Golden Gate (film)
- Matt Dillon: Kevin Walker
- Joan Chen: Marilyn
- Elizabeth Morehead: Receptionist
- Bruno Kirby: Ron Pirelli
- Teri Polo: Cynthia
- Jack Shearer: FBI chief
- Keone Young: Benny Ying
- Tzi Ma: Chen Jung Song
Golden Gate is an American film drama, shot directed by John Madden, from the year 1994.
Action
Kevin Walker closes early 1950s, a law degree and gets work at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. His supervisor instructed him to search for supporters of the Communists in the Chinese population. Walker brings the union representatives Chen Jung Song jail. The man later turns out to be innocent.
A few years later learns Kevin Marilyn, the daughter of Chen Jung Song, know. He falls in love with her and notes that he had made serious mistakes in his life.
Reviews
The lexicon is of international film: " Cleverly, the film combines poetic and critical elements and enters sometimes moving dialogues for Asian virtues against American way of life a. "
Washington Post reviewer David Mills is inconclusive, as the film, which therefore come in the guise of a fairy tale and at the same time wants to be a leg- tapping satire ( "At the same time [ ... ] Seems to think it's a knee -slapping satire as well" ) to classify is. The film pack unusually serious topics such as the Red Scare, social injustice, abuse of power by law enforcement, guilt, shame and to ( "yet [ ... ] Tackling subjects not Usually thought of as comic: the Red Scare, racial injustice, governmental abuse of police powers, guilt, shame, suicide " ). As a very successful Mills considers, however, the enchantingly direct interaction of Matt Dillon and the fascinating ( " mesmerizing " ), Joan Chen ( "Here are simply two gorgeous actors playing at falling in love - over a malted milkshake, no less - and it is lovely ").
Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times, the film was a " great failure". The screenplay was based on a play whose narration itself differs greatly from the script of a film. They strongly criticized the direction of John Madden.
Comments
Filmed in San Francisco and on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley movie playing in U.S. cinemas a nearly $ 400,000.