everything tsui hark imagines he achieves, not even touching the density of thought or ethics or feeling, this is an accomplishment beyond words.

Two trans girls visit a town where everyone is horny but come into conflict with a powerful volcel warrior (dir. Tsui Hark, 1993)

I do want to say something of substance I guess. It's fucking incredible? Even on a dvdrip the vibrance of the lighting is stunning to behold. Besides like Hausu I can't remember having seen another live-action movie so awash with color. That plus Tsui Hark's freeform camera movement (always floating and gliding and flipping) gives it that great fantastical feel. It plays like a living myth, if that makes sense. It makes sense to me. I dunno. I love movies so much!!!

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Like free falling through the loud, endless tumble of a waterfall. So sharp and sensual and scintillating it'll cause your brain to shatter. Hark sprints past Wuxia conventions in favor of subversion within fantasy. Simply a delicacy; pastel injected and pre-packaged with sweat along its skin.

Tsui Hark merges the punk outrage of his early films with the lavish effects-driven wuxia of his later, much more successful works in this pointed denunciation of the hypocrisies both sexual and racial of China's religious traditions, the backward superstitional blindness of Taoism and the calcification of Buddhism into a rules-based organized structure that has forgotten the most basic rule of all major religions and moral philosophies: "Be excellent to each other."

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I hate life right now, but I must say, this is the greatest film ever made. For 99 minutes I forgot my problems and visited a beautiful magical fairy tale land where the lotus flowers never die and the monks can fly and there are beautiful snake women that live in the most beautiful home I've ever seen and human emotion is more valuable than gold. Just the fact that it exists, and the fact that there are other Tsui Hark films out there for me to watch...both these things keep me going.

Like my uncle Mike says about art, "in the end, if it gets us through the day, it qualifies."

this is the kind of movie that makes you believe in god

well

A montagem de Green Snake sempre parece tender à uma progressão conflituosa, que prioriza uma movimentação ágil engrandecedora tanto de uma sensibilidade quanto de uma hostilidade. Como se todo raccord fosse parte de uma conjuração mística, de um golpe mortal ou dos dois ao mesmo tempo.

One of the most beautiful films ever made and the fact that this isn’t fully restored and readily available on blu ray is a fucking crime.

Kinda like Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind, but with the punks throwing chinese religious traditions out the window instead of a cat.

This was a former best friend’s favorite film - safe to say that, we didn’t agree when it came to movies. It was pretty tho! Maybe i’ll watch again on a random acid trip.

1993 COLLECTION

Like most of Tsui Hark’s movies, I feel like there is some kind of cultural context that I’m missing. That being said, Green Snake is so beautiful and mystifying I didn’t really care that much. Just ignore your confusion and let the gorgeous set pieces, practical effects and overall oddness wash over you.

Very cool visuals, aesthetically striking and unique. 

The use of color and lighting was used to the film’s advantage suggesting and inspiring emotion, imagination, and energy in a subtle but resonating way. 

Lastly, the films use of sound design and soundtrack is unforgettable. It almost feels like a musical with no words with each scene. Very great and diverse selection of both sound and songs from a production aspect.

freaky snake woman seduction techniques at play ! Insane soundtrack that plays the entire length of the film somehow without turning it into a musical

This movie was way more than I bargained for, but I caught up.

Sensory overload but in a good way. Reading the subtitles was a challenge in this visually stunning, high-paced myth.

The colors were amazing. Some outdated vfx, but I didn’t really mind. Those were about the least-distracting/visually remarkable thing in this movie. A catalogue of techniques coming together in this one.

Ingrid: "Mira, la Zowi y la Albany teniendo sentimientos."

I had no idea Green Snake would be as weird as it was. Maggie Cheung really stands out in a performance that almost feels operatic. The effects were cool and I love how all the mystical elements are treated as if they happen all the time.

movies can look like this??????????????????

這真是一部姬片，許仙太多餘了。片名叫青蛇，但青、白、法海都差不多重要，結果都沒刻畫好。曼玉很妖嬈，演得真好。王祖賢不像姐姐⋯⋯拍得挺有美感，但整體普通。

“tenet of lust”

+* ok ! 🖤
punk monk 
++ 🖤#love *