{"id":44791,"date":"2014-07-06T08:39:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T12:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=44791"},"modified":"2014-06-26T01:41:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T05:41:15","slug":"new-york-asian-film-festival-2014-silent-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=44791","title":{"rendered":"New York Asian Film Festival 2014 – Silent Witness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, July 6, 2014, 9:15 PM
\nWalter Reade Theater
\n144 W 65th St, New York, NY 10023
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SILENT WITNESS<\/strong>
\n\u5168\u6c11\u76ee\u64ca | FEI XING, 2013
\nCHINA | MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 118 MINUTES
\nNorth American Premiere<\/p>\n

With a script that doesn\u2019t loosen its grip in its entire two hours, a big-name cast at the top of its game (especially Sun Honglei and Yu Nan), and an atmospheric production package that\u2019s all in service of the drama, Silent Witness is superb, mesmerizing entertainment. The film opens with the trial of a millionaire\u2019s daughter for the murder of her future stepmother, pulls its first big surprise in a powerful courtroom scene early on, and then builds layer upon layer of previously hidden information, and ultimately the tale is elevated into one of Chinese myth and personal redemption. It\u2019s the ensemble of performances that helps give real dramatic heft to what otherwise might just have been just a well-written, cleverly constructed genre movie, full of the usual coincidences, moments of sudden revelation, and sequences of engineered suspense. Most remarkably, in a genre that U.S. cinema has made its own, Silent Witness has a totally Chinese feel in its emotions, pacing, and underlying philosophy.<\/p>\n

For more information about the event, please visit:
\nhttp:\/\/www.filmlinc.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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