Lust, Caution

Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee adapts this Eileen Chang story set in World War II-era Shanghai that details the political intrigue surrounding a powerful political figure named Mr. Yee (Tony Leung) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Spanning the late '30s and early '40s, the movie introduces us ...more

Ang Lee is a director whose films garner effusive critical acclaim, yet contrary to these vocal extolments, he thrives upon composing moments of silence to pummel audiences with emotion. Performances under his watch are restrained, yet potent, and plot lines play out with the seductive grace of a silk scarf being unraveled. Lust, Caution is in keeping with Lee's modus operandi, and, along with Brokeback Mountain before it, best illustrate his deft approach to filmmaking. Well versed in ...more