Art imitating life? You bet. While we are in the cinemas watching a movie about the Great World Amusement Park, Chun See blogs about going to the cinema at Great World Amusement Park.
In his post, Chun See describes a few of the movies he saw in the SKy and Globe cinemas of Great World:
The first was the famous 射雕英雄传 (The Brave Archer). This is an extremely popular Wuxia classic that has been made to countless television serials. The movie version that I saw was produced by Shaw brothers and it starred the late Alexander Fu Sheng. I remember the pace of the movie was so fast that we had great difficulty following the story. I think it was unwise for the producer to try and cram such a long and well-know story into a single 2-episode movie.
As I think about this classic, I believe there used to be an even earlier black and white version of it; in Cantonese of course. Can anyone remember?
The other movies than Chun See watched at Great World can be found here. Of course, today you can still see movies at Great World… although it’s the cineplex at the Great World City mall. Good Morning Yesterday also has a guest post from Peter Chan about filming It’s a Great Great World from behind the scenes. You can check it out here.
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