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	IGN: Memoirs of a Geisha Review
		December 9, 2005- In terms of the new film Memoirs of a Geisha, let's get all of the biases out of the way from the get-go: I have never read the book upon which the film is based.
		But for the casual viewer, Memoirs of a Geisha may prove to be a terrific entry point for the beautiful and expansive world of Asian cinema.
		Despite the characters' many claims that the women are definitively not prostitutes, the film's centerpiece involved auctioning Sayuri's virginity to the highest bidder; and contrary to claims that she is a formidable agent of her own destiny, Sayuri seems painfully unaware of the machinations of her colleagues and adversaries throughout the entire film.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/674/674682p1.html (607 words)

	Movie Review for Memoirs of a Geisha
		Memoirs of a Geisha was adapted from the novel of the same title by Arthur Golden, and based in part upon the life story of an actual geisha who ended up suing Golden for revealing her identity in the book.
		Since what geishas do or don't do behind closed doors is open to speculation, let's leave the whore vs. walking work of art question to the historians and get on with the film.
		Other than proving that you can make a lousy movie about Japan using Chinese actors and American money, Memoirs of a Geisha seems bent on showing that geishas, who have pretty much died out, are not prostitutes.
	www.cinemablend.com /review.php?id=1290 (663 words)

	SoundtrackNet : Memoirs of a Geisha Soundtrack
		Williams has done an excellent job with Memoirs of a Geisha, delivering a score that shows that he is truly a master of the craft.
		I've yet to hear anything from Munich, but until such time, Memoirs of a Geisha is an easy pick for one of the best scores of 2005.
		Starring a pan-Asian cast including Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe and Michelle Yeoh, the film follows the story of Sayuri (Ziyi), an impoverished Japanese girl who is sold by her parents and taken to the Hanamachi.
	www.soundtrack.net /soundtracks/database?id=4114 (407 words)

	Memoirs of a Geisha - Moviefone
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	Review: Memoirs of a Geisha
		Memoirs of a Geisha is worthwhile on many levels, although it lacks the depth of feeling that would have elevated it from a good movie to a romance for the ages.
		Emotionally, although Memoirs of a Geisha is not inert, it lacks the ability to wrench the viewer.
		There's no doubting that Memoirs of a Geisha is a lush motion picture, and it has much to recommend it, but this will not go down as one of the great screen romances of the 2000s.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/m/memoirs_geisha.html (1083 words)

	Memoirs of a Geisha (2005): Reviews
		Memoirs of a Geisha was never primed to be a film that burns down the house.
		There's no doubting that Memoirs of a Geisha is a lush motion picture, and it has much to recommend it, but this will not go down as one of the great screen romances of the 2000s.
		Memoirs of a Geisha is like a sumptuous piece of silk: stunning yet ultimately flimsy.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/memoirsofageisha (1765 words)

	Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
		Lavish cinematography means 'Memoirs of a Geisha' is never anything less than visually beautiful, and it's hard to think of how any other movie could beat it to an Oscar in this department come March next year.
		The very word "geisha" means artist and to be a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art.
		However, the true merit of the film lies in the fact that its sumptuous style does not outweigh substance, something particularly thankful given that such an imbalance was so unfortunately true of House of Flying Daggers, the last major release to star Ziyi Zhang.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0397535 (501 words)

	HSX Prediction Market: MovieStocks® : Memoirs of a Geisha
		Based on the book by Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha tells the touching story of Nitta Suyari, a woman who was sold as a child to an oikiyo house and became one of the most famous geisha of Japan.
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		HSX Prediction Market: MovieStocks® : Memoirs of a Geisha
	movies.hsx.com /movies/profile/MEMOI (98 words)

	Geisha glamour
		ATLANTA — The film "Memoirs of a Geisha," which opens today, tells the story of a poor Japanese girl who goes to work as a servant in a geisha house and ends up learning the art of the geisha.
		Tea also is an important part of the geisha experience and the film.
		It was done in the spirit of a geisha tea ceremony." The container's label art is from the movie; 50 tea bags are $10 (www.republicoftea.com).
	www.oxfordpress.com /featr/content/shared/living/stories/_GEISHA_FASHION_1216_COX.html (685 words)

	Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
		Memoirs of a Geisha is not the first, nor the last, movie that subjects another culture to the crude lens of American exoticism.
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
		The very word "geisha" means artist and to be a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0397535 (638 words)

	Alternative Film Guide (AltFG)
		According to The Daily Yomiuri, Japanese actress-turned-filmmaker Miyuki Sohara "aims to realistically depict the widely misunderstood world of geisha in her film Hannari." Rob Marshall's Memoirs of a Geisha has been severely criticized for portraying geishas - and the Japan of the 1930s and 1940s - in a blatantly phony manner.
		According to the Pakistan Film Producers Association, the move did not mean the lifting of the Indian film ban which was put in place in 1965, when the two countries fought the second of their three wars.
		Sight and Sound's top-ten (actually fourteen) films of 2005:
	www.altfg.com (2519 words)

	Persona
		Memoirs of a Geisha caused an uproar with the controversial casting of Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang.
		"a fascinating film and the mark of a true artist and genius"
		"This film is a mind-bender, a philosophical exploration of identity, communication, and the relationship of the artist to life."
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/persona (521 words)

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		With "Freedomland" and "King's Men" no longer eligible for Oscar, Sony's best offerings include Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha" and Chris Columbus' "Rent," starring Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs and Jesse L. Martin.
		Led by activist Karen Collucci (Edie Falco), members of the communities of Dempsy and Gannon unite in a search for the missing child, but the criminal investigation in the alleged kidnapping by a suspect who is presumed to be a local from the projects soon ignites long-simmering racial tensions between the two towns.
		Instead of releasing it in December for a one-week, limited-release Oscar qualifying run before opening wide in January, the studio has opted to push the opening date back to Feb. 17 to take advantage of Presidents Day weekend, according to trade reports.
	www.eurweb.com /story.cfm?id=23223 (217 words)

	Firewall
		Memoirs of a Geisha caused an uproar with the controversial casting of Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang.
		Harrison Ford's rote performance brings little to this uninspired techno-heist film whose formulaic plot is befuddled with tedious and improbable twists.
		"The film is precise, square and in many regards beat-perfect - in other words, the perfect movie to skip in theaters and enjoy somewhere down the road as a rainy-weekend rental or background-noise friend while paying some bills."
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/firewall (1252 words)

	Cars
		Memoirs of a Geisha caused an uproar with the controversial casting of Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang.
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		Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Cars to receive a rating.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/10004076-cars (336 words)

	Sneakers
		Memoirs of a Geisha caused an uproar with the controversial casting of Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang.
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		"...for what it sets out to accomplish, Sneakers is about as close to perfection as you can get."
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/Sneakers-1040319 (570 words)

	Kurt's Film Blog: February 2005
		A Japanese film starring Chinese superstar Zhang Ziyi (the second japanese character she will be playing including her role in the film version of Memoirs of a Geisha) which is in the vein of Moulin Rouge, One From the Heart, or Tears of the Black Tiger…It wears it artificiality on its sleeve.
		Each of the previous films were laden with commentary of their times – Night of the Living Dead on race, morality and social conscience, Dawn of the Dead on commercialism run rampant, Day of the Dead on the pressures of competing agendas leading to self destruction (i.e.
		The director of the film, Seijun Suzuki is one of the prolific Japanese directors, with films stretching all the way back to the 1950s and he is a Criterion Collection favorite.
	kurtscomment.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_kurtscomment_archive.html (4971 words)

	Chinese Superstar Actress Joins Miami Vice - Hollywood North Report
		Gong Li starred in Raise The Red Lantern and is part of the ensemble in the film of the novel Memoirs Of A Geisha, which is currently in postproduction.
		Oscar winner Jamie Foxx has given the OK for Gong Li, a Chinese superstar actress, to have a major role in the movie version of television show Miami Vice.
		It was while she was making this movie with Rob Marshall that she came to the attention of Michael Mann.
	www.hollywoodnorthreport.com /article.php?Article=1013 (295 words)

	Ziegfeld Follies
		An actress who usually gets her kicks (and punches), Zhang Ziyi won't be able to leap around and do cartwheels in Memoirs of a Geisha like she can in other movies.
		The film begins in heaven, with Ziegfeld imagining what one final, grand revue would look like.
		"Ziegfeld Follies of 1946": Some of Metro Goldwyn Mayer's greatest performers star in this lavish tribute to the late, one-of-a-kind Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/ziegfeld_follies (331 words)

	Reel.com: Your Connection to the Movies - Match Point
		Henderson Presents, Memoirs of a Geisha, Marebito, Syriana, Transamerica, Aeon Flux, Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt, and Far Side of the Moon.
		Hidden), The Ringer, The Family Stone, The White Countess, King Kong, The Producers, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Brokeback Mountain, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mrs.
		Check out our critics’ picks for the best and worst of 2005.
	www.reel.com /Content/moviepage.asp?mmid=7306 (362 words)

	Film Graphics
		She'll star as the tragic Hatsumomo in Memoirs of a Geisha.
		This classic of film analysis uses stills, live action scenes and animated graphic overlays to display the abstract, structural elements that underlay all powerful moving images as well as painting and still photography.
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	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/film_graphics/about.php (226 words)

	Hamlet
		Memoirs of a Geisha caused an uproar with the controversial casting of Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang.
		"In spite of its length, Hamlet is a relevant and moving film."
		"As star and ringmaster, Branagh gets to the heart of Hamlet and goes to admirable lengths to take his audience there, too."
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/1075422-hamlet (871 words)

	Primal Fear - The History Of Fear
		An actress who usually gets her kicks (and punches), Zhang Ziyi won't be able to leap around and do cartwheels in Memoirs of a Geisha like she can in other movies.
		Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Primal Fear - The History Of Fear to receive a rating.
		The live material is taken from a variety of sources, including the Black Sun Tour of 2002, the Wacken Open Air show of 2001, and many others.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/primal_fear_the_history_of_fear (388 words)

	FT.com - China's film ban is no barrier for the fan
		China's decision to ban the film Memoirs of a Geisha this week from local cinemas has generated disapproving headlines in the foreign press about the chokehold of communist censorship.
		Outside of China, the casting of two Chinese in Japanese roles was seen as merely eccentric and perhaps an effort to give the film a quirky marketing twist.
		That seems easy to answer – because of the casting of two of China's most famous actors, Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li, as geishas in lead roles.
	us.ft.com /ftsuperpage/superpage.php?news_id=fto020320061548136043&... (241 words)

	WHAT'S NEW - January 2006
		"Central Conservatory of Music") recording accomplishments include Oscar winning movies (Hollywood Pictures, Warner Brothers, Memoirs of a Geisha, Joy Luck Club, Last Emperor, Passion of the Christ, Anna and the King, etc.), television (HBO, We Were Soldiers), radio programs, and seven albums.
		Despite making over $60 million its opening weekend, his next film ("The Hulk") was considered a disappointment by many, something not helped by the movie's computer generated title character being the subject of ridicule months before anyone saw it.
		The latest foray into screenwriting for Ishiguro, who was born in Japan and grew up in Britain, is "The White Countess." The film was directed by James Ivory and produced by the late Ismail Merchant, the same team who brought Ishiguro's "Remains of the Day" to the screen in 1993.
	us_asians.tripod.com /new.html (3284 words)

	Memoirs of a Geisha Running with Scissors movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
		It's a list that will surely grow after this year, when a multitude of other Oscar hopefuls -- ''Big Fish,'' ''Girl With a Pearl Earring,'' and ''House of Sand and Fog'' -- are emerging in films adapted from novels.
		FOR SAIL ''Master and Commander'' is just one of the recent films based on a book
		When she does -- okay, IF she does -- she'll be trailing a long line of winners who have an author to thank in their acceptance speeches.
	www.ew.com /ew/report/0,6115,482556_1_0_,00.html (815 words)

	Hollywood Reporter: Ted Levine is writing his way into Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha.".(film)(Brief Article)@ HighBeam Research
		Ted Levine is writing his way into Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha.".(film)(Brief Article)
		Hollywood Reporter: Ted Levine is writing his way into Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha.".(film)(Brief Article)@ HighBeam Research
		Ted Levine is writing his way into Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha." In the Sony-DreamWorks adaptation of Arthur Golden's novel, Levine plays a colonel who takes advantage of the...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:128439932&refid=holomed_1 (167 words)

	Ken Watanabe News
		Ken Watanabe, the Japanese star of "Memoirs of a Geisha," is defending the casting of Chinese actresses for the film's main roles, saying talent is the most important consideration.
		This undated photo provided by Columbia Pictures shows actors Ken Watanabe, left, and Ziyi Zhang in a scene from "Memoirs of a Geisha." The Chinese government hasn't approved the release of the Hollywood film...
		Ken Watanabe has defended the casting of ethnic Chinese actresses for the main roles in Memoirs of a Geisha.
	www.topix.net /who/ken-watanabe (742 words)

	JOHN WILLIAMS Fan Network ::
		Williams' score for Memoirs of a Geisha has been nominated for the 'Anthony Asquith Award' for Achievement in Film Music at this year's BAFTA Awards (the British equivalent of the Oscars).
		John Williams discusses his work on Revenge of the Sith, War of the Worlds, Memoirs of a Geisha and Munich, in an interview recently published in The Hollywood Reporter.
		The two-disc edition of the War of the Worlds DVD includes a John Williams featurette on the scoring of the film (click here for more details about the DVD).
	jwfan.com (1653 words)

	Citing Public Sentiment, China Cancels Release of 'Geisha' - New York Times
		According to film industry officials who were briefed on the Chinese government's decision this week, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television canceled the film's scheduled Feb. 9 release after reviewing the Chinese script of "Memoirs of a Geisha," overturning an earlier decision to approve the film.
		Film industry officials and the Chinese state media said last week that government officials were worried that the public could be outraged by seeing three of the Chinese-language world's leading actresses portraying Japanese geishas.
		The decision is a big setback for Sony Pictures, which planned to distribute the Columbia Pictures film here, as well as for the film's Chinese stars, Ziyi Zhang and Gong Li, and Michelle Yeoh, a Malaysian-born actress also popular for her roles in China.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/02/01/movies/01geis.html?ex=1296450000&en=94212fa9add5b18b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (573 words)

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