Film Review of Lanxin Grand Theatre

Most of the shots in Lou Ye's films are done by moving hand-held cameras. This swaying photography technique is very documentary, which not only records the objective and real social environment, but also expresses some internal state.

In "Lan Xin", the camera becomes a conscious subject with a strong sense of participation and time, as if looking for the truth inside Violet. For example, after a fight with the obese sunglasses man, the camera followed Violet and Tanna through the long and narrow aisle and ran to the clearing in horror.

Introduction to the film:

Lanxin Grand Theatre is a spy feature film jointly produced by Beijing Qian Yi Times Culture Media Co., Ltd., Shanghai Yiying Film Media Co., Ltd. and Horgos Baian Film Co., Ltd., which is directed by Lou Ye, starring Gong Li and Mark Chao, and co-starring Odagigio, Pascal Gregory, Tom Voschka, Huang Xiangli, Eric Wang and Zhang Songwen. It was released in Chinese mainland on 202 1, 10 and 15.

The film is adapted from Hong Ying's novel Death in Shanghai and Yoko Hiroshi's novel Shanghai. It tells the story of Violet's return to Shanghai in order to star in a play directed by her old lover Tanna, but it has attracted close attention from various forces.