  18. ^ a b "Raise the Red Lantern". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  19. ^ "Heighten the Crimson Lantern Review". Goggle box Guide . Retrieved half-dozen August 2007.
  20. ^ "'Raise the Red Lantern' (PG)". The Washing Post. 8 May 1992. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  21. ^ "The 100 All-time Films Of World Cinema – 28. Raise the Ruby Lantern". Empire.
  22. ^ "'Raise the Red Lantern'". The Washington Post. 8 May 1992. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  23. ^ "Raise the Scarlet Lantern". The Village Voice . Retrieved 6 August 2007. Zhang Yimou has strenuously denied that Raise the Carmine Lantern, itself a violent tale of defection and repression in the principal's house, was a vehicle of political critique.
  24. ^ "Review: Raise the Red Lantern". Retrieved half-dozen Baronial 2007.
  25. ^ Gong Li in 'Raise the Red Lantern' and 'Shanghai Triad' – The Tragedy of a Victim who Reinforces the Organization, ThinkingChinese.com,21 May 2010
  26. ^ Dai, Qing (translated by Jeanne Tai). "Raised Eyebrows for Heighten the Reddish Lantern." (Archive) Public Civilization. Duke Academy, (northern hemisphere) Winter 1993. Book 5, Issue 2. p. 336. doi:10.1215/08992363-five-2-333. Retrieved on three December 2011.
  27. ^ Bentham, Jon (17 Feb 2006). "The set-jetters". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  28. ^ MacGilligan, Pat; Rowland, Marking (ten January 1993). "Year of the Low-Costs". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  29. ^ "1991 Venice Film Festival". YesAsia. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016.
  30. ^ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Moving picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on xv March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  31. ^ "Past Winners: 1990s". Boston Society of Movie Critics. Retrieved sixteen March 2016.
  32. ^ "Vincitori 1992" (To access, click on the 1992 tab) (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  33. ^ "Da hong deng long gao gao gua (1991)". Swedish Film Institute. 22 March 2014.
  34. ^ a b "Enhance the Carmine Lantern: Awards". Movies & Television Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  35. ^ "KCFCC Honour Winners – 1990-99". Kansas City Moving-picture show Critics Circle. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  36. ^ "Da hong deng long gao gao gua: Awards". Net Movie Database. Retrieved sixteen March 2016.
  37. ^ "1992 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". Los Angeles Film Critics Clan. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016.
  38. ^ J. Fox, David (15 Dec 1992). "Is 'Unforgiven' sweep of Fifty.A. Motion picture Critics awards merely showtime of round-upwardly of honors?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Mainland china's 'Raise the Reddish Lantern,' directed by Zhang Yimou, came in 2nd.
  39. ^ "1992 Archives". National Board of Review. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
  40. ^ J. Fox, David (18 Dec 1992). "N.Y. Movie Critics Honor 'Player,' Altman". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  41. ^ "AFI 1993 Winners". Australian Academy of Movie theater and Television Arts. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  42. ^ "Archives – Les Lanternes". Le Soir (in French). 11 January 1993. p. 8. Archived from the original on iv March 2016.
  43. ^ "1993 Award". British Academy of Film and Idiot box Arts. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  44. ^ "历届大众电影百花奖获奖名单 (All-time Actress Winners)" (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  45. ^ "Zhang Yimou". Xinhua News Bureau. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  46. ^ "The 100 Best Films of Globe Cinema". Empire . Retrieved xiv March 2016.
  47. ^ "100 All-time Chinese Mainland Films". Fourth dimension Out . Retrieved fourteen March 2016.
  48. ^ "The Best i,000 Movies Ever Made". The New York Times . Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  49. ^ "The 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films". bbc. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

Farther reading [edit]

  • "Chapter 2: Su Tong and Zhang Yimou: Women's Places in Raise the Red Lantern": Deppman, Hsiu-chuang. Adapted for the Screen: The Cultural Politics of Mod Chinese Fiction and Picture show. University of Hawaii Press, xxx June 2010. ISBN 0824833732, 9780824833732. p. 32.
  • Fried, Ellen J. - "Food, Sex, and Power at the Dining Room Table in Zhang Yimou's Raise the Carmine Lantern." - In Bower, Anne Reel Food: Essays on Food and Film. Psychology Press, 2004. p. 129-143. ISBN 0-415-97111-10, 9780415971119.
  • Giskin, Howard and Bettye S. Walsh. An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family. SUNY Press, 2001. p. 198-201.
  • Hsiao, Li-ling. "Dancing the Reddish Lantern: Zhang Yimou's Fusion of Western Ballet and Peking Opera." (Annal) Southeast Review of Asian Studies, University of Northward Carolina at Chapel Loma. Volume 32 (2010), pp. 129–36.

External links [edit]

  • Enhance the Crimson Lantern at AllMovie
  • Raise the Crimson Lantern at IMDb
  • Raise the Red Lantern at Rotten Tomatoes
  • "Raise the Blood-red Lantern (1991)." The New York Times.
  • Qiao's Chemical compound, the filming location
  • Howe, Desson. "'Raise the Red Lantern' (PG)." The Washington Post. 8 May 1992.
  • Ebert, Roger. "Heighten the Red Lantern (1990)." Chicago Sun-Times. 27 April 2003.

owenwittentry.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_the_Red_Lantern

0 Response to "Short Review About the Rise of Red Lantern"

ارسال یک نظر

اشتراک در: نظرات پیام (Atom)

Iklan Atas Artikel

Iklan Tengah Artikel 1

Iklan Tengah Artikel 2

Iklan Bawah Artikel