1993 - GREEN SNAKE, a visually stunning film from Tsui Hark

The producer/director and writer Tsui Hark takes an ancient Chinese legend and applies his dynamic style to it for another incredible film.  This fantasy involves two giant snakes, a white one and a green one who can assume the form of  beautiful women.  The white snake falls in love with a human while the green snake attempts to understand the human emotion of love.  But this is just the jumping off point for some amazing visuals as only a director like Tsui Hark can stage them.

The snake women are played by Maggie Cheung and Joey Wong and Hark really cranks up the eroticism that these two women give off.  No wonder the human played by Wu Hsing-kuo is unable to resist them.

 

Hark and his production team also integrate some excellent special effects which for a change serve the story instead of being allowed to overwhelm the film.  Something that has been a major problem with American special effects films for some time.

  

 Green Snake also combines sensual photography and impressive set design which adds to it's  unique mood.

A fascinating Chinese fantasy film from one of Hong Kong's most creative directors.

The running time is 99 minutes.