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Podcast: Verbal Diorama
Episode: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Description: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a patron pick by Pete, is a visual and audible treat. A sweeping epic about love, loyalty, lust and oppression, and a genre-defining Hollywood game-changer when it came to bringing Chinese wuxia martial arts films over to Western audiences. From terrific performances by Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi, to stunning cinematography and outstanding fight choreography, it's a movie that truly has something for everyone.Despite critical and commercial acclaim in the west, it wasn't well received everywhere though. Laura Suen analyses the fight scene between Yu...