At last year’s Sundance Film Festival, an angry audience member stood up after the third screening of a film charting four Asian-American teenagers’ descent into petty crime, drugs and murder. “Why would you,” the man addressed Justin Lin, the film’s director, “make a film that is so empty [and] amoral for Asian-Americans?” Bedlam uncharacteristic of indie film’s premiere glamfest ensued, out… return to article
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Reader Comments (3)Page 1 of 1 pagesI HAD THIS FILM AS TOP ON MY LIST!! I WISH I COULD PUT IT HIGHER. THIS REVIEW IS OUTSTANDING. I REGRET THE FILM IS SHOWING ON SO FEW SCREENS IN TUCSON, AZ. IT NEEDS TO BE SEEN AND HEARD!!! I HAVE 2 FILMS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, AS WELL; BUT, THEY ARE HISTORICAL. I THINK THIS FILM SHOULD BE BE IN EVERYONES FACE!!!!!!!!! D.B.
Posted by DAVID L. BARR on Jun 11, 2003 at 7:46 PM Why would you give away all those plot details and the end of the film in a review??? Anyway, it’s a great movie, I am really inspired by the whole endeavor. Maybe with Justin Lin and crew, America still has a chance at making decent films!
Posted by onigirlx on Jun 11, 2003 at 9:49 PM I haven’t watched the movie yet, but I don’t feel like this review revealed so many details and the ending that I can’t enjoy the movie anymore. Rather, I think I’d like to watch this movie now - to see for myself (perhaps even to remind myself of), as Mr. Kim eloquently states, Lin’s portrayal of what is “utterly, piercingly human.” Plus, the movie has been out since last year. This article is not a trailer or a promotional review. It’s an analytical piece analyzing a movie. And you can’t analyze anything well without referring to some of its details. Nevertheless, I feel that Mr. Kim’s essay was more than just a movie critique. It is a social commentary, using the movie to tackle some of the simple yet provocatively complex issues of today’s real life society - youth, violence, to name a few.
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