The Dragon Painter
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 18, 2008
- Originally Released: 1919
- Label: Milestone Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Sessue Hayakawa | |
Directed by | William Worthington |
Entertainment Reviews:
It is a screen telling of a tale that is full of heart interest and pathos, with a twist at the end that relives the heavy tragedy that has hung over the story for about two reels.
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Variety
Rating: B --
Hayakawa was like the Asian Valentino of the silent screen
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Old School Reviews
Rating: 3/5 --
This disc offers two silent films of America's first Asian film star, both with memorably melodic musical scores.
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Film-Forward.com
[F]ascinating....The Japanese feel is remarkably convincing thanks to co-producer Hayakawa's determination to overturn countless stereotypes.
Sight and Sound
The most amazing thing about The Dragon Painter isn't so much that it has been rescued, restored and released on DVD, or that it's quite good, but that it ever existed at all
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Combustible Celluloid
Despite its contradictory ending, however, The Dragon Painter is impressive, and Hayakawa's interpretation of the leading role is clear and convincing.
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New York Times
Rating: 3/5 --
For social significance, if not artistic depth, the film deserves a contemporary audience.
Film Threat
Product Description:
One of the hallmarks of Asian-American cinema, DRAGON PAINTER also stars one of silent cinema's biggest heartthrobs, Sessue Hayakawa (BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI). In this film set in rural Japan, Hayakawa plays a solitary, slightly nutty artist named Tatsu. He believes he's betrothed to a princess who was carried off by a dragon. When his brilliance with the brushes is discovered, he's made the pupil of Kano, one of Japan's foremost artists. But when Tatsu takes Kano's daughter for his fabled princess, familial chaos ensues. Cinephiles rejoiced when a rare print of this film, originally thought lost, was discovered in Paris, providing the source for this outstanding restoration.
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Product Info
- UPC: 784148010847
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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