Arthur Dong's documentary insightfully explores American film's treatment of people of Chinese heritage
di Kenneth Turan The Los Angeles Times
By his own admission, documentary director Arthur Dong has devoted his last three films (including the exceptional "Licensed to Kill") to "the destruction caused by America's war against homosexuality." He calls his new film, "Hollywood Chinese," "a welcome break from a decade of tense reportage, and a chance to delve back into my love for cinema." It is all of that and a fascinating journey for audiences as well.
Written, directed, edited and produced by Dong, "Hollywood Chinese" is both a history of the Chinese presence in American films and a meditation on the difficulties Chinese Americans have had in being seen as individuals and in putting the reality of their experience on screen. [...]
di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (2541 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 30 maggio 2008
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