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I am surprised that the article makes no mention of the many Chinese action movies made that are set in the time period of the Opium Wars and that make explicit
by patrickg_zill 9y ago
I am surprised that the article makes no mention of the many Chinese action movies made that are set in the time period of the Opium Wars and that make explicit reference to it.
Given that the film is made in China and received state support, it is not an accident.
By the way the story of Baghdadi Jew, David Sassoon and his rise in prominence as a result of profiting from the Opium War is quite interesting in itself.
- 3pt14159 9y agoI love foreign films. Any reasonably high brow recommendations?
- faitswulff 9y ago"High brow" is generally not what you'll get in Hong Kong cinema. The director Wong Kar Wai comes to mind, but I'm not sure if any of his movies are set in the Opium War or hand-off eras. For those eras, Once Upon a Time in China is pretty iconic to me.
- wj 9y agoNot high brow but I loved the Once Upon a Time in China trilogy.
- ahtu123 9y agoNot during the opium wars period but I love a movie called To Live. It's about a family's struggles with adjusting for the insanity of the cultural revolution. Lots of dark humor and I was super impressed by the scope of it. The familys world comes crashing down multiple times as the civil war breaks out and the revolution really kicks off. The movie, director and lead actress got banned from making movies for a few years too so you know it's good.