7/10
"You're in China now, sir, where time and life have no value."
10 June 2020
Shanghai Express is a 1932 film directed by Josef von Sternberg starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook and Anna May Wong. This is actually the 2nd oldest feature length film I've ever seen, only behind Battleship Potemkin (yes I have yet to see many classic silent films). I think it's good film, the acting is mostly really good, espeacily Marlene Dietrich who is absolutely phenomenal in this film. The story was interesting enough but I didn't find it very memourable. The cinematography is good and there are some really great uses of shadows and light in my opinion however I think that some of the scene transitions were way to slow and long. Still, worth the watch. 8/10
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