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Zhang Yimou
Thinks His New Project Is BLOOD SIMPLE?
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April 30, 2009 |
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Rumor says Zhang Yimou
has purchased the remake rights of Coen Brothers' 1984 classic
thriller
Blood Simple.
Zhang Yimou's long time partner producer Zhang Weiping is neither
denying it nor confirming it. He only said it was possible the movie
would be based on a Hollywood movie.
Blood Simple's
tells a complex story starts with a jealous rich man hiring a
private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her lover.
According to Zhang Weiping, the story, set in the ancient time,
would look like a sandwich, a complete story on the outside with a
thriller and a comedy on the inside.
Does this mean we will also see some marital art fight scene
choreographed by Ching Siu-Tung? The remake is titled San Qiang
Pai An Jing Qi, which roughly means "Three Spears, Amazed to
Strike the Table". Which is a variation of title of two classic
Chinese books,
"First Quarter, Amazed to Strike the Table and
First Quarter, , Amazed to Strike the Table",
collections of dozens of short thrilling stories.
For the thriller, the
cast include Sun Honglei (starred in Zhang's The Road Home
and will play the killer) and Ni Dahong (played the imperial doctor
in Zhang's Curse of the Golden Flower), and for the comedy,
the cast include two stage comedians Xiao Shen Yang and Wang Xiaohua.
The script is jointly penned by Shi Jianquan, Shang Jing and other
writer. Filming will begin by June in China's Gansu Province, known
for its desert Silk Road, which also featured in Zhang's Hero.
Release in China is set in December.
Until a few months back,
Jin Ling Shi San Chai (literal: 13 Beauties of Jinling),
was the project Zhang Yimou was working on after he completed the
opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic. Based on the same title novel
by woman writer Yan Geling, the story is set in 1937/38, during the
Nanjing Massacre carried out by the Japanese troops, the capital
city of China. Inspired by a real story, the novel tells Japanese
soldiers break into the refugee camp and ask to "borough" young
women to provide sex "service" to the Japanese. To protect the life
of others in the camp, 13 prostitutes volunteer to go with the
Japanese. Earlier this year Zhang Yimou watched another director Lu
Chuan's City of Life and Death, he discovered a similar
story in the movie, and immediately cancelled or halted his own
Nanjing project.
Related:
Zhang Yimou to shoot 'Three Guns',
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Cannes 2009
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April 24, 2009 |
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Spring Fever |
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(Images: Homegreen Films, Circe Films, Eurimages, JBA Productions,
Musée du Louvre, Tarantula, ARP Sélection, Black Jag
Productions, Media Asia Films, Milky Way Image Company, Focus
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Spring Fever
The fourth Cannes entry by Chinese director Lou
Ye, who only managed to shoot six films since 1994. He caught the
world’s attention with Suzhou River submitted in Cannes in
2000. Both the film and the submission are unapproved by the Chinese
government, therefore both him and he was banned from making movies
for two years. In 2003, he returned to Cannes with the approved
Purple Butterfly, then he returned again in 2006 with the
unapproved Summer Palace. The Summer Palace incident
was so severely, that Lou, his producer and the studio behind it
were banned from making movies for five years. Spring Fever, shot in
Chinese city of Nanjing with a full Chinese cast, was actually
funded by studios outside of the mainland China, including one from
Hong Kong, which is out off the grip of Chinese film censors. Thanks
to the “One Country, Two Systems” policy invented by late Chinese
leader Deng Xiaoping, Hong Kong is self-running. But in the official
press release, it is representing China again. This will
definitively make the censors in Beijing very mad! Another Chinese
film, Lu Chuan’s Nanjing Massacre drama City of Life and Death,
once was considered as a possible candidate, fails to appear on the
list. Does this mean the film was pulled out in the last minute,
after the Chinese government heard Summer Fever is under the
name of China instead of Hong Kong? Just a guess. Lou Ye has always
been like an outcast in China. His films, often with unconventional
storylines, are not widely praised even among the fans of art films.
Here is Spring Fever’s plot, for you reference:
China, 2007. Spring. As Nature gradually awakens
and an intoxicating spring breeze full of life blows, as they drive
together to the coast, love and sexual passion grow in the hearts of
Jiang Cheng, his friend Luo Haitao and Xiaoxue, a beautiful young
woman. All three fall prey to an exhilarating sickness of the
senses, a dangerous malady that misleads the heart… A beautiful
erotic "menage à trois".
Face
Tsai Ming-Liang is back! With Face, with more
erotic and funny story? His previous Cannes entries are The Hole
(2000) and What Time Is It Over There? (2001) As the first
full-length film outside of Taiwan, Face is a big leap
forward for him. He called the shooting as a rebirth for him.
Story of Face sounds exactly like the filming of
Face. It tells a Taiwanese director, very excited about being
allowed to shot inside the Louvre, cast a long line of French stars
for the project. Then the shooting run into trouble again and again,
which pushes him on the brink of a nerve break down. Tsai is playing
the director, and the French stars are playing themselves. What’s
real and what’s unreal?
Vengeance
Johnnie To, the god-father of today’s Hong Kong
cinematic crime action, is back, with Vengeance. The plot
setup is very simple. A French assassin-turned-chef travels to Hong
Kong to go after the one who murdered his daughter. French veteran
Alain Delon once in talking of playing the lead. But in the end, the
role went to another Frenchman, Johnny Hallyday. And, what a Johnnie
To movie is going to be without his most frequently used actors. Of
cause, Vengeance is no exception: Simon Yam, Anthony Wong,
Lam Ka-Tung, Lam Suet…
Taking Woodstock
His Brokeback Mountain and Lust,
Caution did not show up in Cannes. Does Lee actually capture the
spirit of Woodstock? Doesn’t matter. Will this one better than his
previous movies? Doesn’t matter. What really matter? Ang Lee!
Petition
In China, when ordinary citizens’ rights were
violated, often by the low-level government entities, many of them
would choose to petition to the higher-level government, and the
petition sometimes last years even decades. Director Zhao Liang
spent 12 years to documents the life of such people called the
petitioners. Petition will be screen in Cannes as part of Special
Screenings. This is a two-hour version, edited from the original
five-hour cut.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
OPENER
"Up," U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
CLOSER
"Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky," France, Jan Kounen
IN COMPETITION
"Bright Star," Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
"Spring Fever," China-France, Lou Ye
"Antichrist," Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
"Enter the Void," France, Gaspar Noe
"Face," France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
"Les Herbes folles," France-Italy, Alain Resnais
"In the Beginning," France, Xavier Giannoli
"A Prophet," France, Jacques Audiard
"The White Ribbon," Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
"Vengeance," Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
"The Time That Remains," Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
"Vincere," Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
"Kinatay," Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
"Thirst," South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
"Broken Embraces," Spain, Pedro Almodovar
"Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," Spain, Isabel Coixet
"Fish Tank," U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
"Looking for Eric," U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
"Inglourious Basterds," U.S., Quentin Tarantino
"Taking Woodstock," U.S., Ang Lee
OUT OF COMPETITION
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
"The Army of Crime," France, Robert Guediguian
"Agora," Spain, Alejandro Amenabar
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
"A Town Called Panic," Belgium, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar
"Ne te retourne pas," France-Belgium-Luxembourg-Italy, Marina de Van
"Drag Me to Hell," U.S., Sam Raimi
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
"Petition," China, Zhao Liang
"L'epine dans le coeur," France, Michel Gondry
"Min ye," France-Mali, Souleyumane Cisse
"Jaffa," Israel-France-Germany, Keren Yedaya
"Manila," Philippines, Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin
"My Neighbor, My Killer," U.S., Anne Aghion
UN CERTAIN REGARD
"Samson & Delilah," Australia, Warwick Thornton
"Adrift," Brazil, Heitor Dhalia
"The Wind Journeys," Colombia, Ciro Guerra
"Demain des l'aube," France, Denis Dercourt
"Irene," France, Alain Cavalier
"Air Doll," Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda
"Independance," Philippines-France-Germany, Raya Martin
"Le Pere de mes enfants," France-Germany, Mia Hansen-Love
"Dogtooth," Greece, Yorgos Lanthimos
"Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats," Iran, Bahman Ghobadi
"Eyes Wide Open," Israel, Haim Tabakman
"Mother," South Korea, Bong Joon-ho
"The Silent Army," Netherlands, Jean van de Velde
"To Die Like a Man," Portugal, Joao Pedro Rodrigues
"Police, Adjective," Romania, Corneliu Porumboiu
"Tales from the Golden Age," Romania, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu,
Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru
"Tale in the Darkness," Russia, Nikolay Khomeriki
"Tzar," Russia-France, Pavel Lounguine
"Nymph," Thailand, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
"Precious," U.S., Lee Daniels
FEATURE FILM JURY
Isabelle Huppert (president), actress, France
Asia Argento, actress, director, screenwriter, Italy
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director, screenwriter, actor, Turkey
Lee Chang-dong, director, author, screenwriter, South Korea
James Gray, director, screenwriter, U.S.
Hanif Kureishi, author, screenwriter, U.K.
Shu Qi, actress, Taiwan
Robin Wright Penn, actress, U.S.
LA CINEFONDATION AND SHORT FILM JURY
John Boorman (president), director, author, producer, U.K.
Bertrand Bonello, director, France
Ferid Boughedir, director, Tunisia
Leonor Silveira, actress, Portugal
Zhang Ziyi, actress, China
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SOUND OF WIND
May Shock Your Mind
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April 24, 2009 |
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Based on the popular same title book by Mai Jia,
Sound of Wind (Feng Sheng) is an espionage drama challenging
the mind of the audiences. It is set in Hangzhou, a Chinese city
occupied by the Japanese during WWII.
In the original story, the protagonist is a
Communist spy codenamed Old Ghost, who infiltrated the spy agency of
the Japanese controlled puppet government, with the talent of
code-braking. A piece of crucial information sent out by Old Ghost
is intercepted by the Japanese. To dig out the mole, the Japanese
sent Old Ghost and another three top suspects to a mansion house for
questioning. Old Ghost has to send the info out before it is too
late while protecting his/her own identity. The alliance is another
spy working for the Chinese government, codenamed 312.
According to Wang Zhonglei, president of Huayi
Brothers, which produced the movie, the story has been changed
drastically during the adaptation and the ending has been set to
contain a big surprise. The plot development and the ending have
been kept as a top secret by Huayi Bros. Scenes are shot chronically
following the timeline in the story and the cast members have yet
received the final part of the script.
Sound of Wind is directed by Gao Qunshu (The
Tokyo Trail) and Chen Kuo-fu, producer of Huayi’s war drama
Assembly.
The major cast members are: Zhang Haiyu, Zhou Xun,
Li Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Ying Da, Alec Su, Wang Zhiwen, Ni
Dahong. Cameo stars include: Liu Weiwi, Zhu Xu, Zhang Yibai, Shi
Zhaoqi, Wu Gang, Liu Jiajia, Liu Yun, Ai Dai.
Production has begun for two months. Variety says it will last for
another eight months. I don't think so. eight months should be
enough for completing both the production and the post-production.
Teaser poster
Teaser trailer
Outdoor street scene in Tianjin
The
indoor set:
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Production photos - cameo actors
Huayi Bros. hear 'Sound of Wind',
Variety
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Opening This
Week: April 18 - 24, 2009
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April 24, 2009 |
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City of Life and Death |
Permanent Residence |
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Ji Mu
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Our
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(Images: China Film Group, Stellar Megamedia, Jiangsu Broadcasting
System, Media Asia Films, ShengShi HuaRui Film Investment & Management
Co., Ltd., Artwalker, NFY International Multi-Media Co., Ltd.) |
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A black and white film brings back the horror of the Rape of
Nanking, a woman acts as a bad mother in order to provide her
stepdaughter a better future, homosexual man falls in love with a
straight guy, and in a small island, the simple friendship among two
boys and a girl suddenly changes with the arrival of a soldier.
China:
City of Life and Death
In December 1937, after suffering a heavy loss, the Japanese army
broke into the Nanjing, the capital city of China. Trapped inside
the city, a small number of soldiers were still fighting and others
were simply thinking about survival. The Japanese began executing
captured war prisoners and searching for women to rape. A six-week
long holocaust begins...
Ji Mu Ri Ji
To let her stepdaughter
being able to have a better life in the future, she decides to act
as a bad mother today.
Other new releases:
Les Femmes de l'Ombre / Female Agents (France)
Hong Kong:
Permanent Residence:
Ivan is a homosexual, who is obsessed with death and doesn't believe
he will live to celebrate his 30th birthday. He meets another guy
and falls in love with him. Their relationship is very difficult,
because the man he loves is straight.
Other new releases:
Candy Rain (Taiwan)
Drfting Flowers (Taiwan)
Friday the 13th (2009) (USA)
The Horsemen (Canada / USA)
Tulpan (Germany / Kazakhstan / Poland / Russia / Switzerland)
Taiwan:
Our Island, Our Dreams
In the small island of Kinmen, A girl and two boys, growing up since
very young, hang around everyday and pretend friendship is the only
thing among them. Until one day, a soldier from Taiwan starts
courting the girl with full strength…
Other new releases:
Fit Lover (China)
Ghost Mother (Thailand)
Kill Shot (USA)
Partners (Japan)
Whatever Lola Wants (Canada / France)
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The 28th Hong
Kong Film Awards
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April 20, 2009 |
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The best made-in-Hong Kong movies produced last
year are awarded tonight in the city. Veteran director An Hui’s
drama The Way We Are, focusing on the life of Tin Shui Wai, a
government-planned residential area for the working class, collected
most artistic categories, including Best Director, Best Screenplay (Lui
Yau-wah), Best Actress (Paw Hee-Ching) and Best Supporting Actress
(Chan Lai-wun).
Ip Man, based on
the real story of Ip Man, a martial-art master fighting his own war
against the Japanese invasion, is named the Best Film. The movie is
also awarded for its Action (Sammo Hung and Leung Siu-Hung).
John Woo’s historical war drama Red Cliff
received five awards, all in technical categories, Best Art
Direction (Tim Yip), Best Costume and Makeup Design (Tim Yip), Best
Sound Effect (WU Jiang and Roger Savage), Best Visual Effect
(Heather Abels) and Best Original Film Score (Tarô Iwashiro).
Crime drama The Beast Talker wins two
awards, Best Actor (Nick Cheung) and Best Supporting Actor (Paw
Hee-Ching).
Fantasy thriller Painted Skin is also
given two awards, Best Cinematography (Arthur Wong) and Best
Original Film Song.
Xu Jiao, the little girl playing a boy in CJ7
is named the Best New Actor.
Connected, a Hong
Kong remake of Hollywood actioner Cellular is recognized for
its Editing (Yau Chi-Wai).
Crime drama The Moss wins Best New
Director award for Kwok Chi-kin.
Mainland Chinese director Feng Xiaogang’s
Assembly is picked as the Best Asian Film.
The complete winners' list:
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Best Film -
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Best Director - Ann HUI (The Way We Are) |
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The Way We Are |
Johnny TO (Sparrow) |
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Red Cliff |
John WOO (Red Cliff) |
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CJ7 |
Benny CHAN (Connected) |
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Painted Skin |
Wilson YIP (Ip Man) |
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Best Screenplay - LUI Yau-wah (The Way We Are) |
Best Actor - Nick CHEUNG (The Beast Stalker) |
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Susan CHAN, Sylvia CHANG, Mathias WOO (Run Papa Run) |
Louis KOO (Run Papa Run) |
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Gordon CHAN, LAU Ho-Leung, Abe KWONG (Painted Skin) |
Simon YAM (Sparrow) |
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NG Wai-Lun, Dante LAM (The Beast Stalker) |
LEUNG Chiu-Wai (Red Cliff) |
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Ivy HO (Claustraphobia) |
Donnie YEN (Ip Man) |
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Best Actress - PAW Hee-Ching (The Way We Are) |
Best Supporting Actor - LIU Kai-Chi (The Beast Stalker) |
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LAU Mei-Guan (True Women for Sale) |
ZHANG Fengyi (Red Cliff) |
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Barbie HSU (Connected) |
Stephen CHOW (CJ7) |
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ZHOU Xun (Painted Skin) |
LAM Ka-Tung (Ip Man) |
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LAM Kar-Yan (Claustraphobia) |
FAN Siu-Wong (Ip Man) |
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Best Supporting Actress - CHAN Lai-wun (The Way We Are) |
Best New Actor - XU Jiao (CJ7) |
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Monica MOK (Ocean Flame) |
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Nora MIAO (Run Papa Run) |
ZHANG Yuqi (All about Women) |
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ZHAO Wei (Red Cliff) |
LEUNG Chun-lung (The Way We Are) |
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Race WONG (True Women for Sale) |
LIN Chiling (Red Cliff) |
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SUN Li (Painted Skin) |
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Best Cinematography - Arthur WONG (Painted Skin) |
Best Editing - YAU Chi-Wai (Connected) |
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CHUENG Tung-Leung (The Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon) |
David RICHARDSON (Sparrow) |
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Angie LAM, Robert A. FERRETTI, YANG Hongyu (Red Cliff) |
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CHENG Siu-keung (Sparrow) |
CHAN Ki-hop (The Beast Stalker) |
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LÜ Yue, ZHANG Li (Red Cliff) |
CHEUNG Ka-Fai (Ip Man) |
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Best Art Direction - Tim YIP (Red Cliff) |
Best Costume and Makeup Design - Tim YIP (Red Cliff) |
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Daniel LEE, MA Gwong-Wing (The Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the
Dragon) |
Thomas CHONG, WONG Ming-Ha (The Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the
Dragon) |
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YEE Chung-Man, LAU Man-Hung (An Empress and the Warriors) |
William CHANG (All about Women) |
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YEE Chung-Man, Dora NG (An Empress and the
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Kenneth MAK (Ip Man) |
NG Po-Ling (Painted Skin) |
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Best Action Direction - Sammo HUNG, LEUNG Siu-Hung (The Three
Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon) |
Best Sound Effect - WU Jiang, Roger SAVAGE (Red Cliff) |
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Chris GOODES, WANG Lei (Connected) |
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Corey YUEN (Red Cliff) |
Kinson TSANG, LAI Chi-Hong (Painted Skin) |
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LI Chi-Chung (Connected) |
CHENG Wing-Yuen, NIP Kei-Wing, WONG Tai-Wai (The Beast Stalker) |
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TUNG Wai (Painted Skin) |
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Sammo HUNG, LEUNG Siu-Hung (Ip Man) |
Kinson TSANG (Ip Man) |
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Best Visual Effect - Heather ABELS (Red Cliff) |
Best Original Film Score - Tarô IWASHIRO (Red Cliff) |
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Eddy WONG, Victor WONG, Ken LAW (CJ7) |
Henry LAI (The Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon) |
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HO Siu-lun (Missing) |
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NG Yuen-Fai, CHAU Chi-Shing, TAM Kai-Kwan (Painted Skin) |
Fred AVRIL, Xavier JAMAUX (Sparrow) |
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Fujiwara IKURO (Painted Skin) |
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Henri WONG (Ip Man) |
Kawai KENJI (Ip Man) |
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Best Original Film Song - "Painted Heart (literal)"
(Painted Skin) |
Best New Director - KWOK Chi-kin (The Moss) |
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Heiward MAK (High Noon) |
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"Follow Your Dream" (An Empress and the Warrior) |
IVY Ho (Claustraphobia) |
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"Fan Sau Yiu Han" (L for Love, L for Lie ) |
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"Prologue for Ten Thousand Years (literal)" (Missing) |
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Best Asian Film - Assembly (China / Hong Kong) |
Professional Spirit Award - DING Yue (dubbing expert) |
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If You Are the One (China / Hong Kong) |
Lifetime Achievement Award - SIAO Fong-Fong (actress) |
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Cape No. 7 (Taiwan) |
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Suspect X (Japan) |
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Forever Enthralled (China / Hong Kong) |
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Opening This
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April 17, 2009 |
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Duel for Love |
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A professional Latin dancer splits up with his alcoholic partner,
and a driver gets an invitation for a killing party. Here are the
three new movies released this week in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
China:
Duel for Love :
After splitting up with his alcoholic partner and teams up with
another girl, a professional Latin dancer comes to realize in his
life love is more important than dance.
Other new releases:
P.T.U.
2 / Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
(Hong Kong)
Fast & Furious
(USA)
Hong Kong:
No local film is released this week.
Other new releases:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex / The Baader Meinhof Complex
(Germany / France / Czech Republic)
Defiance
(USA)
Knowing
(Australia)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
(USA)
Taiwan:
Invitation Only :
A young driver is given an invitation card for a party only
available for the high society. At the party, every guest has one
wish fulfilled, thanks to the mysterious host. Then, the killing
begins...
Other new releases:
Der Abgrund - Eine Stadt Stürzt Ein / Gaping Abyss (Germany)
Crank: High Voltage (USA)
Fast and Furious (USA)
The Horsemen (Canada / USA)
I.O.U.S.A. (USA)
Magique! (France / Canada)
Nomad (France / Kazakhstan)
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Opening This
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April 16, 2009 |
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The Sniper |
Detours to Paradise |
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Zhu Ding
Ai Ni |
Beautiful Crazy |
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(Images: IDG China Media, Chuang Yi Tian, Media Asia Films,
Sil-Metropol Organization, Blue Fiction, ZoomHunt International Ltd.,
Chi & Company..) |
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A Vietnamese girl finding love in China, a village master finding
love at his home village, a former police sniper seeks revenge
against his formal colleagues, a Indonesian maid struggling in
Taiwan, and a love story with three teenage girls. Here are the five
new movies released this week in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
China:
Red River : A Vietnamese
girl comes to work at his aunt' massage house on the Chinese side of
the boarder. He falls in love with a Chinese man but their
relationship is not tolerated by a gang boss, who believes he has an
obligation of protecting the girl.
Zhu Ding Ai Ni :
After a bumpy life in a big city, a young man returns home and
becomes the village master. Working hard to transform his village
into a popular tourist destination, he actually finds his true
love...
Other new releases:
none.
Hong Kong:
The Sniper : A senior
sniper of HKPD and his new protege is facing a new enemy, someone
once the best of the sniper team, just being release from prison. He
helps a gang of professional robbers to rescue their leader from the
police and offers them a plan of robbing millions of cash. His
target is not really the money but the entire police sniper team.
Other new releases:
Inkheart
(Germany / UK / USA)
Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter Two
(Japan)
Monsters vs Aliens
(USA)
Taiwan:
Detours to Paradise :
Setia, an Indonesian maid, and Supayong, a construction worker from
Thailand, are two illegal foreign laborers who drift between Taipei
and Taoyuan while looking for jobs. The two foreigners rely on each
other and share the burden of their loneliness among the hustle and
bustle of a glittering city. They strive for survival while
developing a gentle relationship full of humor, using a language
that both are still awkward with: Chinese, the language of their
host country. This film tells a touching story of two foreign
workers drifting in the gutters of Taiwanese society.
Beautiful
Crazy
: A growing up story of three teenage girls, and love between them.
Other new releases:
252 Signal of Life
(Japan)
7 Days to Leave My Wife
(Thailand)
Last Chance Harvey
(UK / USA)
My Bloody Valentine 3-D
(USA)
Race to Witch Mountain
(USA)
School Days with a Pig
(Japan)
Tokyo Sonata
(Japan)
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Opening This
Week: March 28 - April 3, 2009
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(Images: Shanghai Film Group Corp., China Education Television，Ai Qi
Xing Film and TV, China Film Group Corp., CCTV - Movie Channel, Emperor
Motion Pictures, JCE Entertainment Ltd., JCE Movies, The Media
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April 4th is the traditional Qing Ming Day, commonly known as Tomb
Sweeping Day, during which the Chinese are visiting the tombs of
their love ones. People would also treat the weekend as a break and
would do something other than work, such as going to see a movie.
In China, two movies released this week,
Examination 1977
and
Yuan Chonghuan.
Examination 1977
tells a fictional story set in the real historical event, the
restoration of National College Entrance Exam in 1977, which had
been cancelled for over a decade.
Yuan Chonghuan
is a movie version of Beijing opera play, about the story of Yuan
Chonghuan, a general who fought against the invaders and was only
betrayed by his emperor.
Two made-in-Hong Kong films open this week in the city:
Shinjuku Incident
and
Team of Miracle: We Will Rock You.
Directed by Yee Tung-Shing ( Protege,
One Nite in Mongkok) and
starred Jackie Chan,
Shinjuku Incident
chronicles the life of a Chinese illegally living in Japan.
Team of Miracle: We Will Rock You,
a movie made for promoting Christian messages, tells a social worker
forms a soccer team with a group of homeless men and decides to
bring the team to the first ever World Cup for the Homeless.
In Taiwan, a low-budget local film is start showing this week.
Lupinghua 2009, tells a
new art teacher from a big city , he believes a student of his, who
has been failing in art class, has a gift in art.
Other movies released this week in the following
regions:
China:
Die Fälscher / The Counterfeiter
(Austria / Germany)
Monsters vs Aliens
(USA)
The Rebel
(Vietnam)
Hong Kong:
Fast & Furious
(USA)
Race to Witch Mountain
(USA)
The Wrestler
(USA / France)
Taiwan:
Claustrophobia
(Hong Kong)
Fireflies in the Garden
(USA)
Knowing
(Australia)
Monsters vs Aliens
(USA)
New in Town
(USA)
Still Walking
(Japan)
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Opening This
Week: March 21 - 27, 2009
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This week, Ashes of Time Redux, the re-edited, re-colored, re-mixed
and re-scored version of Wong Kar-Wai's classic film Ashes of Time,
done by Wong personally, has been released in the mainland China,
apparently ahead of Hong Kong.
Other movies released this week in the following
regions:
China:
Slumdog Millionaire
(UK)
Hong Kong:
Dance, Subaru!
(Japan
Happy Flight
(Japan)
Passengers
(USA / Canada)
Sex Drive
(USA)
Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans
(USA / New Zealand), W. (USA / Hong Kong / Germany / UK / Australia)
Taiwan:
A Frozen Flower
(South Korea)
Milarepa
(Bhutan)
Personal Effect
(USA / Canada / Germany)
The Reader
(USA / Germany)
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