The Hong Kong version is full of tension from beginning to end. Tony Leung and Andy Lau are masters of killing people with their eyes. Looking at the American version, although they are also two handsome guys, there is no oriental restraint in their deep eyes. In particular, DiCaprio's immature escape can't compare to Tony Leung's melancholy in the world. Relatively speaking, the Hong Kong version is a catchy classical Chinese, and the American version is a vernacular.
I don't understand how such a smart director would remake someone else's movie and not get past it. What's even more ridiculous is that he actually missed the Oscar for best director many times because of this. From this point of view, hasn't the Hong Kong version of Infernal Affairs surpassed the Oscars?
So why do those big directors in China who are piled up with gold need to covet the little gold people?
Where is the true East? Are those dark palaces? Is it those knights who jumped over the eaves?
The East is changing and developing, but the connotation of the East has been surging in the depths. Ang Lee still has his Eastern way of thinking, even though everything is Western; Infernal Affairs is a story in a modern city, but its rhythm is classical Eastern way. The East is the reality behind these manifestations.
Therefore, no banquet, no golden armor, the East is everywhere.
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