The Slanted Screen
The Slanted Screen is a 2006 documentary film written, produced, and directed by Jeff Adachi which examines the stereotypical portrayals and absence of East Asian males in the cinema of the United States. The film analyzes Hollywood from the silent era to the 21st century.[1][2]
Interviewees
- Eric Byler
- Gene Cajayon
- Terence Chang
- Frank Chin
- Bobby Lee
- Jason Scott Lee
- Will Yun Lee
- Justin Lin
- Tzi Ma
- Mako
- Dustin Nguyen
- Phillip Rhee
- James Shigeta
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Darrell Y. Hamamoto, PhD
Films and television shows featured
The following films and television shows are featured in The Slanted Screen:
- The Ch (1916)
- The Secret Game (1917)
- Broken Blossoms (1919)
- The Tong Man (1919)
- Shadows (1922)
- The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
- The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
- The Good Earth (1937)
- Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
- The Jade Mask (1945)
- State Department: File 649 (1949)
- Three Came Home (1950)
- The Steel Helmet (1951)
- The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- The Crimson Kimono (1959)
- Bonanza, Feet of Clay (1960)
- Bridge to the Sun (1961)
- Flower Drum Song (1961)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
- The Green Hornet (1966)
- The Sand Pebbles (1966)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
- Fist of Fury (1972)
- Way of the Dragon (1972)
- Enter the Dragon (1973)
- High Plains Drifter (1973)
- The Killer Elite (1975)
- Game of Dh (1978)
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- Chan Is Missing (1982)
- They Call Me Bruce? (1982)
- Sixteen Candles (1984)
- Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)
- Year of the Dragon (1985)
- A Great Wall (1985)
- Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
- 21 Jump Street: Christmas in Saigon (1987)
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1987)
- Living on Tokyo Time (1987)
- An Unremarkable Life (1989)
- Best of the Best (1989)
- Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
- Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
- Falling Down (1993)
- Rising Sun (1993)
- Friends (1994)
- Mortal Kombat (1995)
- Fargo (1996)
- Absolute Power (1997)
- Dante's Peak (1997)
- Yellow (1997)
- The Replacement Killers (1998)
- Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
- Romeo Must Die (2000)
- Mr. Wong (2000)
- The Debut (2001)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
- Charlotte Sometimes (2002)
- Bulletproof Monk (2003)
- The O.C. (2003)
- Mad TV (2003)
- Crash (2004)
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Ethan Mao (2004)
- Lost (2004)
- Torque (2004)
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
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See also
- Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States
- Portrayal of East Asians in Hollywood
References
External links
- Official website
- The Slanted Screen on IMDb
- Chaudhry, Kshmi (June 30, 2006). "Perpetuating the Yellow Peril". In These Times. Institute for Public Affairs.
- Mastropolo, Frank (September 27, 2006). "Hollywood's Racial Catch-22". ABC News.
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