Movies about Shanghai

Watching "Lust, Caution" (色戒) past weekend really piqued my interest in movies set in Shanghai, so I searched for other movies that my home town starred in. I found two great ones in Shanghai Kiss and Shanghai Baby上海宝贝.

Shanghai Kiss is about an ABC type who once disowned his Chinese heritage, but through some unlikely circumstances rediscovered his roots in the city of Shanghai. Basically it's a movie about me.. I had to order the DVD from Amazon, I can't wait to see it, since even if it turned out to be nothing more than the trailer, i would have still gave it too thumbs up.

Shanghai Baby was the first Chinese book that was brought to my attention during my recent quest to learn Chinese. Naturally i have to see the big screen adaptation of the original work, even it is really about how capitalism and materialism corrupted and took over the Shanghainese culture. It'll be hard to swallow, but the fact that the pornographic nature of the original book have led to its ban in mainland china should boost the worthiness of the movie.