Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles (New Zhang Yimou Film)

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 15 Jan 2006, 10:25

DVD available here:

http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.as ... 004104346/

Around £3.95 ish....

Mainland Chinese DVD though. Whislt it has English subs, it may be dodgy in terms of quality.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 16 Jan 2006, 01:24

Damn, that's supposed to be great! The storyline just sounds so awesome.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 16 Jan 2006, 09:16

What its' about? The Yesasia review was in Chinese.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 16 Jan 2006, 10:40

http://www.monkeypeaches.com/qianlizoudanji.html

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 16 Jan 2006, 10:43

Don't go to IMDB as there is a MAJOR SPOILER there which I just happened to read. The one who posted it is such a bastard.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Jan 2006, 16:12

I thought Yimou was going to direct another martial arts film next to complete a pseudo trilogy?

No Zhang Ziyi?

thelostdragon wrote:Damn, that's supposed to be great! The storyline just sounds so awesome.

Sorry but how does it sound awesome? I'm sure it will be great but the plot of:

"A Japanese father and his ailing son travel to China's Yunnan Province to learn opera."

Doesn't sound to original.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 16 Jan 2006, 16:40

Doesn't sound that "interesting" either IMO

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 16 Jan 2006, 19:51

Now if they went to China's Yunnan Province to get drunk and score some chicks, that would be awesome.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 16 Jan 2006, 20:58

Uhm, "The Road Home" is about a woman who falls in love with a teacher. "Not One Less" is about a village girl who goes into the city.

All of these synopsises do not sound really interesting as they are stories from everyday life. However, Zhang Yimou is known to make the most touching stories out of everyday life inspirations.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Jan 2006, 09:52

Fair enough, sorry LD

I havent seen those two movies but I hear they're great.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Jan 2006, 12:51

Road Home is excellent Grim. The DVDs are bare-bones unfortunately but the AV quality is gorgeous. It's only about 85 minutes long so oodles of room for a high bit-rate.

It's also particulary interesting when you see how far Zhang Ziyi has come. £6.99 -

http://www.dvd.co.uk/product.asp?id=CDR ... P36=3A4643

thelostdragon wrote:However, Zhang Yimou is known to make the most touching stories out of everyday life inspirations.

True but we've seen those films we've not seen this. If all I knew about Road Home was "a woman who falls in love with a teacher" I'd say the same.

You made it out to sound like the best thing slice bread was all.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 17 Jan 2006, 21:00

Hope he eventually makes a movie about my aforementioned idea.