The Black Cannon Incident (1985)
- Original title
- 黑炮事件
- Directed by
- Huang Jianxin
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A mining engineer who likes to play chess by himself sends a telegram about a missing chess piece. The authorities suspect it is a code and reassign him. An unqualified interpreter takes over and causes a costly mistake.
satiricalparanoidabsurddryly comictensesuspensefulcerebralbleakly humorous
What happens
The Black Cannon Incident (Chinese: 黑砲事件; pinyin: Hēi Pào Shìjiàn) is a 1985 Chinese black comedy film satirizing the bureaucracy and paranoia of the Chinese authorities. Presented by Xi'an Film Studio and directed by Huang Jianxin, it stars Gao Ming, Gerhard Olschewski, and Liu Zifeng. The film was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. In the film, a mining engineer has the hobby of playing Chinese chess alone. After a chess piece mysteriously vanishes, he sends a telegram about searching for a missing cannon. The authorities mistake the telegram for a cryptic message, and re-assign the engineer. While the case is being investigated, an inexperienced interpreter is asked to replace the engineer in his contact with a German specialist. A mistranslation by the inept replacement leads to a faulty test run and to financial loss for the mining company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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