A Song at Midnight
Weibang Maxu | China | 1937 | 113 minutes
 | The first horror film in China, Song at Midnight is adapted from Gaston Leroux’ Phantom of the Opera, with the revolutionary element added to fit the theme of the time. The director Maxu Weibang, regarded as China’s Hitchcock, makes the most use of the cinematic techniques at that time, to successfully create atmosphere, suspense and surprise.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206442/ Screening on: Sunday 14th February 2010 at 4:30PM |