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Lenard (726 KP) rated No. 7 Cherry Lane (2021) in Movies

Feb 20, 2021

No. 7 Cherry Lane (2021)

2021 | Animation, History, International, Romance

10.0

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The movie is a lot to unpack. It is a love letter to international film. Madame Simone Signoret's films are screened and discussed throughout. The films serve as a guide to the various relationships within the film. No. 7 Cherry Lane deals with the 1967 student uprising and the aftereffects of the Chinese Civil War as Mrs. Lu is a Taiwanese refugee in Hong Kong. The animation is static, either the cels were shot at 48 fps or cels took up multiple frames to give a slow motion effect to all the action. The film is also comparable to Soul since both deal with life and falling leaves.

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According to Murphy's Law, anything that can go wrong inevitably will. Guan Xiao-tong has come to...

international asian drama romance taiwan taiwanese

Stir Crazy: 100 Deliciously Healthy Wok Recipes

Ching-He Huang

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Book

In Stir Crazy, Ching explains the techniques behind making a good stir fry, with tips on controlling...

Economic Development of Taiwan: Early Experiences and the Pacific Trade Triangle

Frank S.T. Hsiao and Mei-Chu Wang Hsiao

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Book

Taiwan's economic growth since the 1970s has roots in its pre-war development and post-war formation...

Awix (3310 KP) rated Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976) in Movies

Mar 28, 2020

Almost wholly nuts Taiwanese kung fu movie. A blind assassin wielding the dreaded flying guillotine (basically a sort of buzz saw on the end of a length of chain) sets out for revenge against legendary heroic martial arts teacher the One-Armed Boxer. Whose kung fu will prove stronger?

Very little about this film isn't completely ridiculous (the main character visibly has his 'missing' arm stuffed down the front of his shirt, while it almost entirely eschews a second act in favour of about eight random kung fu fights in a row) but it still manages to be almost completely awesome, full of energy and imagination (the fight between our unidextrous hero and a Yoga expert with telescopic arms is a particular highlight). The plot is fairly routine honour-and-revenge-based stuff, but the action sequences are inventively choreographed and lots of fun. Hugely entertaining and very funny, sometimes even on purpose.