I missed China’s big 6-0 here on Flumesday, but there were a couple things of note I thought I’d throw up on here, for the benefit of my readers (basically my Uncle Michael at this point). The first is a link to something really brilliant written at the Huffington Post by my favorite writer. It’s on the Empire State State Building going red and yellow in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Communist Revolution. Very bizarre, very interesting and the hunky author actually went to the lighting ceremony at the Empire State Building and did some original reporting with protesters outside and with the Chinese Consulate. Here’s a link.

The second thing of note is how unbelievably well China’s government-funded propaganda film, The Founding of a Republic, is doing in the Chinese theaters. Not such a big shocker, considering it was released to coincide with the 60th anniversary and China’s national pride these days is at Hulk Hogan-esque levels. It’s like Chinese Hulkamania. According to a piece in Monday’s Financial Times, the film made $48 million in its first week, putting it on pace to become China’s highest-grossing film ever, breaking the record set by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. At this point, I’d normally make fun of China for being so into Transformers. But I can’t really, considering that in America, the Transformers sequel made more in its first day (62 mil) than it has altogether in mainland China (55 mil). The whole world is into Transformers, evidently. Here’s a link to a post I wrote earlier in the year about China’s propaganda film.

And last, I wanted to share this video a friend sent me, shot in Beijing on National Day, during the 60th anniversary parade in Tiananmen Square. It was made by the Guardian and shot in slow motion on a 7D (have no idea what this means). It’s a really amazing video and was done in a very classy way. Colors are fantastic and you can watch in HD. Here it is:

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