Playing a de facto dual role, Qin shows remarkable depth in switching gears between a willingly exploited sexual object and a woman of quiet confidence and untarnished dignity. The exhilarating action choreography in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at once evokes the world of classical martial-arts novels and breaks new grounds in staging fight scenes. The stunning effects are the distillation of Yuen's over 30 years experience in martial-arts direction. Hidden Dragon Director Ang Lee takes the martial-arts film to new heights with his delicate portrayal of relationships and exciting staging of action. With period details characteristically recreated in heightened authenticity, it's again a Wongian meditation on the enigmatic intersection of time and place.
Love is in the air, and a moment captured is an expression of timelessness.
An intimate drama of bittersweet longing and heartfelt redemption. Director Wilson Yip's understated direction finds resonance not in the lonely- hearts romance but in the unexpected warmth of a surrogate family formed by the most absurd of circumstances. Cloaked in black humor, the film explores such familiar issues as office politics and male bonding from fresh angles, taking the triad film to new heights and possibly to its logical end. This romantic comedy offers a neglected glimpse into the white collar set, capturing the frustrations and pleasures of salary men and women in their dealings with office politics, family pressures and matters of the heart. Spacked Out A rare venture into the abandoned territory of social realism, Spacked Out presents the hopeless state of youth culture with journalistic sensationalism and unadulterated immediacy.