Saturday, March 7, 2009
(My) Asian Cinema Renaissance
Over the past few days I have rediscovered my appreciation for Asian history, specifically Chinese history, really specifically Three Kingdoms Era Chinese history. This passion has been refueled by YouTube excursions into the world of the Dynasty Warriors series. It's a good game series based on a fascinatingly rich period of Chinese history - The Three Kingdoms Era. Look it up on Wikipedia. You won't regret it. These viewings of cutscenes from Dynasty Warriors 6 branched into videos of east Asian Martial Arts and Weapon Katas. From there, I began watching trailers and clips from Chinese films both older and more recent. I have since ordered two films from Amazon and am considering ordering a third. Each DVD is between five and ten dollars so the expense isn't terribly great. I AM always on the look out for great deals. the films Red Cliff by John Woo and Mongol by Sergei Bodrov are in the mail for me and I am debating the wisdom of purchasing Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon starring Andy Lau and Sammo Hung. Any advice on the matter? By the way, you the reader ought to see all three of these fine films.
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