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How 1969 oddity The Chairman pitted Gregory Peck against Mao at ping-pong (opens the original)
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The Cold War thriller starring Gregory Peck features a surreal encounter with Chairman Mao and a prescient warning about climate change Instead of the enemy within, the film rattled with anxieties about communist China’s scientific capabilities. It was hardly the sexiest of subjects for a spy thriller – which was reflected in its poor box office showing – but it provided a fascinating insight into real-life East-West relations. Originally developed for Frank Sinatra by writer Jay Richard Kennedy
Stand by Me at 40: the tragic legacy of Rob Reiner’s coming-of-age masterpiece (opens the original)
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This landmark of 1980s cinema is a bittersweet experience when watched today, with two of its biggest talents lost to tragic deaths One of the greatest films of the 1980s, Rob Reiner’s Stand by Me turns 40 this month. And, just as its hero discovers while looking back on the events of a summer long past, time and tragedy have only made it burn brighter. Based on a novella by Stephen King and sensitively adapted by Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans, Stand by Me is a film about, rather than for, k
How did Snow Flower and the Secret Fan become such an ambitious failure? (opens the original)
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Wayne Wang’s 2011 film blends past and present, but despite its ambition and talent, it struggled to resonate with audiences Born in Hong Kong in 1949 and living in California since the 1960s, he is uniquely positioned to do so. “I’m proud to have been born in Hong Kong, when it was a British colony, to very traditional Chinese parents,” he told the Traveling Boy website. “I was educated by Irish Jesuits, then came to America and was influenced by Bob Dylan. So that’s how messed up I am!” Messed
Planet of the Apes at 25: why Tim Burton’s sci-fi remake was a confusing mess (opens the original)
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The 2001 film with Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth and Helena Bonham Carter featured a muddled script and awkward callbacks to the 1968 original Released at the height of the American civil rights movement, the original 1968 adaptation starred Charlton Heston as an astronaut who crash-lands on a planet where humans are slaves to apes. It featured some iconic lines, a knotty racial subtext and one of the greatest twist endings of all time. In short, it left a lot to live up to. The idea of a remake had b
Why flop movie Shatter is a perfect 1970s Hong Kong time capsule (opens the original)
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Shatter, featuring Peter Cushing, Lily Li and Ti Lung, was a box office failure in 1974, but offered a glimpse of a Hong Kong in transition This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. In the 1970s, the UK film industry was in deep trouble. Hoping to diversify its output, British horror specialist Hammer joined forces with Hong Kong’s legendary Shaw Brothers Studio for a three-picture deal. It was
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