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A Woman, A Gun, And A Noodle Shop<\/span><\/h1>\n

\"AWAGANNS\"<\/a>\u00a0This weekend we sat down and watched A Woman, A Gun, And A Noodle Shop which I had bought a while ago on Amazon but for some reason just kept putting off watching.\u00a0 This film was directed by the acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou and released in 2009.\u00a0 Yimou is famous for such works as Raise The Red Lantern, To Live, Shanghai Triad, and also directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olyimpics.\u00a0 Yimou is best known for the shocking and over the top use of color and static shots in his cinematic works.<\/p>\n

A Woman, A Gun, And A Noodle Shop, was adapted from John and Ethan Coen\u2019s \u201cBlood Simple\u201d, which I watched for the first time a couple of weekends ago.\u00a0\u00a0 If I had to make the decision over again I would have watched Zhang Yimous version first, not because I think A Woman, A Gun, And A Noodle shop is superior, but the story was similar enough (More on that below), that I think I would have been able to focus more on what Zhang Yimou is famous for, and not on that fact that for the most part I just so recently watched this film.<\/p>\n

The film stars Dahong Ni as Wang, the rich owner of a popular noodle shop, and Ni Yan his abused wife.\u00a0 Wang is angry that his wife, whom he had bought 10 years ago has not been able to bear him a son and \u00a0takes it out on her daily with both physical and emotional abuse.<\/p>\n

The wife meanwhile is having an affair with one of Wang\u2019s employee\u2019s which sets the stage for the Shakespearian plot that ensues.\u00a0 As stated above this film was based on the Coen\u2019s movie Blood Simply.\u00a0 So much so, that except for being based in Feudal China instead of 1970s Texas it is pretty much the same movie.\u00a0\u00a0 I was once again awestruck by Yimous choice of colorful wide angle shots.\u00a0 His cinematography skills really are second to none.\u00a0\u00a0 You are also treated to several very rare scenes were an ultra-wide angle lens is used, not just to get all the landscape in one shot, but as it\u2019s intended purpose in still photography.\u00a0 To get REALLY close to a particular subject, \u00a0including the background and exaggerating perspective.\u00a0\u00a0 I cannot remember a film that used a wide angel to that effect before.\u00a0 The other main difference was this film seemed to be much brighter than the original.\u00a0 Blood Simple in itself was shot just a tad brighter than the Noire genre that it was emulating.\u00a0 Also the fact that Blood Simple was shot in color when most Noire films have been black and white set it apart.\u00a0 Giving that to Yimou to play with and this film shines brighter still.<\/p>\n

I agree with the IMDB user rating of 5.7, as it was a good film, the cinematography was excellent and definitely up to Zhang Yimous standards.\u00a0 However I found the movie too similar to the work it was copying, there was nothing new here.\u00a0 There was more comedy added, that\u2019s for sure. However not enough to separate itself from the original.\u00a0\u00a0 Some critics wondered why a seasoned and already renowned cinematographer took on this project.\u00a0 With no real new original material in the film it is easy to question when one might see this more as a film school project. \u00a0\u00a0If I had to guess, I would say it was all about taking the little things that made the original stand out and carrying them just a little bit further and sometimes over the top. , both in style, color, and comedy.\u00a0\u00a0 If you have never seen the original by the Coen Brothers, by all means see this film.\u00a0 If you have seen the original, than it\u2019s up to you.\u00a0\u00a0 Enjoy a good story, by a great director.\u00a0 Just don\u2019t expect feeling like you have\u00a0seen anything\u00a0new.\u00a0\u00a0 It is however still better than the cinematic re-launches coming out of Hollywood recently.<\/p>\n

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Feel free to leave me a comment, letting me know what you thought of the film, or if this review has made you interested in seeing the film what you thought afterwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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