Golden Gate (1994)

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Movie
German title Golden gate
Original title Golden gate
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1994
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Madden
script David Henry Hwang
production Michael Brandman
music Elliot Goldenthal
camera Bobby Bukowski
cut Sean Barton
occupation

Golden Gate is an American drama film directed by John Madden in 1994 .

action

Kevin Walker graduated from law school in the early 1950s and worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation . His superior instructs him to look for sympathizers of the communists within the Chinese population. Walker takes union representative Chen Jung Song to jail. The man later turns out to be innocent.

A few years later, Kevin meets Marilyn, the daughter of Chen Jung Song. He falls in love with her and realizes that he has made serious mistakes in his life.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films states: “ The film skilfully combines poetic and critical elements and, in sometimes moving dialogues, advocates Asian virtues versus American lifestyle. "

Washington Post reviewer David Mills is undecided as to how the film, which appears in the guise of a fairy tale and at the same time wants to be a thigh-slapping satire (" At the same time [...] seems to think it's a knee-slapping satire as well ") to be classified. The film tackles unusually serious topics such as red fear , social injustice, abuse of police authority, guilt, shame and suicide (" yet [...] tackling subjects not usually thought of as comic: the Red Scare, racial injustice, governmental abuse of police powers, guilt, shame, suicide ”). Mills, on the other hand, considers the enchanting and immediate interplay of Matt Dillon and the fascinating (“ mesmerizing ”) Joan Chen (“ Here are simply two gorgeous actors playing at falling in love - over a malted milkshake, no less! - and it is lovely ").

Janet Maslin wrote in the New York Times that the film was a "great failure". The script is based on a play, the narration of which is very different from the script of a film. She heavily criticized the direction of John Madden.

Remarks

The film, shot in San Francisco and on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, grossed almost $ 400,000 in US cinemas.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Golden Gate in the Lexicon of International Films
  2. ↑ David Mills: Golden Gate , The Washington Post, Jan. 28, 1994
  3. ↑ Janet Maslin: Chinatown Takes a Role As a Setting For Intrigue , The New York Times, January 28, 1994

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