I was once watching a tv show listing the most visually beautiful films ever made. Though I questioned how they had come to the result they were presenting, I watched the show to the end out of pure curiosity. I have to admit I hadn’t watched half of the classic movies on the list and I even disagreed with some of their choices. There was however one movie that I felt was rightfully at the higher end of the list, Zhang Yimou’s Hero from 2002. I’m not going to reveal too much of the plot, I’ll just say watch it! The use of colour in the film and the attention to detail in the set and costume design is just impeccable. I’ve seen this this many times over the years and each time I notice something new.
