好萊塢報導《茱麗葉》 - 台灣

Love is not rosy in this romantic omnibus sporting sexy, flowery styles.

　　以下出自「好萊塢報導」（Hollywood Repoter）原文。

“Juliets”（《茱麗葉》） is a bewitching omnibus of romances that
are teasingly anti-romantic, or post-romantic, by Hou Chi-jan（侯季然）,
Shen Ko-shang（沈可尚） and Chen Yu-hsun（陳玉勳）. As the Shakespearean
reference of the title implies, love is in the air in all three stories,
but it is more often bitter than sweet, and always comes with a twist. In
fact, the first two works are smoldering accounts of l’amour fou that
remind one “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”

Aside from the farcical, out-of-character third segment, “Juliets”
is a sensual affair which match-makes art house aesthetics with commercial
production quality and entertaining storytelling. It should charm its way
into festivals, select cinemas in its native Taiwan and other
Chinese-speaking territories. Casting directors may want to put out feelers
for actress Lee Chien-na（李千娜） who makes an electrifying debut, and the
impassioned efforts of idol Vivian Hsu（徐若瑄） to play against her
angel-nymphet image.

While the directors exhibit markedly different tastes and styles,
the central figures are all named Juliet (at least in Chinese pronunciation)
and they all dress in red at some point. The stories embrace their feminine
perspectives, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. Red is the
color of passion and danger, as well as luck and happiness (in Chinese
culture). Each short is driven by some of these elements.

“Juliet’s Choice” convincingly expresses the anguish of
unrequited love. Ju (Hsu)（徐若瑄飾）, a printer’s daughter with a leg
disability, fantasizes about escaping from her boxed-in existence when a
dissident college student Ro (Wong Po-chieh)（王柏傑飾） pays her suggestive
attention. Sumptuously shot to capture the nostalgic ambiance of the 70s,
the chiaroscuro lighting wraps the heroine in a tight embrace that evokes
her claustrophobia and obsession.

None of documentary filmmaker Shen’s（沈可尚） previous output
(not even “Baseball Boys”（《野球孩子》） which swept the board at 2009
Golden Horse Awards) can prepare us for the irresistibly sexy film language
and narrative artistry of “Two Juliets.” In a seaside village in the 80s,
a vaudeville performer’s daughter Julie (sizzling singer Lee Chien-na
（李千娜飾） whose family runs genuine vaudeville shows) and a puppeteer’s
son (River Huang)（黃河飾） are forbidden to love because of their fathers’
feud. A mental asylum becomes their love nest — or prison?

This vignette comes closest to “Romeo and Juliet”’s plot yet its
ending has a wicked sting that subverts the Bard’s motif of undying love.
The atmosphere is as fantasmagorical as Victorian Gothics like “Jane Eyre”
and “Wuthering Heights.” The narrative structure, which traverses two
eras and connects two love-lorn women, has the sophistication of a feature
length film.

“One More Juliet,” sends up the profession of its creator Chen
（陳玉勳）, a top-ranking comic TVC director in Taiwan. Chu Li-ye,
a bachelor with a record of 28 failed dates, attempts suicide on his 40th
birthday, but he is accidentally scouted to star in a TVC. A farcical
trifle, its attempt to couch its message that everyone longs for and
deserves love in a gender-bending twist is soiled by lavatory humor and
unflattering caricatures of middle-aged men.

Venue: Tokyo International Film Festival（東京影展「亞洲之風」單元）

Sales: Good Films Workshop

Production: Khan Entertainment Co.

Cast: Vivian Hsu（徐若瑄）, Weng Po-Chieh（王柏傑）, Lee Chien-na（李千娜）,
　　　River Huang（黃河）, Kang Kang（康晋榮；康康）, Liang He-chun（梁赫群）.

Directors: Hou Chi-jan（侯季然）,
　　　　　 Shen Ko-shang（沈可尚）,
　　　　　 Chen Yu-hsun（陳玉勳）.

Producer: Khan Lee（李崗）

Executive producer: Khan Lee（李崗）

Cinematographers: Mahua Feng, Tai Chien, Chen Chien-Li

Production designer: Tsai Pei-Ling, Tang Chia-Hung, Chen Ming-Huei

Writers: Hou Chi-Jan（侯季然）, Yang Yuan-Ling, Shen Ko-Shang（沈可尚）,
　　　　 Lu Hsin-Chih, Chen Yu-Hsun（陳玉勳）

Music: Han Cheng-Yieh, Pigskinhead, Chris Hou

Editor: Ku Hsiao-Yun

Sound: Frank Cheng

No MPAA rating, 106 minutes.

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/juliets-film-review-32333

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