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the art of seduction; With Ziyi Zhang and Gong Li as rival courtesans, Memoirs of a Geisha, John Powers discovers, brings a lost world back to life.
Byline: John Powers
Geisha," says director Rob Marshall, "were the supermodels of their day. They were the fashionistas, the ones people looked at to see what to wear."
We're sitting in his office at Sony Pictures, a friendly room that boasts a hand-licking Tibetan terrier named Gillie and a big poster for Marshall's debut film, a little Oscar-winning number called Chicago. Before us sits a tall stack of stills from his latest outing, Memoirs of a Geisha, a sumptuous adaptation of Arthur Golden's international best-seller.
The 45-year-old Marshall is one of those unusual filmmakers who take on risky projects without trumpeting their own ...
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