I treat cinema as serious art,that’s why I watch movies like I’m learning it in some art school,but I did not start it like this way,I learned all the methods by myself in the last decade.If you treat movies as pure entertainment,this post is not for you,but if you really want to watch movies in […]
Author: David Zou
Why Chinese-language Films Are Ignored by the West
Admit it or not,Chinese language films have never been fully valued by the Western audience and critics until this day.Many viewer’s impressions on Chinese films still stay at the level of the superficial Hong Kong Kungfu movies.The critics are not much better,in the latest Sight & Sound poll,only 3 Chinese-language films make it to the […]
The Conformist – A Visual Master Class
A couple of days ago I re-watched My favorite film from the Italian Maestro Bernado Bertolucci – The Conformist.I was lucky enough to be introduced to this film in the Alberto Moravia film retrospective in Beijing,although it was a projection display of poor quality dvd,the stunning stylish visuals still blew me away. After watching it again,I […]
My Movie Journey to Hong Kong(A Photo Essay)
Half a year ago,I was introduced to an fascinating photo about a Wong Karwai fan’s Hong Kong tour by the author himself,who’s also a regular commenter here,Michael G. Smith.In that he excellently compared the real film location with the stills from two Wong Karwai films(Chungking Express and Fallen Angel),it was such an exciting read that […]
The Liebster Award
During my vacation,I accepted this award twice from two of my fellow LAMBs(glad to be one myself!) : Steve from 1001plus,and Tyler from Southern Vision.It consists of 3 parts:1.tell your readers 11 things about you.2.Answer 11 questions your friend passed to you.3.Ask another 11 questions and pass it to other 11 people. I’m not gonna […]
A Few Updates More
Let’s finish the film report before posting another couple of interesting ones. 8 1/2 Seeing this film in Criterion Blu-ray is something quite like The Leopard,this format really gave a new life to one of the most beautifully shot black&white films ever.As I proceeded an hour into the film,I suddenly realized this is the sister […]