tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post5922935650725716409..comments2024-03-27T18:23:34.322+08:00Comments on WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE: Beginning of the Great Revival (movie review)YTSLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-71083446188547885182011-07-08T23:08:36.520+08:002011-07-08T23:08:36.520+08:00Hi ewaffle --
Thanks for your kind words. And ye...Hi ewaffle --<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words. And yes, I do think that flaws and all, this film deserves a watch.<br /><br />Re the May 4 movement scenes: I'm going to look on the positive side and hope that their not being cut is a sign in favor of the government... though the filmmakers being required to add a coda to the movie is not.YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-41862660126663493352011-07-08T02:04:43.039+08:002011-07-08T02:04:43.039+08:00Your typically excellent review made me realize th...Your typically excellent review made me realize that I might actually want to see "Beginning of the Great Revival" when it becomes available.<br /><br />The parallels to the May 4 movement must have been particularly poignant. Sometimes the censors for authoritarian states miss the most obvious things or were so caught up in the scenes of the gallant young men and women confronting ewafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339565669634286677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-24623389318766660142011-07-04T08:34:41.680+08:002011-07-04T08:34:41.680+08:00To "Anonymous" --
How about you try to ...To "Anonymous" --<br /><br />How about you try to further enlighten us rather than insult us then? Or are you in fact saying we are too good for "New China" since you end your comments with a smiley face? (Sorry, I'm too ignorant to truly, unequivocally "get" what you are trying to say.)YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-6692912752726807462011-07-04T00:09:23.629+08:002011-07-04T00:09:23.629+08:00Yep. You both sound like a pair of ignoramuses... ...Yep. You both sound like a pair of ignoramuses... hope you are both emigres, or foreigners? i.e. New China is too good for the likes of you :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-68205814968605290192011-07-03T09:47:01.428+08:002011-07-03T09:47:01.428+08:00Hi again duriandave --
For "The Founding of ...Hi again duriandave --<br /><br />For "The Founding of the Republic", I attended its official premiere in Hong Kong. At first, the friend I went with and I tried to stay serious (or quiet) during the screening but we lost it in the scene when Mao is shown drunk (and thereby felt at liberty to giggle re other similarly (inadvertently) funny scenes). <br /><br />Maybe that's why we YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-75014285162271978852011-07-03T02:32:25.449+08:002011-07-03T02:32:25.449+08:00Yeah, it definitely was an interesting experience....Yeah, it definitely was an interesting experience. The Chinese press was there taking photos and interviewing people.<br /><br />And you're quite right, there was no tittering. Heck, even I was afraid to titter! But there was plenty of murmuring whenever a familiar star made their brief appearance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-86268084801225014692011-07-02T12:01:01.149+08:002011-07-02T12:01:01.149+08:00Hi duriandave --
It must have been an interesting...Hi duriandave --<br /><br />It must have been an interesting experience to view this in the US with the Chinese consulate as the host! Would I be correct that no one dared to titter during the screening? (I have to admit that I giggled at the super glammed-up treatments of such as Angelababy, Fan Bingbing and Zhou Xun.)<br /><br />Thanks for the link to the info re Wang Huiwu and definitely YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-11041619318821228042011-07-02T06:52:14.499+08:002011-07-02T06:52:14.499+08:00Hi YTSL! I actually had the opportunity to see thi...Hi YTSL! I actually had the opportunity to see this at a special screening organized for the Chinese consulate in San Francisco.<br /><br />I pretty much agree with what you said, including wanting to see it a second time. While I'm not ignorant when it comes to Chinese history, I only know the broadest facts about this fascinating period. The movie definitely made me want to learn more.<br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com