Comments on: Boomtown Beijing showing in Suzhou – Tonight! http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/boomtown-beijing-showing-in-suzhou-tonight/ by Ryan McLaughlin ~ The Humanaught Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:21:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/boomtown-beijing-showing-in-suzhou-tonight/#comment-25365 Ryan Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:21:25 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=797#comment-25365 @Mom: (did I just 'at' my mom...) Exactly. As a bit of a follow up - the film was fantastic. In Siok Siok's own words, she hoped to capture and display a look at the energy around Beijing and the Olympics that was a little more wide-spanning than a particular angle or agenda, as foreign media/documentaries tend to express. For me, the film really pushes you through the emotions. Happy, sad, hopeful, tragic, and ultimately, uplifting - not for the outcome of the characters, but for the sense that China's come of an age where the common people feel comfortable enough to dream - obtainable or not - dreams none the less. Something that was just not safe to do before this point in their history. Had a wonderful and lengthy conversation with Siok Siok after the film. An intelligent and opinionated woman that I should hope to meet again. It's rare to meet someone who has such a balanced and educated view of China and what it is to both be Chinese and a foreigner in China (she's Singaporean, but ethnically Chinese). And, as Maggie said, "wow, she knows a lot about film." @Mom: (did I just ‘at’ my mom…) Exactly. As a bit of a follow up – the film was fantastic. In Siok Siok’s own words, she hoped to capture and display a look at the energy around Beijing and the Olympics that was a little more wide-spanning than a particular angle or agenda, as foreign media/documentaries tend to express.

For me, the film really pushes you through the emotions. Happy, sad, hopeful, tragic, and ultimately, uplifting – not for the outcome of the characters, but for the sense that China’s come of an age where the common people feel comfortable enough to dream – obtainable or not – dreams none the less. Something that was just not safe to do before this point in their history.

Had a wonderful and lengthy conversation with Siok Siok after the film. An intelligent and opinionated woman that I should hope to meet again. It’s rare to meet someone who has such a balanced and educated view of China and what it is to both be Chinese and a foreigner in China (she’s Singaporean, but ethnically Chinese).

And, as Maggie said, “wow, she knows a lot about film.”

]]> By: Mom http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/boomtown-beijing-showing-in-suzhou-tonight/#comment-25362 Mom Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:12:48 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=797#comment-25362 Well done! Obviously the news media here in Canada and in the US don't report the enthusiasm and sense of pride that the average citizen there in Bejing feels about the Olympics. Nice to see! Well done! Obviously the news media here in Canada and in the US don’t report the enthusiasm and sense of pride that the average citizen there in Bejing feels about the Olympics. Nice to see!

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