This early classic of Golden Age Shanghai cinema echoes Visconti's classic La Terra Trema in its beautifully rendered story of a humble silk-farming family struggling to be free of debt to exploitative middlemen..
Okay, so "Spring Silkworms" (Chun can). This silent film from 1933 Shanghai really sticks with you, a deep, _quiet_ story. If you love digging into film history or appreciate honest, human drama, it's absolutely worth seeing today. But if you need fast action or constant dialogue, its deliberate pace might be a real te...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Bugao Cheng
Harley Knoles
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"Okay, so "Spring Silkworms" (Chun can). This silent film from 1933 Shanghai really sticks with you, a deep, _quiet_ story. If you love digging into film history or appreciate honest, human drama, it's absolutely worth seeing today. But if you need fast action or constant dialogue, its deliberate pace might be a real test for your patience. It's a look at a small silk-farming family, just trying to get by. You see their whole world, really. The opening shots, all those silkworms, hundreds of them..."
Xiaoqiu Zheng
Yan Xia, Dun Mao
China
1933 · IMDb —
