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Director:
Jeff Adachi
Writer:
Jeff Adachi (writer)
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Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Frank Chin ... Himself

Daniel Dae Kim ... Narrator

Bobby Lee ... Himself

Jason Scott Lee ... Himself

Will Yun Lee ... Himself

Mako ... Himself

Tzi Ma ... Himself

Dustin Nguyen ... Himself

Phillip Rhee ... Himself
James Shigeta ... Himself

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ... Himself

Kelvin Han Yee ... Paul Fang
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Documentary, 16 June 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Slanted Screen, The (2006)

**** (out of 4)

Extremely well-made documentary that takes a look at how Asians were shown in movies and TV. The film goes all the way back to the silent films of Sessue Hayakawa up to current films like Romeo Must Die. We gets clips from various white actors including Christopher Lee, Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Mickey Rooney and Bela Lugosi playing Asian characters and how these stereotypes caused studios not to hire Asian actors. We also get a rather heated debate on if Bruce Lee was good or bad for the Asian community. The film runs just under an hour and while I think the movie could have been improved with a longer running time, the director does a great job at tackling a lot of subjects within the running time. Mako, Jason Scott Lee, James Shigeta, Dustin Nguyen are among the actors interviewed and all of them tell some very strong stories of what it was like seeing whites playing Asian characters. A Hollywood insider said Asians keep getting bad roles simply because whites and blacks don't want to see them on the screen with bigger roles. This was true in the silent days and continue today so hearing someone actually say it is rather refreshing.

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