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Post by lovevicki on Jan 8, 2005 17:46:52 GMT 7
 [glow=red,2,300]GREEN TEA[/glow] CAST & CREW Director: Zhang Yuan productie: Asian Film Union, Yan Gang sales: Asian Film Union print: Asian Film Union cast: Jiang Wen, Zhao Wei, Fang Lijun, Wang Haizhen, Yang Dong, Zhang Yuan, Mi Qiu, Li Long, Zhang Chi art direction: Han Jiaying lengte: 83` A driven young Beijing graduate student, on a blind date, meets Chen, a dissolute professional mending a broken heart. Vicki Zhao Wei plays a dual role as the reticent student and a sultry, compliant woman Chen later connects with. Cinematography by Christopher Doyle |
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Post by lovevicki on Jan 8, 2005 17:48:22 GMT 7
Released:
2003(China-mainland)
[glow=red,2,300]My Rating:8.5/10[/glow]
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Post by lovevicki on Jan 26, 2005 13:08:01 GMT 7
BOX OFFICE:
2003 China mainland 7,900,000
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Post by lovevicki on Jun 17, 2005 12:49:51 GMT 7
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Post by PacinG on Jun 17, 2005 21:47:25 GMT 7
cool, green tea already has a version by mei-ah...... im sure my chinese video store has a copy now!!!!! i've recently downloaded this from the av oddyssey site.....
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Post by PacinG on Nov 22, 2005 17:44:06 GMT 7
ok, i've just watched this film last night and i've tried my best to stay awake (i have to admit, watching them talk and talk and talk wasnt really entertaining) but i didnt get the ending.....
did chen found out that fang and lang were the same person?
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Post by lovevicki on Nov 23, 2005 18:09:29 GMT 7
I think Chen found out.(I watched the original novel.)
After Green Tea releaesed in China,lots of fans discussed it.
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Post by PacinG on Nov 24, 2005 19:41:27 GMT 7
im sure they did.... its taken from a book/novel, right? how faithful was it to the original story?
the ending is ambigous, no doubt about that.... its just that i was looking for closure, i guess
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merry
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Post by merry on Aug 30, 2006 21:23:03 GMT 7
hi all,
i am living in U.S.A. Has the geen tea movie released in U.S.A yet?. Can you guys let me know ?. thanks in advance
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Post by lovevicki on Aug 31, 2006 18:33:52 GMT 7
hi all, i am living in U.S.A. Has the geen tea movie released in U.S.A yet?. Can you guys let me know ?. thanks in advance Green Tea hasnt wide or limited released in USA,but,in 2004,Green Tea shown during 3 US film festivals(Palm Spring International Film Festival,DC Film Festival and Hawaii International Film Festival). |
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Post by tinklebelle on Oct 25, 2006 7:26:40 GMT 7
i think this film is postmodern. you have two concurrent storylines which converge at the end to give viewers the happy ending. it's not explicit in the end that he found out that wufang and langlang are the same people, but if you watch it closely it is. firstly, langlang said her mother worked at a gloves factory (whereas wufang said her mother had to wear gloves all the time). langlang struck a man for hitting his girlfriend, saying she hates violent men, this reflects wufang, whose irresistable impulse to play the just part is due to her family experiences. langlang then runs away with chen to a hotel. the last scene is shot through a glass coffee table. we see what appears to be a glass of green tea, then a pair of dark-framed glasses which wufang wore, suggesting that at that date, she took her glasses off and revealed herself to be langlang. storyline is very subtle, but it gives you a feeling of fulfillment.
i often think, if you come from a family background like wufang, how are you supposed to reveal that to the people you date in a society that is rather strict about the importance of good family background? if she came out straight the first date and revealed her story, that'd be the end of the film and the end of her and chen. the crafty way she revealed it, by first masking it as her friend's misfortune, allows empathy and the relationship to develop.
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