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The Chinese global blockbuster
By Xu Wei (Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-21 16:46
At the age of 10, John Woo liked staying up late at night drawing with a brush pen the characters from the literary classic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on a piece of glass. Covering himself with a blanket to make the space dark like a cinema, he then used a flashlight to project the characters onto the wall and he would make the shadows move like a puppet play. Now, half a century later, the Hollywood-based Hong Kong director has made his childhood dream come true by putting the novel onto the silver screen in "Red Cliff." He hopes it will be a global blockbuster - it's lavish, magnificent and tells a well-known story. And Woo knows Western audiences' tastes. The two-episode historical drama and war epic is the most anticipated domestic film this year. Part I opens across Asia starting July 10. Part II is to be released in December. |
