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The Macho King The Illmatic One
11Mar12
"Your right,love without faIth like religion without faIth doesn't amount to vary much"
asuraf
29Jan12
You can't watch the way Josef von Sternberg directs and Lee Garmes lights Marlene Dietrich and not understand how the star system produced such swelled egos; it's a high key love letter to female beauty. Whether Dietrich deserved such treatment is always debatable, but she is especially sphinx-like here in an early 30's expressionistic train thriller.
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Black Irish
16Nov11
After having rewatched this last night, all I can think is: There was Hollywood and then there was von Sternberg.
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MichelleB
9Jan11
Just saw Shanghai Express last week on TCM. I've seen it since I was 13, but watched again just to look at the lighting over Dietrich. And stayed, enamoured over von Sternberg's storytelling of something reminiscent of "The General Died At Dawn". Got lost in Travis Banton's costumes: the black lacquered ostrich feathered hat and coat Dietrich wears midway. Loved her hair. Love JVS. JVS fans, post comments.
Pri Lima
11Aug10
Everything excelent:Cast,Plot,Action.Anna May was,well,i'm sorry for not speaking english well enough to praise her work.I liked Hui Fei better than Shangay Lilly,who was also a very good character. That tense/ athmosfere+fast paced was one of the best things i've ever seen in film.
