*sniffles* pass tissue please...

[erastes]

I've just watched THIS. oh the pretty pretty slashiness....


ETA: Link to an ebay seller

And it's wonderful. Fantastically well filmed, incredible sets, amazing costumes - cast of 1000's to recreate the evacuation of Shanghai in the 1930's and on top of all that a really REALLY slashy friendship between John Lone as Fong/Billy and Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) as Dawson.

Pasdar gets very nekkid in the first half hour, kidnapped, stripped and plonked into a hot tub with John Lone (who has an amazing arse) - there's no overt mention that they are having a relationship, but one of the gang bosses has a "little friend" and it's fairly well assumed that Dawson and Fong are "partners" PLUS in the bathhouse - in Dawson's POV the camera pans down Fong's body and concentrates on his arse makes it bloody obvious to me. And with Dawson having a bitch fit at Fong's wedding...

And the ending !   *blubbers inconsolably*  Incredibly romantic. *Erastes bawls.*

I had a version that was all in Chinese, (I bought it from China) but I think some versions might have English in them.

Well worth a look if you can get hold of it.  Oh and the music will really get under your skin too.

As ataniell93 puts it: "This is not subtext. This text is nothing like sub. It is so dominant it is standing there in a Japanese soldier's uniform whipping the fucking plot for its own jollies."

Comments

[bittermint.livejournal.com]

Dammit, why is this DVD completely unavailable in the US???

Oh, well. Guess I'll have to read Standish today instead! ;)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I bought it on ebay searching under john lone

http://cgi.ebay.com/John-Lone-Shanghai-1920-Adrian-Pasdar-HK-1991-NEW-DVD_W0QQitemZ260152546692QQihZ016QQcategoryZ617QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

He still has two available.

Eee *gets back under the bed*

[bittermint.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link! I just bought a copy!

I've admired John Lone's work ever since Cronenberg's M. Butterfly. And of course, Adrian Pasdar's hotness cannot be denied! (Thinks of him curled up naked on the floor in Profit and droooooools.)

Mkay, time to go read. ;)

[aigooism.livejournal.com]

It looks interesting... Thanks for the rec. :3