Here I am! A week or two and a moderately-sized
credit card bill later but I'm back.
It was so strange being without the internet or the ability to watch DVDs.
I had so much free time,
I even tried this activity called "exercise" (sp?).
I didn't like it much -- I'll probably stick to watching films.
I was inspired by this Shanghai film from the early 1930s.
[By the way, the Shanghai! exhibit at the Asian Art Museum here in SF was a wealth of information, art-deco-film-wise.]
According to this film, sports is all about showing off legs.
The introductory shot of the lead leers up at her and
her billowing skirts as she climbs the ship's smokestack.
She rearranges her clothing all throughout the film or simply makes things
clearer by appearing in shorts.
There is also a fetishistic sequence of cute young things brushing their teeth.
Health and beauty is sexy is clearly the theme here.
Pre-revolution rather than pre-code,
similar fun and antics abound in this late silent film.
I get enough spam now, so that is the only leg shot I'll post.
Oh, and did I mention the fantastic Art Deco apartment?
Ti Yu Huang Hou (1934)
aka Queen of Sports
directed by Yu Sun
credit card bill later but I'm back.
It was so strange being without the internet or the ability to watch DVDs.
I had so much free time,
I even tried this activity called "exercise" (sp?).
I didn't like it much -- I'll probably stick to watching films.
I was inspired by this Shanghai film from the early 1930s.
[By the way, the Shanghai! exhibit at the Asian Art Museum here in SF was a wealth of information, art-deco-film-wise.]
According to this film, sports is all about showing off legs.
The introductory shot of the lead leers up at her and
her billowing skirts as she climbs the ship's smokestack.
She rearranges her clothing all throughout the film or simply makes things
clearer by appearing in shorts.
There is also a fetishistic sequence of cute young things brushing their teeth.
Health and beauty is sexy is clearly the theme here.
Pre-revolution rather than pre-code,
similar fun and antics abound in this late silent film.
I get enough spam now, so that is the only leg shot I'll post.
Oh, and did I mention the fantastic Art Deco apartment?
Ti Yu Huang Hou (1934)
aka Queen of Sports
directed by Yu Sun
3 comments:
Great to have you back! Also, as an aside, I love the kind of criticism practiced in this post, especially this characterization: "or simply makes things clearer by appearing in shorts."
welcome back! I really want to see more Sun Yu films after Wild Rose last summer. I think Le Video has this one. I'll try to check it out soon.
Heh heh. You are so kind to call it "criticism!" ;)
Yes, Wild Rose was so good, I'd forgotten I'd seen it. This one is a little, uh, sassier but good fun. I will also be up to Le Video soon for a raid on this section. I still need to finish my plunder of the Poland shelf.
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