beijing films    New York, London, Paris, Berlin,… the world’s large, cosmopolitan cities play the ir parts in films time and time again. Sometimes they are the backdrop, in other films they almost become the stars. Beijing is less well known to “long n oses” (that’s a way to say foreigners), but t his old city has appear ed innumerous films. This is our list:

1 Vengeance (1970) Chang Che
2 Farewell My Concubine (1993) Chen Kaige
3 Beijing Bastards (1993) Zhang Yuab
4 In The Heat For The Sun (1994) Jiang Wen
5 Frozen (1996) Wang Xiaoshuai
6 Keep Cool (1997) Zhang Yimou
7 Xiao Wu (1998) Jia Zhang Ke
8 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Ang Lee
9 Big Shot´s Funeral (2001)
10 Letter From An Unknown Woman (2004) Xu Jinlei

And, having drawn up on e list, we can’t resist the temptation to draw up another one of the Shaw
Brothers and Golden Harvest Kung Fu films we were
brought up on. Here are five jewels for people who
want to get into the world of Kung Fu films.

Way Of The Dragon (1972) Bruce Lee.
Challenge Of The Masters (1976) Liu Jian-Liang
The Drunken Master (1978) Yuen Woo-Ping.
Shaolin Temple (1982) Chang Hsin-Yen.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Ang Lee