MIM Movie Review

This is an archive of the former website of the Maoist Internationalist Movement, which was run by the now defunct Maoist Internationalist Party - Amerika. The MIM now consists of many independent cells, many of which have their own indendendent organs both online and off. MIM(Prisons) serves these documents as a service to and reference for the anti-imperialist movement worldwide.

"Crouching tiger, hidden dragon"
Chow Yun Fat & Michelle Yeoh
Ang Lee, Director
2 hours, PG-13
2000

reviewed by MC5

This film got a lot of rave reviews, saying that the effects
are better than the "Matrix" and the romance better than the
"Titanic." Although it is no doubt a professionally and
artistically well-done movie, MIM gives it the thumbs down.

The film is a step up from many trashy martial arts films set
in ancient China with the mandatory script with the teacher-pupil 
relation as the focus, but the only truly redeeming aspect of the film
is the strong womyn character and her pursuit of romantic
love at a time when such a concept was difficult, and thus
more revolutionary than today.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" contains a strong mixing of violence
and eros in Eastern garb but for Western audiences. The effect of this
film today will be to spread mystical ideas, beliefs in magic and a 
variety of other escapisms. As revolutionary scientists we believe
that the state of humyn powerlessness created by capitalist society
should not be resolved through fantasy but through scientific study
and practice. When workers seize the means of production globally,
the demand for such fantasy films will subside.