November 2011
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Film #28: "The Gold Rush" (1925)
The Gold Rush. Charles Chaplin. United States, 1925.
Before I left for school, I watched the first half of Chaplin’s The Great Dictator, only to have to take it out of my DVD player and return it that night before finishing it. A few weeks later, the original 1925 cut of Chaplin’s The Gold Rush came to me via interlibrary loan. So despite having seen the first half of another one of...
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I'm back!
If you’ve seen the recent review of Sinnui Yauman, you should know that I’m back to writing reviews, hopefully on a somewhat regular basis. Things are much calmer here, so I’m more able to get back at this again. A few things…first, I’ve decided to rename my blog ‘The Urban Filmmaker,’ mostly because I’ve discovered another blogger with the name name...
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Film #774: "Sinnui Yauman" (1987)
Sinnui Yauman (A Chinese Ghost Story). Ching Siu-tung. Hong Kong, 1987.
While we can all love and respect films that have a deep or meaningful message behind them, sometimes we all just need something to kick back and have fun to. Though Sinnui Yauman is certainly a film of the latter category, its silly and fun storyline is strengthened by quirky performances, well-paced action sequences and...
