Empire of the Sun (1987)
Country: US
Technical: col 152m
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
Synopsis:
A western boy is caught up in the Japanese invasion of Shanghai and ends up in an internment camp.
Review:
Broad brushstroked direction sits uneasily with what is so intimate a story of endurance and loss. It was good to see a Hollywood film with no sympathetic characters, including the child, but even so the impression is of an adventure which we have only half been riding with.
Country: US
Technical: col 152m
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
Synopsis:
A western boy is caught up in the Japanese invasion of Shanghai and ends up in an internment camp.
Review:
Broad brushstroked direction sits uneasily with what is so intimate a story of endurance and loss. It was good to see a Hollywood film with no sympathetic characters, including the child, but even so the impression is of an adventure which we have only half been riding with.
Country: US
Technical: col 152m
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
Synopsis:
A western boy is caught up in the Japanese invasion of Shanghai and ends up in an internment camp.
Review:
Broad brushstroked direction sits uneasily with what is so intimate a story of endurance and loss. It was good to see a Hollywood film with no sympathetic characters, including the child, but even so the impression is of an adventure which we have only half been riding with.