Big Shots Beerdigung (2001)
5KBig Shots Beerdigung: Directed by Xiaogang Feng. With You Ge, Rosamund Kwan, Donald Sutherland, Da Ying. Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, studio boss sells the sagging picture to a Japanese media company. But YoYo is determined to upstage the whole production by granting the director’s wish to have a grand “comedy funeral”. To raise the money for it, he auctions off advertising and sponsorships for the funeral to companies around the world. But wait…is Don getting better?
“u0026quot;Da Wanu0026quot; is an absolutely brilliant satire. It portrays the onslaught of Western and capitalist culture in China, movie studiosu0026#39; obsession with the bottom-line as opposed to artistic merit, the fun and foibles of cross-cultural exchange, and the often rough intersections of business and identity. Car chases, explosions, and slick martial arts fight scenes are not to be found in this gem of a film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI highly recommend it!”
