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Jul 10, 2018gogo12127 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In the 1920s, 9-year-old Chiyo gets sold to a geisha house. There, she is forced into servitude, receiving nothing in return until the house's ruling hierarchy determines if she is of high enough quality to service the clientele -- men who visit and pay for conversation, dance, and song. After rigorous years of training, Chiyo becomes Sayuri, a geisha of incredible beauty and influence. Life is good for Sayuri, but World War II is about to disrupt the peace (Description from library catalog.) Screenplay by Robin Swicord. Produced by Lucy Fisher, Douglas Witt, and Steven Spielberg. Memoirs of a Geisha was awarded several 2006 Academy Awards, including John Williams for Best Original Score. This was very good. Unfortunately, the subtitles didn't work, no matter how many times I clicked to bring them up, nor could I access the special features, again no matter how many times I clicked to bring them up. Also, about ninety minutes into the film, my copy froze. I had to forward it about five minutes. I don't think I lost anything in the flow of the narrative, but its still was irritating, that and my not being able to bring up the subtitles. (Also the library catalog described this as a two DVD set, but my copy had only one DVD.) Given the problems I noted above, I had to downgrade my rating from five stars to four stars.