55 Days at Peking (1963 4K) (www.youtube.com)

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[-] Limfjorden@feddit.dk 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just watched this movie. It's stunning how much love and care was put into the practical effects and especially set design. There are white actors playing chinese princes, which is quite jarring (apparently their access to Chinese actors was very limited because the film was made in Spain and China was under Mao at the time). Still, it is definetly entertaining and worth a watch!

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

From the thumbnail, I took it to be just another dusty Western. But I watched a few minutes and I can see it's not. Gonna watch this asap.

Thanks for the share!

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, this is a really entertaining movie. It's kind of like "Gone with the Wind" in that it presents a very skewed historical perspective but does so in a technically-accomplished way. It's worth watching because it shows the American perspective on its place in the world back in the early 60s.

The white actors playing Chinese people is part of a long and embarassing history of "Whitewashing."

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