![]() ![]() The answer, to anyone slightly familiar with history, seemed evident in the poster itself: foreigners like Matt Damon. The first promotional poster for the film had the tagline “What were they trying to keep out?" over the all-caps title. Eyebrows were raised as soon as it was announced that Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou, once famous for subversive dramas such as Raise the Red Lantern, would be directing a big-budget, special-effects-laden epic centred upon the Great Wall of China and the purpose it served for ancient Chinese empires. This vision is here to stay, and it can be traced back to one country’s quest to be a global superpower.Īccusations started plaguing The Great Wall months before anyone saw it. ![]() One contender may have come and gone, but more like it are not far off. While analysing the colossal misfire behind The Great Wall, one should focus not on the superficial crime of whitewashing, but on an extremely ambitious and disruptive vision of what an “event film" or “international blockbuster" may look like in the future. ![]()
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