on the trailer, the confrontation between lady kaede and kurogane is from a different camera than in the film. interesting.

someone need to tell me: what happened to the manuscripts at the end??? i love that ending, though, particularly because we somehow can't know what happened to the manuscripts.

polanski said it was the film that was the most painful for him to make. however painful it may have been, the result is superb. when i first saw it, of course the total lack of eroticism or sensuality when sigourney weaver takes of her panties and put it in ben kingsley's mouth was so shocking i nearly couldn't continue to watch. a brilliant scene.

i believe it was on DVD... though it must be actually seen on a big screen, i think

some films can be called a "national cinema," a film that defines a nation--and many of them are not necessary good cinema, like "Gone With the Wind" for the US, "Les Enfants du Paradis" for France. but for Taiwan, not only that "A City of Sadness" is a film that defines their nation, this is also truly great cinema. not so many people are that lucky--like "The Marriage of Maria Braun" for the germans.

one of spielberg's best, and among the best film-examination about children.

correction on the credits: this film's producer was John Houseman (while Sid Rogell was the executive in charge of production at RKO).

unfortunately, not yet the films that Ms.Lupino herself directed on the auteurs...

in my humble opinion, i think this is indeed the best, most formally accomplished and profound, also most personal film by Alfred Hitchcock.

a monaco, on nait croupier...

the year of production is actually 2008.... t.f.

this is perhaps the most "perfect," or flawless film ever made in term of form and style. really, there isn't one single false note, or anything going beyond "over the top," everything so perfect.