Directed by:
Arthur DongComposer:
Mark AdlerCast:
Joan Chen, James Hong, Nancy Kwan, Ang Lee, Christopher Lee, Justin Lin, Luise Rainer, Wayne Wang, BD Wong, Turhan Bey, Tsai Chin, Lisa LuPlots(1)
Hollywood Chinese is a captivating deep dive into a little-explored chapter of cinema: the Chinese in American feature films. From the first Chinese American film, produced in 1917, to Ang Lee’s triumphant Brokeback Mountain nine decades later, Arthur Dong’s illuminating documentary brings together clips from over ninety movies, alongside the fascinating personal accounts of actors, directors, and writers - including Nancy Kwan, Wayne Wang, Joan Chen, Amy Tan, David Henry Hwang, BD Wong, and Ang Lee - to show how the Chinese have been imagined in movies and how filmmakers have navigated an industry with a complex, often troubling relationship to matters of race and representation. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Joan Chen
China
Best movies:
The Last Emperor (1987)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
James Hong
USA
Best movies:
Mulan (1998)
Chinatown (1974)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Nancy Kwan
Hong Kong
Best movies:
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - a.f.
Noble House (1988) (series)
Ang Lee
Taiwan
Best movies:
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Christopher Lee
UK
Best movies:
Justin Lin
Taiwan
Best movies:
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
Luise Rainer
German Empire
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The Gambler (1997)
Wayne Wang
Hong Kong
BD Wong
USA
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
Mulan (1998)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Turhan Bey
Austria
Best movies:
Follow the Boys (1944)
Arabian Nights (1942)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
Tsai Chin
China
Best movies:
Casino Royale (2006)
Blow-Up (1966)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Lisa Lu
China
Best movies:
The Last Emperor (1987)
Lust, Caution (2007)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)