Review of Flowers of Shanghai (1998) by Michael Wilmington for Chicago Tribune — 28 Jul 2021
Flowers Of Shanghai is concerned with the commodification of sex and its hurtful consequences, but Hou leaves the perversion and beatings off-screen. What remains is a succession of tableaux so vividly realized in purely cinematic terms that the emotions seem to waft from the screen like smoke.
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This review of Flowers of Shanghai (1998) was written by Michael Wilmington and published by Chicago Tribune on 28 Jul 2021.
Flowers of Shanghai has generally received positive reviews.
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