Armed with 40 years of experience in the movie industry (worked in two major entertainment organizations ie Shaw Brothers Ltd - 邵氏 as Manager and Golden Harvest - 嘉禾 as Vice President), Mr Cailan shared a great variety of stories in terms of actors/actresses, directors, scripts writers, kungfu director, happenings behind some of the scenes, his friendship with different individuals, general view of the industry and its development, movies he likes and don't etc.
Though being an Asian and written in Chinese, the book covers both the oriental and western movies and individuals. As a producer, he does has the knowledge to give engaging comments on it. One of my favourite reads is shocked to realize how serious Jackie Chan was injured in the making of his movie. It is interesting to realize that his home was within a cinema building（ 大华戏院 ) in Singapore since young with his family. The building has just been taken over by Singapore Pools recently. He has also included an article written by his own brother about him (ie Mr Cailan).
I do not know or cannot relate many of the individuals he mentioned in the book. However, this book is refreshing to me as it is the first time Mr Cailan has published a book purely on movie. He has written many titles on topics such as traveling, food, ghost stories, relationships, short stories etc. It is also the first time that I am reading a book about movie and the industry :-)
I hope he will publish another book on the same subject soon as it is not easy to come across a good engaging read about it especially with someone like him who has many interesting encounters to share in his 40 years of journey in the movie industry.
Well done, Mr Cailan.
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