中国城轶事

Tales of Chinatown

Starting with a walking tour through San Francisco’s Chinatown, this film brings the viewing to the last surviving Chinese theatre following the scene from the 1940s film “Lady from Shanghai” directed by Orson Welles; wandering from iconic venues in San Francisco’s Chinatown including “Shanghai Low” to “Forbidden City Nightclub” – the camera follows the talking our of Chinese American nightclub dancer Cynthia Yee, and includes a series of interviews with historians Wylie Wong and David Lei. 

影片由一场旧金山中国城步行之旅展开:随着40年代奥森·威尔士的电影《上海来的女士》走入旧金山中国城最后一家现存的戏院,又从上海楼漫步到紫禁城夜总会,镜头跟随著华裔舞者方美仙 (Cynthia Yee)、历史学家王万力(Wylie Wong)与李萱颐(David Lei)的步伐,踏上一场时空交叠的旅程。

Year

2019

Duration

19'11'

Director

Luka Yuanyuan Yang