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Release Date: 02 March, 2004 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $7.97 You SAVE: $7.01! Cast: |
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing Reviews
Worth a Look-See
Okay, guys. We need a differiential diagnosis. Here are two inter-racial, middle-aged films set in Hong Kong. LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING born in 1954. And THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG born in 1959.
Uh...did you know that the first movie was based on a partially autobiographical novel whose title was A MANY SPLENDORED THIING. I guess movie goers need things spelled out.
Thanks for that diagnostically irrelevent interruption.
Well. They both have the ever-reliable, All-American William Holden playing a part that in the originating novel was an English dude.
Uh...both are color films, altho, LOVE is a Hollywood film with richer, saturated colors while SUZIE has a more natural look to it.
Have you noticed that the women characters are opposites?
Yeah. Han Suyin is an doctor while Suzie Wong is a prostitute.
More than that. LOVE's central character is a Eurasian woman played by an American, Jennifer Jones. While SUZIE is about a young Chinese woman played by an Eurasian, Nancy Kwan.
They both have a little Chinese dialog.
That could be the source of infectious embarrassment. Maybe. The occurrences of Jennifer Jones's linguistic mutilation are pretty rare and relatively painless. And she remains one of my favorite actresses.
Mine too.
Mine too.
Not mine.
Who asked you?
No one, but I just wanted to say that Nancy Kwan's hot, anatomically speaking, and does pretty well for a first time actress. And she speaks real Chinese.
Such insight. But I agree. Just don't diss Jennifer again or no Jackie Chan movies for you for a week.
I like the music of both.
They were both written by Westerners, you know. Lyrics were added and LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING became a smash hit. SUZIE's music is the more Chinese-sounding, however.
Speaking of Chinese sounding, LOVE sometimes sounds as if Confucius wrote the script. Don't you think Suyin's dialog sounds like Chinese aphorisms?
I read that Chinese often employ ancient proverbs in conversation. It just sounds stilted to us. I bet English expressions sound weird to them.
I thought Jennifer Jones made it sound refined because she made the character seem so intelligent and refined.
Oh, admit it. You're just saying nice-nice about Jennifer in order to suck up after your faux paux.
Maybe. A little. But the movie's worth a look-see. Haaa...did you notice? 'Look-see' was taken from Chinese language.
That's it! No Jackie Chan for a month!
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
I saw this film for the first time when I was very young. I went with my parents to see it when it was first premiered. CinemaScope had recently been 'born' and the novelty of the wide screen and the stereophonic sound were still fresh. The 'high and windy hill' with the panaroma of Hong Kong were as much a part of the film as the actors and the dialogue and were a joy to see. I expect that by today's standards this is a corny film, politically incorrect, and of little value but I still film it delightful. This film has a charm that is present and a joy to behold when I watch it. Certainly, one has to be a 'romantic' to enjoy it and, I for one, am not ashamed to be labelled such. I remember when I first saw this film, many people in the cinema were seen to be wiping their eyes once it concluded and the house lights came up. I suspect that many still do this when they watch it for the first time.
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