Word: wang
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Directed by Peter Wang...
...Peter Wang--the man responsible for much of the light-hearted A Great Wall--took a lot of risks with this movie. To begin with, the movie is the first American film to be produced in conjunction with the People's Republic of China. Second, the movie doesn't really have a plot. And, to cap it all off, about a third of the actors are amateurs who were practically chosen from the streets of China...
...none of this seems to matter. A Great Wall, Wang's first directing effort, is one of those little-known pictures that will only get better with...
...movie at first seems bland, a simple, boring tale: Leo Fang (Peter Wang) decides to return to China with his family to visit his sister whom he has not seen since the Revolution. Affluent and Americanized, Fang retains little of his heritage other than the language and memories. Meanwhile, Mrs. Chao (Shen Guanglan), Fang's sister, awaits his visit in a land full of history and change...
...Wang's appointment marks an attempt by Deng Xiaoping and other top Communist Party officials to convince Chinese intellectuals that the repression of the Cultural Revolution will not recur. Writers, however, remain skeptical. Despite his advocacy of creative freedom, Wang has proved a staunch supporter of party policy on the arts...