Avid readers might argue that in the twenty-first century, moviegoers are in search

Finally, the setting played an important role in the effectiveness of the movie. The setting of The Joy Luck Club was set in various locations. Some scenes were filmed in San Francisco and others in China. Because the story dealt with the Chinese people and there customs, it would only be logical for Wang to direct part of the film in China were it all started. He then moved the setting back to the United States when he dealt with the daughters. Because the movie moved back and forth from various years, Wang had to use numerous symbolic signs to tell the viewer the period of time. I think that this was very clever on his part. For example, he used songs, costumes and hairstyles. The movie used fabulous Chinese garments and clothing to give its viewers a sense of the Chinese traditions and culture.

Several of the novel’s most touching and emotional scenes are further intensified through the film. June’s mother depicts a tragic scenario when recalling her escape from the Japanese invasion into Kweilin. She envisions “the streets of Kweilin” which “were strewn with newspapers reporting great Kuomintang victories” and she remembers that “on top of these papers, like fresh fish from a butcher, lay rows of people-men, women and children who had never lost hope, but had lost their lives instead”(Tan 13). Despite the emotionality of Tan’s words, the film’s visual representation of this particular scene is even more gut wrenching. Similarly, the moment when Auntie Lindo meets her terrible husband for the first time and when her mother-in-law slaps her in the face exert a far greater emotional impact in the film. Thus, while the novel encompasses a far more detailed account of the Asian-American experience, the film illuminates the problems encountered by first and second generation immigrants more intensely than its literary counterpart. We not only read, but unmistakably see the culture clash when Rich, Waverly’s American fiancé, unsuspectingly breaks the most

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