Monday, September 05, 2005
I just got done watching Lan Yu (滥宇). A short summary is about this rich Beijing businessman who "buys" a boy for a night and falls in love with that boy. Afterwards, their relationship consists of the boy (Lan Yu) coming to the business man (Han Dong) and being with him. Han Dong usually repays with money or clothes or other expensive gifts. Like a car.
Anyway, I thought the movie was okay. It jumped around a lot. And I didn't like that. And I didn't like the ending. Not one bit.
It shows how progressive China is becoming, gradually. I don't want people to read this and say something like, "Progressive my ass. You don't know what you're talking about." I know I don't know what I'm talking about. But I can compare what it was and what it is now. In fact, China just opened a class dealing with homosexuality.
[China offers "gay course" for students]
Indeed.
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September 08, 2005 3:57 AM
Hey, my friend subtitled that!
I wasn't a fan of Lanyu - Chinese movies dealing with homosexuality are all pretty much 大同小异, unsubtle, and depressing. That the movie could even be made, certainly, is an indication of progress -- but it wasn't shown in theatres, and isn't a popular or well-liked movie at all. In an irony, American movies - specifically "Philadelphia" (费城故事) - are doing more to raise AIDS awareness and tolerance than Chinese movies are.