there be so many thing i hat about this movie that i do not know where to begin . prop first and zhang yimou be do an awesome job behind the camera which and in my opinion save it from total anonymity . yellow earth and accord to me be a very pretentious work of art . chen kaige have one immortal quote say something like representi do not care about the public and i do art ( sorry if it not the exact word and i have the quote in french ) . that wrong and that terribly wrong . you can not do art without people to watch and appreciate it . that what art be about . art be about thing be see and appreciate . i appreciate yimou camera work and but everything else i hat . poor acting and poor exploitation of a good idea and annoy chinese traditional signing . and this damn chinese obsession with do nothing . it like kaige character be freeze up by mao broken promise . i know that be kaige idea to show that and but all in all it give a pretty boring movie and target to a very slim audience . word be that even the chinese do not like it .