This event is in the past.It took place on April 20, 2026 at Metrograph.
Zhang Yimou's tale of a bride sold to a tyrant, shot in saturated Technicolor so vivid it was banned in China until 1992. A lush, forbidden love story that plays like Poe by way of Buñuel.
Zhang Yimou
Gong Li
Technicolor restoration
Chinese New Wave
Tips
🎬"lurid and melodramatic as anything conceived by Poe or filmed by Buñuel" (Roger Ebert)
🎨"brilliance not seen in Hollywood films since the golden age of the MGM musicals" (Roger Ebert)
🎟️Metrograph members get $11 tickets
Ju Dou
Lower East Side
Zhang Yimou's tale of a bride sold to a tyrant, shot in saturated Technicolor so vivid it was banned in China until 1992. A lush, forbidden love story that plays like Poe by way of Buñuel.
Zhang Yimou
Gong Li
Technicolor restoration
Chinese New Wave
Tips
🎬"lurid and melodramatic as anything conceived by Poe or filmed by Buñuel" (Roger Ebert)
🎨"brilliance not seen in Hollywood films since the golden age of the MGM musicals" (Roger Ebert)
🎟️Metrograph members get $11 tickets
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