A Gorgeous Movie

Last night I watched the Chinese film, Curse of the Golden Flower. This is the most visually stunning movie I've ever seen. The depictions of the Chinese Imperial palace and the costuming are absolutely beautiful. I highly recommend this film for the imagery alone (although I enjoyed the story, too), and this, despite the fact that I decided to leave the room during some of the gorier segments of the movie. (Anyone who knows me well, knows I'm an absolute wimp when it comes to screen violence and gore. The blood was actually a color unknown in nature, so the bloodier scenes probably won't bother most people.)

Note: this entry was edited May 25, 2008 to add the images. I hand drew these images using colored pencil and watercolor pastels, then scanned them in and edited them to clean up the images.