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Notes on Filmspotting’s Contemporary Chinese Cinema Marathon

Notes on Filmspotting’s Contemporary Chinese Cinema Marathon

A few weeks ago, Adam and Josh at the Filmspotting [https://www.filmspotting.net/] podcast invited me to help curate a selection of 2010s Chinese-language movies for them to talk about on their show. I was more than happy to help, as I’ve been a fan of the show

Jiang Wen Capsule Reviews

Jiang Wen Capsule Reviews

In the Heat of the Sun (1994) — December 15, 2017 Somewhat autobiographical story of coming of age during the 1970s from Jiang Wen, based on Wang Shuo’s novel Wild Beast. It’s some kind of a middle ground between a couple of Edward Yang films: the textures of teenage

Gone with the Bullets (Jiang Wen, 2014)

Gone with the Bullets (Jiang Wen, 2014)

So Jiang Wen made a Wong Jing movie. . . I watched the Thai DVD, which is the first version I’ve seen that has English subtitles. The running time is 119 minutes. Wikipedia and the IMDb give it a running time of 140 minutes, with a 120 minute international cut, while