Reviews

I liked the "Chinese Box" and found this movie rather interesting and enjoyable, but what I really think is worth mentioning is Vivan's (Gong Li) attitude, so typical of an eastern woman. Splendid performance! This "insight" of the eastern woman is rare in a western movie and deserves due note.

Excellent direction, photography, music and a very touching story. In our affluent western society we tend to forget who we are and where we come from. "Three seasons" is like a little bit of fresh air in a closed room, a new window where there was none. "Life as it is", that's the words that pop into my head. People should see it, with an open heart and with an open mind.

I cannot describe the impact that this film had on me. The warmth of the relationship that slowly develops between Honus and Cresta leaves you totally unprepared for the violence of the attack on the Cheyenne village and the scene hits you like a ton of bricks. I saw this film (in Europe) with my ex-wife and none of us could speak a word until we arrived back home, some 30 minutes after the film ended. An interesting variation to "How the West was Won" that I will never forget,

"The Postman" is a good movie and and a good story but, much more than that, this film contains various messages intertwined and some of them are very interesting. In particular, I though that using the "building up postal services" to show how communication works against dictatorship was a genial idea. In fact, since old days it is said that you should "divide to conquer" and isolating people from each other is one way of dividing them. "The Postman" shows this with great simplicity, elegance and, I could almost say without really understanding the reasons for my feeling, honour. I loved it