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Raise the Red Lantern (MGM World Films)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0027616082626
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: Mandarin Chinese (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: M108262
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2007
Running Time: 125 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
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Editorial Review:
Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou) directed this fascinating, visually formal 1991 film about an educated woman (Gong Li) who is sent off to become the newest wife of a feudal nobleman in 1920s China. Nearly isolated in his spooky, palatial home, she develops relationships with several of the other wives and slowly becomes aware of a hideous legacy of punishment toward more willful women. The film has a brittle and dry quality that is deliberate, but also suggestive of Zhang working through various explorations of his own style (which he resolved in his next film, The Story of Qiu Ju). Gong Li, one of the world's great actresses, is superb. --Tom Keogh
Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou) directed this fascinating visually formal 1991 film about an educated woman (Gong Li) who is sent off to become the newest wife of a feudal nobleman in 1920s China. Nearly isolated in his spooky palatial home she develops relationships with several of the other wives and slowly becomes aware of a hideous legacy of punishment toward more willful women. The film has a brittle and dry quality that is deliberate but also suggestive of Zhang working through various explorations of his own style (which he resolved in his next film The Story of Qiu Ju). Gong Li one of the world's great actresses is superbSystem Requirements:Running Time: 125 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: FOREIGN/LATIN Rating: PG UPC: 027616082626 Manufacturer No: M108262
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Sexual Politics Leads to Tragedy
In the world of concubines, a young woman becomes a 4th wife to a rich man. She was educated and chose the man because of money. The life of a rich man isn't as easy as she thought, as a wife with three others ahead of her, she must compete for the master's affection and secure her place by having a son. Life is generally friendless as the women are competing against each other and the master only visits them one by one. The misery of life leads to a tragedy.
Rating:  - Too many cooks in that kitchen....
A look at male/female relationships in the old times and the options (or lack thereof) opened to women. Yet even in such a dreary setting with limited scenery the cinematography and the costumes were brilliant. The lanterns were truly beautiful. Gong Li played her part well.
Rating: - Review, Raise the Red Lantern
I work in a public high school, where this was shown in a high school history class as part of a cultural literacy program of China in the early 1900's. This was a very compelling video, and led to excellent class discussions. Strongly recommended.
Rating: - Well made movie of a situation that could have truly happened
I enjoyed this movie very much because the actors were very good. The Story is sad and you have to realize that in every culture in the world there has been a view that women are just property. It also shows how different personalities of people co-exist together and that one needs to be careful of their words and actions so as to be able to co-exist in situations in which we can not change.
Rating: - Exotic and hopeless; how does one describe great sadness?
Can inevitable and hopeless sadness ever be adequately described? Maybe, but not, I think, by amateur film enthusiasts or any but a few professional critics, and only then if they can tame their professional enthusiasms, can write well and know when to stop. That leaves out, among us amateurs, nearly all of us. As for the professionals, I've read only two or three commentaries by professional film critics that I think do justice to Raise the Red Lantern. Partly, this is due to the utterly foreign, ... Read More
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