when i think about this movie and all the adjective that come to mind somehow relate to the physical appreciation of the world . texture and smell and color and that how i think this movie should be judge in term of . see the rich golden tone surround the young concubine asleep by the fireplace and or the sweltering turkish bath and and let it flood your sens with impression of spice and coarse cloth and smooth skin and scent oil and flicker flame and satin rustle . don not just watch and listen and be absorb and let the droning voice of the storyteller mesmerize you .