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Film: Memoirs of a Geisha

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In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed by the onslaught of history.

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Damn! Zhang Ziyi is fucking pretty. And not to mention Michelle Yeoh, the first Malaysian to be nominated the Oscars. You made us proud girl!
 
film: memiors of a geisha

im looking forward to this... but it has been a bit dimmed afer i saw an interview from the movie

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Damn, I posted this book years ago in the "books that would make great movies" thread. I guess it was only a matter of time :)
 
this is a book that requires a film done in a particular way. i know that sounds stupidly generalised, but i hope that people who've read the book understand. it's so poetic, yet really really intense at times too, and i think that will be a difficult feeling to recreate. it needs to be directed by sofia coppola or something. actually, this would have been perfect for kurosawa to end with...
 
I cant wait to see this movie. I'm absolutely in love with Zhang ziyi as well. And Memoirs of a Geisha (the book)is practically a STAPLE among all the females i went with in freaking highschool....lol. I've read parts of it...im more excited to see the movie to be honest.
One bone of contention tho: Why the f*ck does Zhang ziyis character have BLUE EYES?
From Margaret Cho's blog:
I am just so over the European perspective of fucking everything and I want something new and real. And so I am eagerly anticipating the release of "Memoirs of Geisha." The trailer looks lush and stunning, and all the usual suspects like Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh are there, but why does Zhang Ziyi have blue eyes? Is that from the novel? I read it, and I might have liked it but it was one of those books that you read that just kind of leaves you, because it isn’t a terribly profound story, nor is it a true one, not that it really matters – but basically, it’s kind of an empty fashion show without pictures.

Still, even if it was in the book, I can’t say that it looks right on film. That is weird. I don’t know any Asian people with blue eyes, except for that porn star with the blond hair from Hawaii, and that old blind man from Kung Fu. Why do her eyes have to be blue? To make blue eyed people want to see the film? Why do they remain true to a novel which was not even true to begin with? It is just like that grade school experiment that separates the blue eyed people from the brown eyed people in class, and how easy it was for us to condemn the brown eyed people to death or something like that, which was supposed to teach you about racism, but actually did nothing but point out the popular kids in class.

I am still glad about the movie, even though Zhang Ziyi’s eyes are much more beautiful in their normal color. I would have preferred if she had just one contact in, a’la Marilyn Manson, but you can’t have everything, as we see in "Memoirs of a Geisha." I think it is grand that the actors are not entirely Japanese, and I am delighted to see them all up on the screen, speaking English and looking fine. It’s just the eyes: so politicized, the way we see ourselves, the way others see us. I wish things were different. I wish things would change. But they don’t.
 
I have a 1024/786 version of the first picture in the thread as my desktop picture. Beautiful.
 
In the book, the lead character actually has grey eyes. They did play a pretty big role in the story as the geisha were superstitious and Chiyo's eye color had an impact on her personality. Kinda hard to explain if you haven't read the book.
 
Chibi u are right :) I just got a bit worked up because of margaret cho lol but yes I do see how integral it is to the story.
 
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Personally, I think Michelle cannot act but I am proud of her as she is the first Malaysian to appear big time in Hollywood.
 
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