Editing Raise the Red Lantern (section)

==Reception==

=== Box office ===
''Raise the Red Lantern'' has sold copyright to 35 countries worldwide. It was a big hit in Europe, with 43 copies touring in Italy, from big towns to small towns, grossing more than $3 million. France, with nine copies, grossing more than $2 million.<ref name="0Si2AAAAQBAJ_1998">{{Cite book |last=焦雄屏 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Si2AAAAQBAJ |title=時代顯影 |date=1998 |publisher=遠流出版 |isbn=978-957-32-3427-2 |language=zh-TW}}</ref> It was released on March 13, 1992, and final grossing in the US market is $2,603,061.'''''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raise the Red Lantern |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3765077505/weekend/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>''''' Outside Asia, ''Raise the Red Lantern'' earned of $11 million for production company HK ERA International<ref name="Service 1995">{{Cite book |last=Service |first=United States Foreign Broadcast Information |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0eMsAAAAMAAJ |title=Daily Report: People's Republic of China |date=1995 |publisher=National Technical Information Service |language=en}}</ref>

===Critical response===
Described as "one of the landmark films of the 1990s" by Jonathan Crow of [[AllMovie]],<ref>{{cite web | publisher = [[AllMovie]] | title = Raise the Red Lantern > Review | url = http://www.allmovie.com/movie/raise-the-red-lantern-v40171/review | access-date = 7 August 2017 | archive-date = 7 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170807232325/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/raise-the-red-lantern-v40171/review | url-status = live }}</ref> where it received five out of five, ''Raise the Red Lantern'' has been well received. [[James Berardinelli]] named it his 7th best film of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://preview.reelviews.net/90s/best_90s.html | title = The Best Films of the 1990s | access-date = 6 August 2007 | archive-date = 1 February 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170201073543/http://preview.reelviews.net/90s/best_90s.html | url-status = live }}</ref> It has a 97% rating at [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Visually thrilling and rich with emotion, ''Raise the Red Lantern'' offers an engrossing period drama anchored by an outstanding performance from Gong Li".<ref name=tomatoes>{{cite web | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/raise_the_red_lantern | title = Raise the Red Lantern | access-date = 27 May 2022 | website = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] | archive-date = 23 May 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220523121841/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/raise_the_red_lantern | url-status = live }}</ref> ''[[TV Guide]]'' gave it five out of five.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.tvguide.com/movies/raise-red-lantern/review/128900 | title = Raise the Red Lantern Review | access-date = 6 August 2007 | magazine = TV Guide}}</ref> However, there were a small number of negative reviews: Hal Hinson of ''[[The Washington Post]]'', for example, stated that "the story never amounts to much more than a rather tepid Chinese rendition of "''[[The Women (1939 film)|The Women]]''."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/raisetheredlanternpghinson_a0a76c.htm | title='Raise the Red Lantern' (PG) | publisher=The Washing Post | access-date=6 August 2007 | date=8 May 1992 | archive-date=2 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102185835/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/raisetheredlanternpghinson_a0a76c.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>  The film ranked #28 in ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.<ref>{{cite web
| title = The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema – 28. Raise the Red Lantern
| url = http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=28
| work = Empire
| access-date = 2010-07-30
| archive-date = 2011-12-02
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202094852/http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=28
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

The film has also been praised for its artistic merit. Desson Howe of ''The Washington Post'' stated that "In purely aesthetic terms, ''Raise the Red Lantern'' is breathtaking"<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/raisetheredlanternpghowe_a0aec9.htm | title='Raise the Red Lantern' | newspaper=The Washington Post | access-date=6 August 2007 | date=8 May 1992 | archive-date=2 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102185849/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/raisetheredlanternpghowe_a0aec9.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> and James Berardinelli stated that "the appeal to the eye only heightens the movie's emotional power".  John Hartl of [[Film.com]] described it to be "a near-perfect movie that often recalls the visual purity and intensity of silent films".<ref name=tomatoes/> Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film four out of four stars, praising its screenplay, actors, and visuals, and concluded "There is a sense in which ''Raise the Red Lantern'' exists solely for the eyes. Entirely apart from the plot, there is the sensuous pleasure of the architecture, the fabrics, the color contrasts, the faces of the actresses. But beneath the beauty is the cruel reality of this life, just as beneath the comfort of the rich man's house is the sin of slavery." He later placed the film on his "''[[The Great Movies|Great Movies]]''" list.

The film's popularity has also been attributed to a resurgence in Chinese tourism after the government response to the [[Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989]], due to its use of exotic locations.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1710953,00.html | access-date = 6 August 2007 | newspaper = The Guardian | title = The set-jetters | location = London | first = Jon | last = Bentham | date = 17 February 2006 | archive-date = 16 October 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071016212323/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1710953,00.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

''Raise the Red Lantern'' was one of the films with most appearances on 1992's year-end lists, appearing on 36 lists.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-10-ca-1341-story.html| title=Year of the Low-Costs| work=Los Angeles Times| date=10 January 1993| first1=Pat| last1=MacGilligan| first2=Mark| last2=Rowland| access-date=16 March 2016| archive-date=23 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323051437/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-10/entertainment/ca-1341_1_howards-end| url-status=live}}</ref>

===Accolades and nominations===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="margin:1em auto;"
! scope="col"| Awards
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient
! scope="col"| Result
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Venice International Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.yesasia.com/us/yumcha/venice-international-film-festival/0-0-0-aeid.1014_aey.1991_sb.155-en/film-awards.html| title=1991 Venice Film Festival| publisher=[[YesAsia]]| archive-date=16 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316145302/http://www.yesasia.com/us/yumcha/venice-international-film-festival/0-0-0-aeid.1014_aey.1991_sb.155-en/film-awards.html}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[1991 Venice International Film Festival|1991]]
| [[Silver Lion]]
| Zhang Yimou
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Lion]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1992">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992 |title=The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners |date=9 October 2014 |access-date=15 September 2015 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315052401/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992| archive-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>
| [[64th Academy Awards|1992]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| [[Hong Kong]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bostonfilmcritics.org/content/past-award-winners#1990s| title=Past Winners: 1990s| publisher=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]]| access-date=16 March 2016| archive-date=4 February 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204120731/http://www.bostonfilmcritics.org/content/past-award-winners#1990s| url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1992|1992]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.daviddidonatello.it/storia/cronologia.php| title=Vincitori 1992| publisher=Accademia del Cinema Italiano| language=it| format=To access, click on the 1992 tab| access-date=16 March 2015| archive-date=26 April 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426141304/http://www.daviddidonatello.it/storia/cronologia.php| url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1992
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.daviddidonatello.it/storia/cronologia.php| title=Vincitori 1992| publisher=Accademia del Cinema Italiano| language=it| format=To access, click on the 1992 tab| access-date=16 March 2015| archive-date=26 April 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426141304/http://www.daviddidonatello.it/storia/cronologia.php| url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1992
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
| ''Gong Li''
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Guldbagge Awards]]<ref name="28thGuldbagge">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=16402&iv=Awards |title=Da hong deng long gao gao gua (1991) |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |date=22 March 2014 |access-date=23 March 2014 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101300/http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=16402&iv=Awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[28th Guldbagge Awards|1992]]
| [[Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Independent Spirit Awards]]<ref name="NYAward"/>
| [[8th Independent Spirit Awards|1992]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film|Best International Film]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1990-99/| title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1990-99| date=14 December 2013| publisher=Kansas City Film Critics Circle| access-date=16 March 2015| archive-date=10 March 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310203314/http://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1990-99/| url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1992
| Best Foreign Language Film
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[London Film Critics' Circle]]<ref name="imdb">{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/awards| title=Da hong deng long gao gao gua: Awards| publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]| access-date=16 March 2016| archive-date=19 January 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119215301/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/awards| url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1992|1992]]
| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Foreign Language Film of the Year|Foreign Language Film of the Year]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lafca.net/years/1992.html| title=1992 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards| publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316102754/http://www.lafca.net/years/1992.html| archive-date=16 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/12/15/is-unforgiven-sweep-of-la-film-critics-awards-just-start-of-round-up-of-honors/| title=Is 'Unforgiven' sweep of L.A. Film Critics awards just start of round-up of honors?| date=15 December 1992| work=Los Angeles Times| first=David| last=J. Fox| quote=China's 'Raise the Red Lantern,' directed by Zhang Yimou, came in second.| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061321/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-12-15/features/1992350110_1_clint-eastwood-critics-awards-academy-awards| archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[1992 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|1992]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Zhao Fei
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{draw|Runner-up}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[National Board of Review]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1992/| title=1992 Archives| publisher=[[National Board of Review]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927045152/http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1992/| archive-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>
| 1992
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{draw|Top 5}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref name="NYAward">{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/40171/Raise-the-Red-Lantern/awards| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323000910/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/40171/Raise-the-Red-Lantern/awards| url-status=dead| archive-date=23 March 2016| department=Movies & TV Dept.| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=2016| title=Raise the Red Lantern: Awards| access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[1992 National Society of Film Critics Awards|1992]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Zhao Fei
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-18-ca-2066-story.html| title=N.Y. Film Critics Honor 'Player,' Altman| work=Los Angeles Times| date=18 December 1992| first=David| last=J. Fox| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306132744/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-18/entertainment/ca-2066_1_n-y-film-critics| archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[1992 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|1992]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Zhao Fei
| {{draw|Runner-up}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Australian Film Institute Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1993.aspx| title=AFI 1993 Winners| publisher=[[Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts]]| access-date=16 March 2016| archive-date=27 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027205923/http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1993.aspx| url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[1993 Australian Film Institute Awards|1993]]
| [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Belgian Film Critics Association]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://archives.lesoir.be/-les-lanternes_t-19930111-Z068KD.html| title=Archives – Les Lanternes| date=11 January 1993| page=8| work=[[Le Soir]]| language=fr| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083340/http://archives.lesoir.be/-les-lanternes_t-19930111-Z068KD.html| archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
| 1993
| [[Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association)|Grand Prix]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1993/film/film-not-in-the-english-language| title=1993 Award| publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]| access-date=16 March 2016| archive-date=16 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316104429/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1993/film/film-not-in-the-english-language| url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[46th British Academy Film Awards|1993]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language|Best Film Not in the English Language]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Hundred Flowers Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://ent.news.cn/2008-09/09/content_9867438.htm| title=历届大众电影百花奖获奖名单 (Best Actress Winners)| publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]]| language=zh| date=9 September 2008| access-date=16 March 2016| archive-date=17 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117073707/http://ent.news.cn/2008-09/09/content_9867438.htm| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="xinhua">{{cite web| url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-04/23/content_846182.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030803095538/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-04/23/content_846182.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 3, 2003| title=Zhang Yimou| publisher=Xinhua News Agency| access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| 1993
| [[Hundred Flowers Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| ''Raise the Red Lantern''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Gong Li
| {{won}}
|-
|}

=== Recognition ===
*''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' 100 Best Films of World Cinema – #28<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/| title=The 100 Best Films of World Cinema| work=Empire| access-date=14 March 2016| archive-date=23 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123004145/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/| url-status=live}}</ref>
*''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' 100 Best Chinese Mainland Films – #13<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Books__Film-Interviews__Features/28696/100-best-Chinese-Mainland-Films-the-countdown/10/20-11.html|title=100 Best Chinese Mainland Films|work=Time Out|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-date=21 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121124406/http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Books__Film-Interviews__Features/28696/100-best-Chinese-Mainland-Films-the-countdown/10/20-11.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Included in ''[[The New York Times]]'''s list of The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made in 2004<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html|title=The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-date=22 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222124411/https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Included in [[BBC]]'s 2018 list of The 100 greatest foreign language films voted by 209 film critics from 43 countries around the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films|website=bbc|date=29 October 2018|access-date=10 January 2021|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225005824/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films|url-status=live}}</ref>