In modern pop culture, the Three Kingdoms period of China is kinda like the Medieval period to Americans — dramatic war stories full of people performing acts of valor and glory that have been dead of hundreds of years — except, you know, that shit was real. (Okay, King Arthur may be real, but the whole slaying flying dragons thing? Come on, now.) Which is probably why Red Cliff, the epic four-hour movie based on the Three Kingdoms period that was directed by John Woo last year smashed box office records in China previously owned by Titanic.
Now an abridged, westernized version Red Cliff is coming to America and if you live in the Southern California area, you’re in luck — you can watch a free screening in Los Angeles at the DGA. But here’s the catch — the free screening, especially geared towards 8Asians readers, is Wednesday night. Yep, tomorrow. To RSVP, YOU MUST send an email with the subject line “RED CLIFF RSVP – AAAN” to redcliffRSVP@gmail.com where you will receive further instructions. Priority will be given to registered people, but that does not guarantee a seat, so we recommend you arrive at least 30 minutes before the special 7pm screening time. And use the bathroom beforehand — this may be the abridged version, but with a 140-minute screening time, you’ll not want to miss any of the action.
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3 Comments to “FREE SCREENING of John Woo’s “Red Cliff” in Los Angeles”
philx wrote:
Oh right, I forgot Sir Lancelot, every film about the medieval period
has featured fire breathing dragons without exception . The fact that medieval folks merely believed dragons existed
shoiuldn't be significant enough to influence a storyline, such as Braveheart, where live dragons can be seen cast on scabbards and vested armor. But in China, since
dragons really existed, and were even used to smelt iron before the removal and pulverisation of their tails and wings for TCM killed them all off, the same does not apply.
Posted on 27-Oct-09 at 1:31 pm | Permalink
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Posted on 29-Oct-09 at 5:25 am | Permalink
softestbullet wrote:
You should check out this vid of the movie, made by obsessive24 (one of the most brilliant vidders out there btw).
From her notes:
Posted on 01-Nov-09 at 1:45 am | Permalink
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