09-16-2017, 11:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-16-2017, 11:11 PM by Drunk Monk.)
We rented Case for Christ because the trailer looked like investigative journalism meets faith, 'based on a true story' but about half an hour in, we got tired of its preachy propaganda and bailed.
Somehow we surfed our way to this old Ingrid Bergman flick and it was strangely enchanting. Based on a true story of a female missionary in the 2nd Sino-Japanese war, I was fooled to think it was shot in Asia because the sets, costumes and cast, but wiki says it was shot in north wales. The mandarin dialog was correct, at least what I could understand, and the device of leaving it untranslated was something I've always felt more films should do, then it all shifts over to English after Ingrid learns Chinese. She remains ever luminous and despite the film's stereotypes, it has an authenticity and class like so many movies of that era. Stacy said it should be remade into a Kung fu film. No swordfights but a good village bombing, made better by the total lack of special effects. There's a young Burt Kwouk, who is delightful, and a rather yellowface Robert Donat as the Mandarin. A much better pitch for Christianity than our rental.
Somehow we surfed our way to this old Ingrid Bergman flick and it was strangely enchanting. Based on a true story of a female missionary in the 2nd Sino-Japanese war, I was fooled to think it was shot in Asia because the sets, costumes and cast, but wiki says it was shot in north wales. The mandarin dialog was correct, at least what I could understand, and the device of leaving it untranslated was something I've always felt more films should do, then it all shifts over to English after Ingrid learns Chinese. She remains ever luminous and despite the film's stereotypes, it has an authenticity and class like so many movies of that era. Stacy said it should be remade into a Kung fu film. No swordfights but a good village bombing, made better by the total lack of special effects. There's a young Burt Kwouk, who is delightful, and a rather yellowface Robert Donat as the Mandarin. A much better pitch for Christianity than our rental.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse