http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/02/let_the_bullets_fly_will_americans_embrace_the_most_popular_chinese_movie_of_all_time_.single.html
Let the Bullets fly is a record-breaking western... AND IT'S FROM CHINA! After Avatar, it is the highest grossing movie ever in China. Let the Bullets Fly looks like an amazing movie. The movie is about two criminals who each disguise themselves, one as an important businessman and the other as a public official, and fight for control of a town. One of the bandits might end up being the good guy, as is tradition in western movies, but the article makes Let the Bullets Fly look like a movie that really shakes things up by railing against government corruption. I strongly encourage you to read about it just because of how awesome the movie looks.
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This looks super interesting! It reminds me of a 2008 South Korean western The Good, The Bad, and The Weird that is very much inspired by/based on Sergio Leone's spaghetti western The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. First off, it's fascinating that spaghetti westerns (so named for Italian directors/producers) fueled a whole new revisionist period for the Western genre. Then having the South Korean version transplant the story onto Manchuria in the 1930s. As mentioned in class, the Western helped shape a uniquely American identity through film, so it's interesting to see international takes on the genre. It perhaps speaks to the global appeal of Western characters and themes.
I think the whole Chinese censorship issue is an interesting aspect to Let the Bullets Fly The discussion of the film's metaphors certainly speaks to the Zeitgeist and reminds me of the class analysis of Dark Knight.
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