Review of Summer Palace (2006) by Pavandeep S — 03 Oct 2008

I cannot say I agree with the bad reviews for these and even from the critics themselves. Personally, even the sex scenes in this film has a rather stunning quality, it hardly gives it any impression of being controversial, it for the most part reflects the characters and their lives, the mess of it all and the liberal attitude is in line with the revolutionary tunes too.

Another thing of note is the mise-en-sene, the fades, the way the shot is composed for dialogues and the violation of the 180 degree rule gives off a lot fire and really makes this film as provocative as it is in many ways.