Lust, Caution The Story, the Screenplay, and the Making of the Film

Name: Lust, Caution The Story, the Screenplay, and the Making of the Film
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ISBN: 9780375425240

ISBN-10: 0375425241

ISBN-13: 9780375425240

Edition: 2007

Authors: Eileen Chang, Ang Lee, James Schamus

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To me, no writer has ever used the Chinese language as cruelly as Zhang Ailing (Eileen Chang), and no story of hers is as beautiful or as cruel as "Lust, Caution." Eileen Chang's thrilling short story "Lust, Caution"--a devastating tale of love, betrayal, and manipulation set in Shanghai during World War II--marks with a forceful clarity her mastery of the form. Newly adapted into a major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee, "Lust, Caution "has become an equally remarkable addition to the work of one of the most internationally renowned directors. Included in this unique volume are the original story by Eileen Chang, as well as the screenplay by Wang Hui Ling and…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/4/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.188

'Lust, caution" : a story	p. 1
Lust, caution : a screenplay	p. 49
About Eileen Chang (Zhang Ailing) and translating "Lust, caution," the story	p. 229
A note on names	p. 239
Production notes
Nanking West Road, Shanghai, 1942 : built to order	p. 245
"Mai Tai-tai, pleased to meet you!"	p. 248
The true meaning of difficulty	p. 251
The "killer pizza light"	p. 253
Eleven days in hell	p. 255
"Pung!"	p. 259
The last golden light of sunset	p. 262
Not your standard language-learning course	p. 264
"Go, now!"	p. 266
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