roddy Posted September 18, 2003 at 02:18 PM Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 at 02:18 PM Just finished watching this. Basic plot summary: Man A (young doctor)comes to visit old friend Man B (sickly arty type who doesn't do much apart from cough and be moody) and discovers Man B's wife of 8 years is his childhood sweetheart from the village he left 10 years ago - you can pretty much guess where things are going to go from there . . . Support is provided by Man A's younger 16 year old sister and an elderly man servant - that's the entire cast. It's beautifully shot, almost all inside a courtyard-style house - lots of lattice window-frames to point cameras through and so on. I found the Chinese pretty easy to understand and followed pretty much the whole film without subtitles - there's lots more slow, drawn-out sentences than there are rapid arguments. Roddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niubi Posted September 29, 2003 at 10:57 PM Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 at 10:57 PM are you referring to the original film directed by fei mu, or the recent remake directed by tian zhuangzhuang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted September 29, 2003 at 11:16 PM Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 at 11:16 PM Sorry, I should have said - it was the remake. Roddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niubi Posted September 30, 2003 at 12:11 AM Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 at 12:11 AM i need to find those both on dvd next time i'm in china. i recently got them on vcd....still haven't watched them yet! hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted September 30, 2003 at 12:14 AM Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 at 12:14 AM I haven't seen the original available on DVD, though I guess it might be out there somewhere. The remake is pretty easily available, and as the film is visually very impressive, it's worth getting a DVD over a VCD Roddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laolee Posted December 5, 2003 at 06:29 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 at 06:29 PM The vcd of the original is very good. I bought the box set with both the old and remake, and the remake picture quality was terrible but the original version was excellent. An R2 UK DVD of the remake was just released last month. Having seen both, the original is better, imo. Minor quibble, but the remake added the dance class scene, so there actually are a few more actors in the newer version. What I didn't like about the remake was the excessive camera tracking. It made me too conscious of the camera and, also, dizzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niubi Posted January 8, 2004 at 04:20 AM Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 at 04:20 AM i am thinking about getting the UK dvd....a bit pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted July 10, 2004 at 03:38 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 at 03:38 PM I saw the trailer today. Very impressive. Very slow. And my friend said immediately that the music was good. Obviously it will be released in HK soon. I can now buy it's DVD for US$7 from yesasia. Do you think the price is good? Or should I get the old+new VCD set for US$7 (!)? Or could roddy send me his set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturday Posted April 9, 2008 at 08:34 PM Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 at 08:34 PM Just watched it. Superb one. Go rent/download/borrow/steal this one. It's worth it! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332831/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atitarev Posted April 9, 2008 at 11:33 PM Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 at 11:33 PM Thanks, guys. Here you can download the original movie: http://www.archive.org/details/spring_in_a_small_town The smaller versions are also available, the one you can fit on a pocket PC and watch using TCPMP player. I don't recommend 100MB files, bad quality but 250MB are OK. The soft subtitles for this one are available on www.shooter.cn The English subtitles are here (as per the previous link): http://www.opensubtitles.com/en/subtitles/217472/xiao-cheng-zhi-chun-en See some more free old movies on the same site, searchable by language, fully legitimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted April 9, 2008 at 11:52 PM Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 at 11:52 PM I can now buy it's DVD for US$7 from yesasia. Do you think the price is good?Or should I get the old+new VCD set for US$7 (!)? Or could roddy send me his set? Four years later . . . So what did you do Skylee? I can't remember if I saw this first time round, but I'm afraid my VCD (remember those?) is now lost in the mists of time anyway. Not sure if I ever watched the original. Pretty sure I had it downloaded at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted April 10, 2008 at 06:15 AM Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 at 06:15 AM So what did you do Skylee? I did nothing. I think I simply lost interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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