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...can seemingly turn up almost anywhere these days, here's one in a portion of a review of the film
My Young Auntie,
which was recently showcased as part of Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film" series at UCLA:
Throughout the film, director Lau Kar-leung remains blissfully unconcerned with continuity. As characters wander from scene to scene they can go from traditional courtyards to busy modern streets to surreal dance halls that look like they were cobbled together with leftover set pieces from
Dark Shadows
. The costuming too looks like somebody ran through the leftovers of a dozen different films from Chinese historical epics to Elvis vehicles. The piĬce de resistance is a costume ball where leads Hui and Xiao show up as "Juliet" (via Marie Antoinette) and Robin Hood (via your grandmother's closet) respectively, to be faced with not one but two sets of Three Musketeers in a dance-cum-free-for-all fight. Swords slash and blonde curly wigs fly in the high-spirited melee, and the sense of fun is palpable. Later, an attack on the family compound is lead by Hui dressed like a heroine in a wuxia novel and Xiao having geared up as an extra from Patton. Instead of distracting the viewer though, these inconsistencies take on a charm of their own. Without any pretense at authenticity,
My Young Auntie
allows audiences to sit back and enjoy the mania of a romp without regarding reality.
Check out the entire article:
It's A Family Affair
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Sounds, uh, veddy interesting.
MB, do you know who wrote the review?
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