A Railway In the clouds

Last Friday afternoon, I had a chance to attend a    for a movie called A Railway In The Cloud. The movie was directed by Feng Xiaoning, a famous director in China. Many of us have been impressed by one of his movies, The Red River Valley.  A Railway In The Clouds, a movie about construction [...]

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Nanking, Nanking!

Yesterday evening, I went to see the movie, Nanking. So many movies or documentares I’ve seen, I was shocked again at the bloody scenes. Waht a crime those damned Japanese militaries had committed during those darkest days! And how I admire those fearless foreigners that had saved so many Chinese civilians in the storms of [...]

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Babel: A Movie Full Of Conflicts

–In the Old Testament, a city (now thought to be Babylon) in Shinar where construction of a heaven-reaching tower was interrupted when the builders became unable to understand one another’s language.–
This is the definition for the word “Babel” given in Kingsoft, a popular Chinese e-dictionary. The movie smartly borrows its meaning to reveal the theme [...]

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Together: A Different Thinking

I’ve no idea why I dislike most of Chen Kaige’s movies, or even hate them, including his latest “blockbuster”—Wu Ji, a movie which met with tons of criticism since its debut, and I have even not seen it yet.  I’m really tired of the hollow contents and the familiar plots copied from some other movies.
 
But [...]

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