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Raise the Red Lantern, an adaptation of the 1990 novella, is a tribute to madness in its intense quiet, somberness in its mournful attention to detail. Through the unforgiving winter palette, it is beset with grief. It is not a period drama, but a funeral for women.

Love in the eyes of Zhang Yimou, is a neurotic conspiracy when it is played on the stage of transactions, and women are the currency. Shot in deep reds, deep shadows,and an impressive focus on the architecture we are situated within, it is a masterful handling of the filmic medium by Zhang Yimou.