Ang Lee, the director of such acclaimed hits “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain” has another sexually stirring movie heading towards theaters with “Lust, Caution.” “Lust” tells the story of a young Chinese girl during WWII who becomes a pawn in the plot to seduce and kill an enemy in a Japanese controlled Shanghai. I didn’t see the words “gay cowboy” there, so what’s the big fuss?

The Motion Picture Assn. of America’s ratings board cited the film’s graphic sexuality for its decision. A source said too many of the film’s sex scenes violated the ratings board’s unwritten rules (like the number of allowable pelvic thrusts, for example) to make an appeal possible.

Sources who have seen the film said it contains at least three scenes — one a long montage — featuring multiple acts of aggressive sexual activity in different positions. There’s no full-frontal male nudity (the source of some NC-17 rulings when shown in sex scenes), but male-on-female oral sex, non-S&M restraints and several nontraditional sexual positions are depicted, conveying the aggression and emotional conflict between the main characters.

The trailer for “Lust, Caution” is below. After watching it I’m wondering just how bad a silent film could be. At least I think it’s silent, I don’t really know, I didn’t watch the whole thing. I didn’t want to risk Lee turning me gay like he did to all those other people who watched “Brokeback”. Maybe you just have to star in his movies for that to happen.

Source: Reuters

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