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Red Sorghum (1992)

Reviewed by Doug Brod | Jan 24, 1992
EW's GRADE
B

Details Rated: Unrated; Genres: Drama, Foreign Language, War; With: Jiang Wen and Gong Li; Distributor: New Yorker Video

Like an abbreviated Asian 1900, the Berlin Film Festival winner Red Sorghum, documents life at a Chinese winery until its violent takeover by Japanese troops. This letterboxed edition preserves the epic's wide-screen grandeur, but its unhurried pace might discourage less-than-adventurous viewers. B

Originally posted Jan 24, 1992 Published in issue #102 Jan 24, 1992 Order article reprints

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