Caution gives way to lust for this film

Seven minutes is not a long time. But for the latest blockbuster from auteur Taiwan director Ang Lee, seven minutes makes a world of difference.

That's the time "trimmed" from the original version of Lee's Lust, Caution, which was released on the mainland last week. The film had its world premiere in late September without the cuts, the version that Hong Kong audiences also got to see.

Those seven minutes, deemed too racy for mainland audiences by the censors, has seen mainlanders, especially from Guangzhou, flocking to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) to see what the fuss over the unedited version is all about.