Two Tumors

For those of you who appreciate decolletage, I present for your delectation, Miss Gong Li and her two "tumors" as they appear in the film "Curse Of The Golden Flower". I've not seen the film myself but it does look quite interesting. A friend from work (she's reasonably well-endowed and generally has a good figure so it's not that she's envious) made the comment that Gong Li's boobies are so "done" up for the film that they look like tumours. I'm no expert in the field when it comes to mammary glands so I can't really say. They do look facinating though but that's it. Not arousing whatsoever. I'm just curious as to what it is in the bodice that pushes them together and up like that. Does it make it difficult to breathe? For a closer look at the tumors, see the picture below.

Postscript (6th May 2007):
I saw Curse of the Golden Flower today. If Zhang Yimou was intending to make a film about dysfunctional families, he certainly succeeded. The film makes the point that dysfunctional families existed even at the time of the Tang Dynasty in China even though the phrase only came into common use in more recent years.

The film's dark themes of murder and incest formed a stark contrast against the glamour of the sets and the costumes. Incidentally, the "Golden Flower" referred to in the film is a chrysanthamum which becomes a symbol for the rebellion (against the Emperor) masterminded by a dying Empress who was involved in an incestuous relationship with her adopted (eldest) son, the Crown Prince who is also having an incestuous relationship with his half-sister. The English title of the film is quite misleading as it bears no relation to the original title in Chinese which literally means "The City Wears Golden Armour" (otherwise translated as "The City of Golden Armour") which refers to the armour worn by the troops involved in the rebellion (led by the Emperor's second son) and also the protective vest worn by the Emperor's youngest son, who despite being barely into his teens, kills his eldest brother (the one who had an incestuous relationship with his mother, the Empress) who is in turn mercilessly beaten to death by his father, the Emperor who despite his plaintive cries for mercy, dies about being struck repeatedly with a bejewelled gold belt.

The rebellion fails and towards the end of the film, the triumphant tyrant, dying Empress and bloodied second prince sit down to an ironic, celebratory feast. The Emperor grants his rebellious son a conditional pardon - that he undertakes to make sure that the Empress continues drinking the poison which the Emperor is feeding to her. Unwilling to do so, the prince commits suicide and there the film ends with a close-up of a tearful Empress.

If anything, the film illustrates how destructive a dysfunctional family dynamic can be, particularly if the family in question is a royal family with armies to command who then become pawns what is otherwise a domestic dispute.