Thursday, January 1, 2009

Hero (2002)



Nameless (Jet Li) fights Sky (Donnie Yen) in a weiqi courtyard in this scene from one of my favorite movies.

Director Zhang Yimou's cinematography is gorgeous, of course. In this scene, the dark palette and rain are complemented by Tan Dun's sparse score. The instrument being played is an ancient Chinese zither, or qin.