i was reading a forum for gay men this morning when i noted a topic about "actors you wanna have fun with" or something along this line. looked inside and someone gushed about the gay sex scene in this movie. i thought it was interesting for a fact that many of the actors in the show are rather famous. in no time, i was hooked onto it. it was an old hong kong production, probably in the early 2000s.
the title "心猿意马" can be roughly translated as: "a heart like a capering monkey and a mind like a galloping horse -- restless; be prone to outside attractions; fanciful and fickle; harbor monkey-feelings and horse-thoughts; in a restless and jumpy mood; one's heart is agile as an ape and one's thoughts swift as a horse.; one who can't settle down to his job; perturbed; the heart of an ape and the mind of a horse; with one's mind running wild; when one meant gibbon, he thinks of a horse -- wavering in purpose.; restless and whimsical; unsettled [fickle] in mind"... you get the idea.
the show depicted 3 parallel stories involving a cat-3 actress, a straight couple, a gay pick up, and a pilot and spans the duration of one night. quite a bit of flesh, but sex scenes aside, i thought the show really brought across the whole idea of fleeting desires - how couples and individuals handle love and lust, and how they lie to each other even as they play outside the relationship. and what i liked about the show was that it touched on both gay and straight relationships.
do watch it, and make sure you watch the full show till the last couple of minutes to fully appreciate the fleeting nature of desires.
translation from http://eng.ichacha.net/心猿意马.html
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