There is no doubt the political undertones in Johnnie To's Election 2 and the sympathy to socio-conservatism and an authoritarian state, a somewhat reference to the Chinese government. Is it just me or is there anyone else out who also spotted the subtle references to one of Singapore's political pioneers?
我们不是不相信选举。We respect the election system.
我们是怕两年后选出来的人会搞乱社会秩序. 这是我们不想见到的。
But when your term is up,we don't want a punk to take over, only to upset the social order. This is something we want to avoid.
It is disturbing to watch this DVD print by Scorpio East on the 4:3 aspect ratio, leaving out a lot of details which the filmmaker would have wanted us to see, especially since To and his Milkway comrades always shoot on the Technoscope format.
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