Accented Cinema

Shadow: Adapting Chinese Art | Video Essay (3x12)

Air date: Jul 13, 2020

Accented Cinema - Episode 40 2018's Shadow seems like a film overlooked by many. I personally found it to be a fairly good film, and believe it to be Zhang Yimou's best blockbuster yet. Over the years, I feel like Zhang has been judge rather harshly, especially by general audience. In this video, I want to talk about Shadow, and through the film, talk about why Zhang deserves a bit more respect.