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We spent the class dissecting the shots and camera movement and editing. They were really into it. One big, hairy, motorcycle-riding dude even said, without shame, "that was the most romantic movie I've ever seen. It made me cry." A bunch of the other men wanted to get a Facebook petition going to try and make women wear the kind of outfits Maggie Cheung does in the movie. LOL Me too!
Dom, I use this one every semester to examine mise-en-scene since the use of screen space and costume seems to convey entrapment throughout. My students have a bit of trouble with the chronology at times, and they do get fooled when they assume a scene isn't play acting and turns out to be.
When I introduce the movie, I tell them, though, to excuse my sexist nature, but I really like to watch Maggie Chueng walk in slow motion in those dresses. No one seems to mind that comment because I ask them.