August 18, 2008
Fascist Opening Ceremony
While I was as wowed by China’s opening cermony for the Olympics as the rest of the word was,
I was struck by how much it reminded me of the film Hero and its fascist imagery.
Only a few days later did i find out that Hero director Zhang Yimou directed the ceremonies.
I wanted to do a little “Hero or Opening Ceremonies?” photo-guessing game but either my web connection or my computer has slowed to speeds that make such a photo-finding mission unpalatable. So this taste will have to do.
Filed by cynthia rockwell at 11:47 pm under Just Movies
2 Comments
i missed all of it, but now i totally want to see it! too bad the chinese government sucks so bad, i’d love to go.
yeah you should definitely check it out, it was pretty breathtaking–i’m sure it’s somewhere online.