Absolutely bonkers. “The Bride with White Hair” is all libido and is melodramatic trash of the highest order. It’s absolutely gorgeous and lurid and carnal, and can only be led by Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin, the two most mysteriously androgynous icons of Hong Kong cinema and the only two actors in Hong Kong history who can channel the fairy tale eroticism necessary to make the film work. It’s as if Chinese eroticism died with this movie and never came back....
Absolutely bonkers. “The Bride with White Hair” is all libido and is melodramatic trash of the highest order. It’s absolutely gorgeous and lurid and carnal, and can only be led by Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin, the two most mysteriously androgynous icons of Hong Kong cinema and the only two actors in Hong Kong history who can channel the fairy tale eroticism necessary to make the film work. It’s as if Chinese eroticism died with this movie and never came back....