When the film was released, it sparked large-scale protests from Chinese groups in the United States, and the two protagonists said so. Mickey Rourke: "The Year of the Dragon has hired more Asian-American actors than any other film in recent years. The Asian-Americans who participated in the filming loved and supported the film, and in fact it was a film that exposed racism." John Lone: "The American criticism of the film mainly comes from the special interest groups (triads) depicted in the film... Prejudice against us is always there. The film just puts it in front of you and lets you see it. It's not actually a racist film per se. It involves many things, one of which is racism. This film is not intended to be a record, nor is it representative of all Chinese. It's just an entertainment movie. Zunlong also praised the film for providing jobs to Asian Americans: "Can you imagine any film that allows you to see so many Asian faces that can make you feel so comfortable and make you feel the dignity and dignity of being Chinese." responsibility? "The Chinese distributor of the film: ""The Year of the Dragon" is a landmark film for Chinese people. It has more Chinese-American actors than any important American film. Zun Long's role is an Asian male other than a kung fu movie star. The most important role an actor has ever played. " At that time, the voice of many Chinese Americans was like this: "We have seen it, and we are disgusted!" "I think this is the most racist movie I've ever seen! "Many people in society were outraged by the film's racist, biased and sexist portrayal of Asian, Black and women characters!" ""An irresponsible and malicious film that must be stopped!" "The portrayal of Chinese-American female journalists, like the entire film, is both racist and sexist. This character reiterates the lie that Asian women are free to play with and obey white men, and is a serious insult to all independent women. "Our community depends on people coming to Chinatown to eat and shop, and people watching this film will mistake Chinatown as an unsafe place to go." Even the "Boston Globe" film critic said: Michael Cimino did not direct a movie, but choreographed a savage vent of racism. In the face of such a huge protest, the producer MGM was finally unable to Private statement: We don't let people tell us what kind of film we should make, but if we offend certain groups, we are willing to listen. Also put a disclaimer on the copy: this film is not intended to belittle or obliterate Asian Americans Especially the many advantages of the Chinese American community, it is purely coincidental that the story of this film is similar to any group, organization, individual or Chinatown in real life - so, the biggest blame for this play is on Cimino, The first "Heaven's Gate" was silent for five years after the investor Lianmei went bankrupt. Finally, a new work was released, but it was scolded (by the way, Lianmei was cheated again); after the second "Year of the Dragon" , he can no longer make any memorable works, the 1990s almost completely fell, it's bad enough. In short, even Hollywood blockbusters at that time knew that the Chinese were not easy to mess with. Looking back now, the boycott of "The Year of the Dragon" is indeed one of the largest non-white groups in the history of Hollywood. In the history of film, it may not be inferior to the effect of Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation". . After watching this film personally, I feel that the director's prejudice against the yellow race is indeed revealed in many places - but it is not surprising that the group of Viet Cong and Asian gamblers who play "Russian roulette" with prisoners of war in "The Deer Hunter" (the referee). or Chinese) has already seen it. But it is not right to say that the director is targeting the Chinese, because in Cimino's eyes, the Chinese are only a part of the "Asian", but compared with other groups, the culture is richer and can be used to show dramatic elements. Therefore, this film Rather than "humiliating China", it is better to say "humiliating Asia", which is also a portrayal of Hollywood's "white supremacy" mentality. If it is refined to the creator, the "root" is the Vietnam War (the director himself participated). But take a step back and say that this film's description of the Chinese gangster line is not bad. The boss played by Zun Long is ruthless but courageous and resourceful, especially the scene in the Golden Triangle. The filming and acting are very good, and it has also been used by many Hong Kong films. Reference or even plagiarism (such as "The Disciple", "The Dragon and Tiger Club", "A Comics to the End of the World", etc.). In fact, "The Year of the Dragon" was screened all over the world, and the only place that can be said to be a good seller is Hong Kong. It sold 6.98 million Hong Kong dollars in 23 days, ranking 11th among foreign language films released in Hong Kong that year. The 24 million of First Blood 2 is a lot worse, but the top ten are blockbusters such as "007", "Battle of the City", "Back to the Future", and "Future Warrior", and the ones after it "The Biography of Mozart" has only been released for more than 3 months, and it has only reached more than 6 million, so this achievement is quite impressive, and it also shows that Hong Kong audiences are curious about this, but whether they feel insulted to China is another matter (Gossip: Su Yongkang's nickname "" "Grandpa" came from this play. At that time, Xu Zhian and Liang Hanwen, who watched this play with him, felt that the Cantonese was not standard, and it was fun to call "Grandpa", so it was called Su.) 3 years later, "The Last Emperor" "The box office in Hong Kong reached 19 million and entered the top ten best-selling films of the year, so Hong Kong audiences were still very eager to see Zunlong in those years. But what I am saying is that if the line of Chinese gangsters is singled out and developed into a complete genre film story, it is difficult to say that it is insulting to China. But the problem with this film is that it joins the line of Mickey Rourke, a Chinatown sheriff who is annoying in every way, messing up Chinatown for his so-called "justice", which itself is the creator's wishful thinking , what's more, there are two Chinese characters (female reporter and little policeman) in this film who "submissive" to him, one was slept by him, and the other was a ghost for him, but the attitude revealed by the creator did not feel anything wrong at all; finally The collapse of the plot in 10 minutes also caused Zunlong to fight Mickey Rook inexplicably, and finally committed suicide in a cowardly manner. This logic of "white bastards are better than Chinese bosses" says that it is impossible without racial prejudice, like If such a "white way" line that vowed to destroy the Corleone family and made Victor and Mike miserable was added in "The Godfather", Italians would probably feel prejudiced. The Chinese in "Year of the Dragon" are intrigued in an "unsafe" Chinatown, coupled with murderous child gangs, nauseating factories, crowded and dirty casinos, and masked robbers may come in and shoot at any time. The restaurant, at that time, did not allow Chinese groups to protest. In addition, some lines also reveal prejudice against other ethnic groups, such as Mickey Locke said to Zun Long and others, "Your history is the same as that of Puerto Ricans and blacks...
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