There isn't the faintest suggestion of free will, but then free will has never played much of a role in the world of a geisha. They do wonders with their characters, who are trapped in a formula fiction but suggest possibilities they cannot explore. Even in Japan, Zhang and Li outgross any Japanese actress.
#MEMOIRES OF A GEISHA DVD MOVIE#
The movie was cast partly on the basis of star power: Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh are not only great beauties and gifted actresses, but box office dynamite. This casting been attacked as ethnically incorrect, but consider that the film was made by a Japanese-owned company the intent was not to discriminate against Japanese, but in favor of the box office. I am not disturbed in the least that the three leading Japanese characters in the film are played by women of Chinese descent. The women are beauties, their world swims in silks and tapestries, smoke and mirrors, and the mysteries of hair when it is up vs. On the level of voluptuous visual beauty, it works if you simply regard it. This is one of the best-looking movies in some time, deserving comparison with " Raise the Red Lantern" (in more ways than one). I could list some Japanese films illustrating this, but the last thing the audience for "Memoirs of a Geisha" wants to see is a more truthful film with less gorgeous women and shabbier production values. Still, I object to the movie not on sociological grounds but because I suspect a real geisha house floated on currents deeper and more subtle than the broad melodrama on display here. But if this movie had been set in the West, it would be perceived as about children sold into prostitution, and that is not nearly as wonderful as "being raised as a geisha." Certainly the traditions of the geisha house are culturally fascinating in their own right. It's very easy.Is the transaction elevated if there is very little sex, a lot of cash, and the prostitute gets hardly any of either? Hard to say. Instructions for set up are included with purchase. A photograph of the mechanism on the back of the clock is shown. Needs an AA battery to operate, which is not included. It makes a stronger statement and looks better.
The 45 rpm record becomes a border around the CD/DVD. Sample photographs of a clock made from a CD/DVD and one made from a CD/DVD centered on a 45 rpm record are shown.Ī clock made from the CD/DVD alone is okay if the clock is displayed on a stand, but if the clock is intended to hang on a wall, I recommend purchasing the 7-inch size. You can also purchase a clock made by cementing the CD/DVD to a larger 45 rpm record. The stands can be purchased inexpensively in craft stores. Please note it was hard to photograph the metallic dots, but all twelve are there and they are a consistent silver color.īuy just the CD or DVD made into a clock, and hang it on a small space on the wall or display in a stand. Small silver metallic dots were added, in place of numbers, to help tell time. All clocks are tested in my studio before shipping. Clock mechanism was attached to the back of the CD to stay. Great gift idea.Ĭlock was made with high-quality clock parts and won't come apart. There is a picture of a beautiful Geisha on the DVD/clock face. There may be people for whom this movie has special meaning or who just loved this film, who might love this clock. This little clock was made from a recycled DVD of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, the Japanese-American film released in 2005 that tells a story about the famous Japanese Geishas.
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