A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

[Ray Jackson]

I was thinking about the running time and scenes and/or subplots that, in my opinion, didn't really add much to the story and I thought of the

[Show spoiler]movie studio and Ming's audition for the director.

I didn't feel that there was any real thematic relevance to it and it didn't really go anywhere in the end. All of that could've ended up on the cutting room floor and the film wouldn't have lost anything for me.

Not to mention the fact that the girl who played Ming wasn't terribly cute and/or charming and/or charismatic imo.

Throughout the entire movie I was thinking, "why exactly is this girl the object of so much romantic attention?"

...let alone a future movie star.