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: Lou Ye uses love and sex as proxies for the desire for political freedom, equating the "chaos" of the era's student movement with the instability of romantic relationships.

The cannot be discussed without acknowledging its director, Lou Ye . Alongside Jia Zhangke ( Platform , Ash is Purest White ), Lou Ye is a titan of China’s "Sixth Generation"—filmmakers who came of age after the Cultural Revolution. Unlike the Fifth Generation (Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige), who focused on historical epics, the Sixth Generation turned their cameras to gritty, urban realities. They used shaky handheld cameras, natural lighting, and non-professional actors to capture the anxiety of modern China. summer palace film