Cinema DNA
Red Sorghum
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Films that shaped it
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When we were studying at the Beijing Film Academy, we had access to many foreign films for the first time after the Cultural Revolution. For me, Akira Kurosawa was a huge revelation. His epic scale, the way he captured human drama against vast landscapes, and his powerful visual compositions deeply impressed me. When I was making Red Sorghum, I was consciously trying to infuse it with that kind of raw, epic energy, similar to what I felt watching films like Seven Samurai.
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Films it shaped
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We looked at a lot of martial arts films. We looked at a lot of Hong Kong action films, King Hu films. I mean, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a giant one, which is kind of combining that stuff with more emotional, slower storytelling.
