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China Daily E-paper
Huang Hung
Mo is no Mo'
By Huang Hung (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-12-22 05:30
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San Qiang (A Simple Noodle Story) poster. It is the first film Zhang Yimou has made since the Opening Ceremony for the Beijing Olympics. |
So, it's like the master chef with all the right ingredients spoils the soup by over-cooking it. No wonder people are wondering whether Zhang Yimo is too spent after the Olympic Ceremony. But great creative talents are known for making horrible mistakes; every director probably has at least one film whose every negative he would like to singe.
At the end of day, Mo is still Mo.
(The official spelling of the director is Zhang Yimou, but the Chinese press often calls him Old Mo. The Chinese title of his new movie is Three Gunshots, but the English title is renamed A Simple Noodle Story.)
