Saturday Movies #4
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This Saturday’s Movies feature the most expensive movie ever made in Asian cinema, a mega-star blockbuster about a famous epic battle from historical Chinese literature.
THE RED CLIFF - PART 1
Watch Red Cliff [eng sub]
THE RED CLIFF - PART 2
Watch Red Cliff 2 [eng sub]
THE RED CLIFF, although taking some liberties, is based upon a battle from the famous Three Kingdoms books from Chinese literature, which itself took some liberties with portraying the turbulent era of Chinese history where warring kingdoms fought to unify and control all of China. The Three Kingdoms is Lord of the Rings in scope and in the abilities of its heroes and complexity of its plot. This epic film is just a small portion of the entire Three Kingdoms saga, which spans over a hundred years.
This film was originally released in two parts in theatres and its production value is astounding, with sweeping cinematography, top acting talent and excellent characters making this a Saturday Movie action classic!
All Saturday Movies are best viewed from a high quality DVD but are presented here for your enjoyment - please support these film makers and get a DVD.
Notes:
The Red Cliff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cliff_(film)
The Three Kingdoms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicle_of_the_Three_Kingdoms
Enjoy this Saturday’s movie - all comments welcome!
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April 25th, 2009 at 11:25 am
This film is superb; one of John Woo’s best films. FYI, yesasia.com is an excellent source for HK DVD’s. They ship fast and cheap:
http://www.yesasia.com/us/red-cliff-dvd-2-disc-edition-hong-kong-version/1011451461-0-0-0-en/info.html
In the recent HK film awards, Red Cliff won almost all of the technical awards (should have won best film, IMO).
Nice write up!
-Ricky
April 25th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Cool - thanks for the link Ricky!