BIG SHOT'S FUNERAL

Big Shot's Funeral



Big Shot's Funeral

Introduction

Directed by Feng Xiaogang, Big shot's funeral is a Chinese comedy movie, staring Ge You, Rosamund Kwan and Donald Sutherland. This movie portrays the strength and richness of Chinese cimena. Chinese cinema is very much different from the contemporary cinema of the West. The movie delinates various aspects of chinese history, local culture and politics. The movie starts with the story of an American Director Rob Tyler, who is shooting in Beijing for a remake of the film, “The Last Emperor”. Tyler experienced a Chinese funeral of an elderly man and asked YoYo, that he wants to have a similar comedy funeral, for himself. The director falls into coma, soon afterwards, and now YoYo has to plan for his funeral. He, with his business acquaintance attracted a large number of business sponsors for the funeral of the American director (Erik, 2008). This represents a true admiration towards Chinese cultural life and contemporary Chinese cinema.

Discussion

The movie depicts the importance of the Chinese culture and how a perception becomes a reality. The arrangement of a funeral of a person who is not dead, as yet, envelops the idea of comedy and humor. The movie shooting is in Beijing while the director is from the United States. There are a number of cultural issues highlighted in the movie, and the influence of Chinese traditions is presented. Feng Xiaogang touches various themes through the discussion of the remake. Tyler claimed the European director slows down the extravagance, showiness and observance in his movie making the emperor a stock tragic figure. Tyler is planning to do thing differently, he claims that he will go about the movie form the inside, highlighting every feature and aspect of the act. He will show the emperor as a human being. The ...