If you loved The Scarlet Empress, try Shanghai Express
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Josef von Sternberg, and they both carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Scarlet Empress, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Shanghai Express is
The Shanghai Express dares to ask: can you find love on a train in wartime? Passengers on the titular train from Peking to Shanghai find themselves caught in the middle of the Chinese Civil War. It's a credit to the film that everyone seems so glamorous despite the circumstances.
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