Zhang Yimou’s “Cliff Walkers” is kicking off a multi-territory release this weekend, with day and date outings in North America, New Zealand, and Singapore coordinating with the espionage thriller’s official launch in mainland Chinese theaters on Friday.That makes it one of the first major Chinese pictures to take advantage of the improving theatrical conditions in the U.S.
since the coronavirus sent movie distribution and exhibition industries into near lockdown.
That has been a contrast with Chinese cinemas which have been operating largely normally since October, and which enjoyed a record box office at Lunar New Year in February.The film is a showcase for Zhang’s ability to deliver spectacle with vast numbers of moving parts in different settings.
He’s put on live theater performances with several hundred horse-riding extras at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, staged the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,
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