自然而然想到了许久以前跟风看的the memory of a geisha。影片一开始便为章子怡的独白所震撼："For my world is as forbidden as it is fragile, without its mystery, it cannot survive." 当我们在欣赏这一张过度粉饰的脸蛋和过于精致的装束时，又有多少人能了解同一张脸在卸了妆之后的表情？又有多少人能看到同一个躯体在褪去华美和服之后的抽泣颤栗？"geisha"这个称呼，把每一个背负它的女人生生地劈成了两个自己。"She paints her face to hire her face, her eyes as deep water. It is not for geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is the artist of the floating world. She dances,she sings, she entertains you, whatever you want.The rest is in shadows. The rest is the secret."

一位笔者曾经写道：“如果geisha被爱上，她们将是不幸的，因为她们永远不知道是哪一个自己被爱上了……即使是悲伤，她们也无法知道到底是哪一个自己在感觉悲伤。”过度的矫揉造作让她们失去了自我，抑或是这华美装束下的肉眼凡胎儿女情长束缚了她们本该作为一件活动的艺术品的升华？冷眼旁观的我尚难以分辨，更何况身处此山之中的geisha了。"We don't become geisha to pursue our own destinies, we become geisha because we have no choice." 杨紫琼用冰冷的现实道出了鲜为人知的无奈。