Every month, Time Out Shanghai shows one of the greatest Chinese films of all time for free at Glam, M on the Bund, with free popcorn and specially tailored drinks. This month, we're showing number 17 on our list, Lou Ye's Suzhou River.
Dir Zhang Yimou, 2002; Martial Arts
Released during the height of Hollywood's fervour for epic martial arts fare, Zhang Yimou's tale about a nameless drifter's assassination attempt on the Emperor of Qin was, at the time, the most expensive film ever produced in China. Sumptuously shot and lavishly produced, the film's elaborate set-pieces elevate swordplay to delirious ballet, and its impressionistic separation of chronology by colour culminates in a feverish fugue of a film.
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