HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS
"Silk Road" is among three films to be showcased in a film festival designed to make the cinema of China more available to American audiences.
A program of Chinese films will play at the Doris Duke at the Academy, Honolulu Academy of Arts, starting Friday. Academy to show
3 Chinese filmsStar-Bulletin staff
The three-film series, "The Celebration of Chinese Cinema," is a collaboration of China Century Entertainment and the People's Republic of China, with sponsorship by the New York Times. The New York Times Leisure Weekend section will showcase this weekend a collection of art, historical drama, romance and comedic films in theaters nationwide.
There's a special offer attached to this: Buy one ticket and get a second ticket free.
Tickets are $5 ($3 for academy members) and may be purchased on the day of the screening at the box office, at the museum's main entrance or at the theater door on Kinau Street.
THE FILMS
"Swordsmen in Double Flag Town" (1990, directed by He Ping): A groom-to-be kills a man trying to rape his bride, enraging the Lethal Swordsman, the rapist's brother. Now the man must choose to escape with his bride or stay and face the Swordsman. The film won a Film Critic Award at the Berlin Film Festival, a design award at the Golden Rooster Awards and was considered one of the 10 best Chinese films at the Hong Kong Film Festival.
Screens at 7:30 p.m. Friday and next Monday.
"Silk Road" (1997, directed by Wang Xingjun): During the Xi Han Dynasty, diplomat-explorer Zhang Qian was charged with opening the Western regions and quelling tribes that were threatening the Northern Territories, thus opening the Silk Road from the capitals of China to Rome. The photography of the mountain and desert regions of China are reportedly worth making the effort to see this film.
Screens at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and March 11.
"Woman Sesame Oil Maker" (1992, directed by Xie Fei): A beautiful, intelligent woman seeks comfort from the stress of her business, alcoholic husband and motherhood in the arms of another man. The young girl she has arranged to marry her son discovers her affair, but the girl responds with sympathy rather than disapproval. Two women at the mercy of tradition take control of their lives by supporting one another. The film won the 1993 Golden Bear and Film Critic awards at the Berlin Film Festival and a best-actress award at the Chicago Film Festival.
Screens at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and March 12.
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