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I am interested in Hollywood movies about China all the time. 55 Days in Beijing, Seven Years in Tibet, Red Corner... I happened to see the Chairman and bought it without any hesitation. But, it turned out to be a complete disappointment not because performance and scenery but true China. In fact, I hate Mao's dictatorship in Red China, however, apparently, American people didn't and could't know much about Red China in 1969. In this movie, the starting music made me believe it was about Japan, what's worse, the Japanese-style-music was all through the movie. And, in 1969, Americans could not find anyone who can speak Mandarine well. What they could find was some Hong Kong-accent guys whose Mandarine made me confused and giggle. When I saw the Chairman, I realized the worst part began. Mao Zedong became much shorter and less-arrogant. He spoke English! Others Mandarine. From the very beginning, I could not find any clues about China Mainland. Everything was falsed too bad. I wondered if you shot the movie without getting a Chinese as a history adviser.

Yes, I have seen this movie and Woody Allen provided me with a wonderful near-to-2-hours. No beautiful scence, but good story. It's totally different in P.R.China. Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang are well-know in China now for their big-scence-making, instead of, the attractive and logical story dozen of years ago.People feel being cheated, always, after watching their movies. 50 RMB on average for a Chinese is not a small piece of cake, besides the prescious free time of city-life people. Hero, Wuji and the Banquet, by Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang, created by nearly 100 million RMB, were astonishlingly laughed at and cursed in the theater, especially Wuji. While Jia Zhangke and Lu Chuan may be a difference. Crazy Stone, shot by a least-known director, gets amazing praise and reward. 3-million-bastard made a mirical.