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New Flowers of War Trailer and Premiere Pics



The Flowers of War is the latest from Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Hero and The House of Flying Daggers).  The film is set during the Japanese invasion of China in 1937.  Based on a historical novel by Yan Geling, the film has Bale playing John Haufman, a mortician who apparently has come to town to bury the priest of a cathedral in Nanking. He meets a beautiful Chinese courtesan who helps him rescue a group of schoolgirls from a terrible fate at the hands of the Japanese.  The Flowers of War is said to be the most expensive movie China has ever made, and all that money appears on the screen.  That combined with the use of English (about 40% of the dialogue) made Flowers the natural selection for China’s official Oscar submission.

Speaking of which, The Flowers of War will sneak into theaters in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco starting December 21 for an Oscar-qualifying run.  A wide release will follow in early 2012.

They really went all out for this premiere!





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Everyone looks so gorgeous!





Aw he is such a gent, giving her his arm.



Ni Ni (last one on the right) is so gorgeous!

The beautiful cast


Still sporting the grey hair

Jesus Bale getting an important message from his father.

Can I please be that mic

Of course, his bb is always by his side.





Lucky! She gets to have sex with him in the movie and get that close to him!


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This new trailer is so much better. Definitely going to go see this movie and bringing a box of tissues with me!
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ecctv 12th-Dec-2011 07:15 pm (UTC)
ugh i love China. I miss it so :(
linzer_jello 12th-Dec-2011 07:22 pm (UTC)
Me too!
scornedsaint 12th-Dec-2011 07:16 pm (UTC)
Oh Zhang Yimou. I'm still not over To Live.
joaniemaloney 12th-Dec-2011 08:21 pm (UTC)
that film was devastating. oh god.
jasonbeast 12th-Dec-2011 11:30 pm (UTC)
I haven't seen it yet. I love his earlier works but it's been ages since I've seen anything by him.
scornedsaint 13th-Dec-2011 12:14 am (UTC)
You should definitely see it, but it's a huge downer. I wrote about it for my thesis and having to pause in order to take notes on it did not help.
negative_fucker 12th-Dec-2011 07:17 pm (UTC)
been out of the loop! Didn't know a new Zhang Yimou was even in the works! I love his stuff!
So excited!
negative_fucker 12th-Dec-2011 07:18 pm (UTC)
And it's about the 1937 Nanking massacre. That is interesting/terrifying.
alienclit 12th-Dec-2011 07:17 pm (UTC)
I love how I could tell that was Bale before I read anything even though most of his face is obscured.
sharangurl 12th-Dec-2011 07:34 pm (UTC)
ooo Thanks! I was trying to find those sources. I'll add them to the post
comalies 12th-Dec-2011 07:21 pm (UTC)
This is the first I've heard of this movie but I'm intrigued. As a Bale fan I think I'll check it out.

I love how they're all dressed so nicely and he's just there in jeans lol.
harleenfrances 12th-Dec-2011 07:22 pm (UTC)
this looks good.
kaiserschmarrn 12th-Dec-2011 07:28 pm (UTC)
The movie looks really good. Looking forward to it.
spankmypirate 12th-Dec-2011 07:31 pm (UTC)
I love Bale, he's one of the few actors in Hollywood right now that I find legitimately interesting and talented
sharangurl 12th-Dec-2011 07:50 pm (UTC)
ITA! He takes risks and chooses really great movies.
batsyx 13th-Dec-2011 04:58 am (UTC)
IA!
sugar_beach 12th-Dec-2011 07:31 pm (UTC)
Film looks good, what became of his ginger beard?
nanewt011 12th-Dec-2011 07:35 pm (UTC)
the group picture with the cast on the stage is freaky, the women all holding thier hands the same way, and the faces of the soldiers ;(
fastbak 12th-Dec-2011 07:41 pm (UTC)
The Rape of Nanking was some horrific shit.
sharangurl 12th-Dec-2011 07:44 pm (UTC)
I know! I can't handle anything rape related after watching Pillars of the Earth. But I heard that there is only one rape scene in the movie or something and very little of it is shown.
lostinshalott 13th-Dec-2011 12:22 am (UTC)
The rape scene in pillars was horrifying
joaniemaloney 12th-Dec-2011 08:20 pm (UTC)
the atrocities leave you speechless.
lostinshalott 13th-Dec-2011 12:23 am (UTC)
I remember researching some of it and I had to stop because it started to mess with my mind. Just so terrible.
nene718 12th-Dec-2011 07:43 pm (UTC)
He meets a beautiful Chinese courtesan who helps him rescue a group of schoolgirls from a terrible fate at the hands of the Japanese.

oh it's the whole white savior thing again. Sad that even Asian directors have to resort to it.
sharangurl 12th-Dec-2011 07:46 pm (UTC)
I think the real heroes in the movie are the courtesans. Sure Bale's character helps, but I think after reading the synopsis that the ladies were the most brave... well I don't want to ruin anything for you. But yea, they play a more major role.
hera_bearrra 12th-Dec-2011 08:26 pm (UTC)
Hmm, that's good to know. I'll watch it before I judge outright.
nene718 12th-Dec-2011 08:42 pm (UTC)
Even then, there's still the "nearly all-Asian cast, but the white guy is the lead actor" thing going on.
skeletwin 12th-Dec-2011 08:52 pm (UTC)
if it's based on a book why would they change who the characters are
taiki_kou 13th-Dec-2011 01:59 am (UTC)
=) Nah. Don't look at it that way.

If you looked up actual events, a handful of white foreigners was able to save hundreds of thousands of Chinese folks during the Rape of Nanking, because they were white. But after the war was over, not many great things happened to these heroes. I think the Chinese from Nanking always felt unfortunate that these foreigners were never properly honored and awarded while they were still alive. This movie is telling that story, along with a few Chinese women who made a difference. I don't see why having a White guy in there, when it actually happened, would be a bad thing.
movielooney 12th-Dec-2011 07:55 pm (UTC)
This looks very interesting, although it does look a bit too Oscar baity for me.

Bale's been looking hot as fuck lately.
wonderwomanhero 12th-Dec-2011 08:16 pm (UTC)
I can NEVER look at the wiki article for the Rape of Nanking again. The pictures good god the pictures.

The lady is so pretty with her qipao!
jeugd1 12th-Dec-2011 08:21 pm (UTC)
I could NEVER forget those pictures
hera_bearrra 12th-Dec-2011 08:24 pm (UTC)
:(
lucidimpression 12th-Dec-2011 08:33 pm (UTC)
I felt physically sick after seeing that article.
nene718 12th-Dec-2011 08:51 pm (UTC)
One of my friends is from Nanjing, and when I first asked her where in China she's from she was like, "Nanjing. You know... World War II..."

sadface

Pretty much the same depressing case when my TA told us where in Japan she's from (Hiroshima). They probably still have living family members who experienced those awful events.
sharangurl 12th-Dec-2011 09:12 pm (UTC)
Thank you for warning me. Never going to look at the article now.
lostinshalott 13th-Dec-2011 12:25 am (UTC)
It is so terrible.
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