Ang Lee's Lust, Caution and Its Reception

lust caution  Written in lush, lavish prose, and with the tension of a political thriller, Lust, Caution brings 1940s Shanghai artfully to life even as it Lust, Caution is a 2007 erotic period espionage romantic mystery film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1979 novella of the same name by Eileen Chang Lust

Lust, Caution is an erotic espionage drama, a little like Hitchcock's Notorious in its plot, set in Japanese-occupied China in the second world Lust, Caution wants us to feel the erotic ping of buttoned-up people ripping open those buttons, but too often it's the film's drama that's under wraps

Read the Empire Movie review of Lust, Caution A beautifully rendered, long, drawn-out but ultimately very satisfying story of betrayal and  Michael Wood directed by Ang Lee Lust, Caution is billed as a film about sex and espionage, lots of both, and occasionally it looks like