War in Chinatown

Movie
German title	War in Chinatown
Original title	China girl
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1987
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Abel Ferrara
script	Nicholas St. John
production	Mitchell Cannold Michael Nozik Steven Reuther
music	Joe Delia
camera	Bojan Bazelli
cut	Anthony Redman
occupation
James Russo : Alby Richard Panebianco : Tony Sari Chang : Tye David Caruso : Mercury Russell Wong : Yung Gan Joey Chin : Tsu Shin Judith Malina : Mrs. Monte James Hong : Gung Tu Robert Miano : Enrico Perito Paul Hipp : Nino Doreen Chan : Gau Shing Randy Sabusawa : Ma Fan Keenan Leung : Ying Tz Lum Chang Pan : Da Shan Sammy Lee : Mohawk Robert LaSardo : Carlo Forza

War in Chinatown is a 1987 drama directed by Abel Ferrara .

action

Tony, an Italian boy, lives in Little Italy . He falls in love with Tye, who lives in the neighboring borough of Manhattan Chinatown . When he is dancing with Tye in a discotheque, a fight breaks out.

Tye is rebuked by her older brother. The man insults Tye's friend who is present and takes their side. Tye tells her brother they are not in China.

Tony and Tye's older brothers fight each other in a gang war after a Chinese restaurant opens in a foreign area. Mercury and Tsu Shin are the leaders of the gangs. Tony's brother Alby is killed.

Reviews

• "TimeOut" wrote that "War in Chinatown" was a commercially oriented, hard, stylized and often "painfully misunderstood" film adaptation of " Romeo and Juliet ". Ferrara makes excellent use of the authentic locations, but is unsure of how to guide the inexperienced actors. The main strength of the script is that it shows three generations. The film is too sentimental.
• Janet Maslin compared "The War in Chinatown" in The New York Times (September 25, 1987 issue) to the series " Miami Vice ". The film is highly stylized. Ferrara knows nothing else to do with the actors than to let them fight against each other. The virtuosity that is visible in places cannot compensate for the film's "fundamental stupidity".
• Jonathan Rosenbaum praised the camera work in "Chicago Reader".

Awards

Abel Ferrara was nominated for the Critics' Prize of the Deauville Film Festival in 1987.

Remarks

The film was shot in New York City . It grossed $ 1.26 million at the US box office.

Web links

• War in Chinatown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• War in Chinatown at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 VHS - FSK 16 DVD of War in Chinatown at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.timeout.com/film/69180.html
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/capsules/1872_CHINA_GIRL.html