Robin Swicord's adaptation of Golden's source material has been lauded by those who've read the novel (I have not) as being quite close to the book, eliminating some of the less necessary narrative elements – that said, the story still unfurls at an occasionally ponderous pace, particularly towards the final 20 minutes. It's a sweeping, romantic story that spans several decades – from the late Twenties to the early Fifties – and purports to peel back the facade of the hellish, mysterious world of servitude and tradition that is the world of geisha. Breathtakingly photographed but dramatically inert, Memoirs of a Geisha centers on the story of Nitta Sayuri (played by Suzuka Ohgo as a child, Ziyi Zhang as an adult), who transcended her modest roots to become one of Japan's most celebrated geisha – along the way, she's mentored by Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), locks horns with rival Hatsumomo (Li Gong) and pines for the love of The Chairman (Ken Watanbe).
#Memoires of a geisha dvd movie#
The considerable cultural faux pas aside, Memoirs of a Geisha is, at least in my opinion, much ado about nothing the art of being a geisha is such an austere, mythic world that it may be nigh impossible to make a compelling movie about the ages-old traditions associated with being a geisha. While this minor controversy likely didn't make much of a dent in the stateside box office, this sumptuous costume drama still didn't have any sort of tremendous impact, although it was eventually nominated for six Oscars at the 2006 ceremony (the film won three awards, all in technical categories).
It may be hard out here for a pimp, but it ain't much easier for a geisha – Chicago helmsman Rob Marshall's highly anticipated and controversial adaptation of Arthur Golden's acclaimed novel Memoirs of a Geisha landed in theaters late in 2005, amid cries of foul from the Japanese – in lieu of casting the main roles with native actors, the team behind Memoirs of a Geisha took this very Japanese story and populated it with Chinese thespians.
0 kommentar(er)
