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"Isn't that a woman's fate?" "Our fate is the same" Misogyny, a custom so old and culturally ingrained it's in the damn architecture.
Somber, tantalizing, and contemplative, Raise the Red Lantern is a thought-provoking and powerful portrait of a young woman who, after marrying a significantly older and wealthier man, finds herself confronted with the surreptitious conspiracies pervading the relationships…
Raise the Red Lantern is a mournful tribute to Chinese women of past generations, whose existence merely served in accordance to men's needs, or as the movie itself puts it, was "like dogs, cats, rats, but not people." In this daunting tale of jealousy, murders and…
"Please, I don't want to live that long" - Song Lian, This sexism is killing her inside. When young Song Lian becomes the fourth wife to a super old dude she learns all about the oppressive power of money and experiences the isolated position of women in a…
How difficult it is to talk about Raise the Red Lantern because it is at once a film that's so clearly about the patriarchal oppression of women in many modes of living, a stark yet honest demonstration of how systems that pit women against women serve to both profit off of…
Bewilderment. A word that I think comes close to the sensation I felt after watching a film so breathtakingly gorgeous, but also incredibly intricate at the same time. The usage of the color red has never been this powerful, both in a literal and a metaphorical sense. It…
Gaslight. Gatekeep. Girlboss.
This film as a craft is so masterfully made. Everything about it technically is stellar: the cinematography, costumes, sets, score. All impeccable. At times it felt like I was looking at paintings; this film is so beautiful. The story is also extremely powerful and one of…
romance? hahahhaha what
"If they own your body, become a ghost. If they own your mind, lose it." Visually stunning with great camera angles, and I guess that's why it's highly praised, but the overall weak-chessy-dull story ruined the whole thing for me. Can't say that I liked it.
A beautiful movie that comments on patriarchy, a must watch if you enjoy foreign films
One of the greatest asian movies ever
Phenomenal movie