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A startling erotic espionage thriller about the fate of
an ordinary woman’s heart, it is based on the short story by revered
Chinese author Eileen Chang, and stars Asian cinema icon Tony Leung
opposite screen newcomer Tang Wei. Shanghai, 1942. The World War II
Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a
woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a call, and
then sits and waits. She remembers…how her story began several years
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LUST, CAUTION Stills - Tang Wei
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Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION Premiered in
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We are all waiting for reviews to pop up...
People from the Chinese language press are almost overwhelmingly
praising the film. Derek Elley from Variety writes "too much
caution and too little lust squeeze much of the dramatic juice out
of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, a 2˝-hour period drama that's a
long haul for relatively few returns," Ray Bennett from The
Hollywood Reporter says "brings to main what soldiers say about
war: that it's long periods of boredom relieved by moments of
extremely heightened excitement," Dan Fainaru claims "it promises
much more than it actually delivers," and "had Lee accepted that his
film is about the conflict between duty and desire, and worked
smoothly on this premise, this could have been a far more focused
and precise film," Roderick Conway Morris from The International
Herald Tribune says "the film is grueling to watch and some
audiences may find very little in the way of recognizable 'love' in
this supposed 'love story'," and Boyd van Hoeij blogs at
european-films.net that it "is an uncompromising and
incredibly seductive piece of filmmaking that is too long but has so
many good elements going for it that it is hard to really care that
on certain points the director seems to have thrown caution to the
wind" and "acting and technical credits are more than first-class
and newcomer Wei Tang, starring alongside veteran Tony Leung, is
simply riveting."
Bear it in mind, it appears Ang Lee has done a faithful adaptation
of Eileen Chang's original short story, which is only known among
the Chinese. The title "Lust, Caution" and the MPAA's NC-17
rating could also be very misleading.
(Thanks to "dwhudson" of
GreenCine Daily.)
Review by Derek Elley, Variety
Review by Ray Bennett, The
Hollywood Reporter
Review by Dan Fainaru, Screen Daily
Review by Roderick Conway Morris,
The International Herald Tribune
Review by Boyd van Hoeij,
european-films.net
Related story:
In Ang Lee's 'Lust, Caution,' love is
beautiful to see, impossible to hold, by Dennis Lim,
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Official Synopsis of Ang Lee's LUST,
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The synopsis is a little bit spoiling, so please beware.
The new film from Ang Lee, the Academy Award-winning director of
“ Brokeback Mountain ” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” A
startling erotic espionage thriller about the fate of an ordinary
woman’s heart, it is based on the short story by revered Chinese
author Eileen Chang, and stars Asian cinema icon Tony Leung opposite
screen newcomer Tang Wei. Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese
occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a
woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a call,
and then sits and waits. She remembers…how her story began several
years earlier, in 1938 China . She is not in fact Mrs. Mak, but shy
Wong Chia Chi (Tang Wei). With WWII underway, Wong has been left
behind by her father, who has escaped to England . As a freshman at
university, she meets fellow student Kuang Yu Min (Wang Leehom)
Kuang has started a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the
theater troupe’s new leading lady, Wong realizes that she has found
her calling, able to move and inspire audiences – and Kuang. He
convenes a core group of students to carry out a radical and
ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee
(Tony Leung). Each student has a part to play; Wong will be Mrs. Mak,
who will gain Yee’s trust by befriending his wife (Joan Chen) and
then draw the man into an affair. Wong transforms herself utterly
inside and out, and the scenario proceeds as scripted – until an
unexpectedly fatal twist spurs her to flee. Shanghai, 1941. With no
end in sight for the occupation, Wong – having emigrated from Hong
Kong – goes through the motions of her existence. Much to her
surprise, Kuang re-enters her life. Now part of the organized
resistance, he enlists her to again become Mrs. Mak in a revival of
the plot to kill Yee, who as head of the collaborationist secret
service has become even more a key part of the puppet government. As
Wong reprises her earlier role, and is drawn ever closer to her
dangerous prey, she finds her very identity being pushed to the
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Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION Got NC-17 in
America and Shortened in China
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Both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter
report Ang Lee’s latest film, Lust, Caution has been rated
NC-17 in the US. Let’s hail director Ang Lee, producer James Schamus
and Focus Feature for not kowtowing the outdated MPAA by deleting
some shots in order to get an “R.”
In the US, the censors would make a movie less
accessible if they thought it was
too extreme.
However in China, where the film
was made, the policy has always been "cut or no deal." According to
newspaper, The Beijing News, a deputy director of the State
Film Bureau said those “pornographic shots” had been deleted but
there were only a handful of them and it would not affect how the
audiences understood the story. There is no movie rating system in
China and the regulator has refused, even talking about the
possibility of a rating system. All movies have to be made or cut to
be suitable for audiences of all ages. By just cutting a few shots,
this movie would probably match the "R" standard by MPAA.
Ironically, an
"R" movie is still not quite appropriate for kids to watch but it is
considered safe for everyone in China.
(Thanks to “Sean” and “Mighty Ganesha” for the
links.)
Related
stories:
Ang Lee's latest nabs NC-17 rating
, by Diane Garrett, Variety
"Lust" too hot for Hollywood censors,
by Gregg Goldstein, The Hollywood Reporter
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LUST, CAUTION Chinese Posters
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FYI: the tile in Chinese is written from the right to the left, the
more traditional way of writing in China. The tagline literally
means, "Lust is easy to stop but passion is not."
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LUST, CAUTION Stills
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New Asian Chinese Edition of f Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION
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This Asian / Chinese edition (1 minute 30 seconds), 15 seconds
shorter than the one Focus Features released at its website,
got many shots we have never seen before.
It is the same trailer, showed up on Focus Features' website almost
a month ago and was removed shortly after.
Click here or
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In Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION, Leung
Chiu-Wai Is a Very Very Very Bad Man
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First Trailer
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It is the same trailer, showed up on Focus Features' website almost
a month ago and was removed shortly after.
QuickTime:
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Windows Media:
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(Thanks to Focus Features and Mighty Ganesha.)
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Promotional
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Mr. Yee (Leung Chiu-Wai), the menacing intelligence chief,
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The First
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The image shows Leung Chiu-Wai as Mr. Yee, a ranking intelligence
officer working for the Japanese-controlled puppet government, and
Tang Wei as Wang Jiazhi, assigned by the resistance force to lure
Mr. Yee to an assassination trap. The scene was shot at a replicated
Nanjing Road of Shanghai, built inside Shanghai Film Studio.
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Huge Print of
LUST, CAUTION Teaser Poster
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I have finally discovered a huge print (1100
x 1629)
of the teaser poster of Ang Lee's latest,
Lust, Caution,
huge enough for me to see every microprint of it. The story of the
film is set in Shanghai during the WWII and based on Eileen Chang's
same name short story, which was loosely inspired by a real
incident. It tells a young woman assigned to seduce a high-ranking
intelligence officer, working for the Japanese-controlled puppet
government, then lead him to an assassination trap. Then she
realized she is too emotionally involved with her prey. I do not
believe there is any espionage told in the story, because espionage
means getting military or political secrets and the young woman and
her comrades' goal is simply killing the ranking Japanese
collaborator. Hong Kong star Leung Chiu-Wai (Tony) plays the bad bad
intelligence officer and young mainland Chinese actress, Tang Wei, a
relatively newcomer, plays the young woman. Joan Chen plays a
supporting role as the ranking officer's wife. The address of the
film's upcoming official site is also revealed on the poster -
www.focusfeatures.com/lustcaution.
Shanghai Film Group Corp. (Shanghai Film Studios) co-produced the
film, which was shot almost entirely in Shanghai. However, on the
poster, the studios' name is printed as "Haishang Films." Could it
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Ang Lee's
LUST, CAUTION
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A promotional video by Focus Features has featured the first clips
from Ang Lee's latest project
Lust, Caution. Based on the Eileen Chang's same title short
story, which was inspired by a true event, the story of
Lust, Caution is set in the Japanese occupied Shanghai in
the early 1940s. It tells a young woman Wang Jiazhi is assigned to
approach Mr. Yee, a high-ranking official worked for the puppet
government, and tricks him to an assassination trap. Then she
realizes their relationship has dangerously
grown out of control. The cast includes newcomer Tang Wei as Wang Jiazhi,
Leung Chiu-Wai as Mr. Yee, Wang Lee-Hom as Kuang Yu-Min, Wang's
comrade and lover, and Joan Chen as Mrs. Yee. Focus Features
scheduled a limited release in North America starting September 28
this year. More are available on Focus Features'
official site. Other
titles shown in the video include
Evening,
Talk to Me,
Eastern Promises,
Reservation Road and
Atonement,
Click here for the clips.
(Thanks to "Sean" for the link and the screen captures.)
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Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION Meets the
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(L to R): Wang Lee-Hom, Tang Wei, Ang Lee and Leung
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Ang Lee and three leads of Lust, Caution faced the press
people for the first time yesterday at the newly constructed set
inside Shanghai Film Studios. The set is a replica of Shanghai's
Nanjing Rd. W. during the 1940s. Based on Eileen Chang's same name
story, which was inspired by a real event, Lust, Caution
tells about a young woman assigned to seduce and assassinate an
intelligence officer working for the Japanese puppet government in
Shanghai. After realizing she had fallen in love with the man, she
did something she was not suppose to do. Little known mainland
Chinese actress Tang Wei plays the young woman, Hong Kong veteran
Leung Chiu-Wai plays the intelligence officer and New York-born pop
singer Wang Lee-Hom plays a comrade of the young woman. During the
early days of shooting, Lee was worried about whether Tang and Wang
would be able to get their performance right. Now he is more worried
about whether the newly built set would be authentic enough to
recreate the old Shanghai. Principle shooting will end earlier next
month and the theatrical release will come by August.
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Visiting Shanghai Locations of
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Ang Lee shot a scene at a cinema in Shanghai last week.
(Left) Tang Wei as Wang Jiazhi.
(Mid) Director Ang Lee.
(Right) A poster of Alfred Hitchcock's
Suspicion,
release in 1941. The story of
Suspicion
is about a woman who thinks her husband may be planning to kill her
and the story of
Lust, Caution
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A millennium old little town called Xinchang, just outside of Shanghai
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Ang Lee Begins Shooting LUST, CAUTION in Shanghai
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Shooting of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution has restarted in Shanghai after
wrapping up in Malaysia and Hong Kong. The locations include an antique
apartment building (Chongqing), a small town called Nanhui (to
double for the old Shanghai) and several university campuses. Two real
Shanghai streets (Nanjing Rd. W. and Shannxi Rd.) are partially rebuilt
inside Shanghai Film Studios in Chedun, adjacent to the replicated
Najing Rd. E. built in the 1990s. The newly constructed "streets" are
about 800 meters in total and contains 13 structures. Construction is
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The Set of Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION
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Part of Nanjing Road West of Shanghai is under construction inside
Shanghai Film Studios (the Chedun location). The set includes
several streets and replica of many historical building from the
1930s / 40s Shanghai, adjacent to existing buildings designed to
recreate the old Shanghai.
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China News Agency got more photos taken on the set of Ang
Lee's
Lust, Caution. An
western style building has been redressed to double for a
Shanghai department store in the early 1940s. Over ten antique
cars and hundreds of extras were involved in the shooting. The
photo on the left showing Wang Jiazhi (Tang Wei, Middle) and
Mrs. Yee (Joan Chen, right) doing some shopping, accompanied by
Kuang Yu-Ming (Wang Lee-Hom, left). Notice the shopping bags
Wang was carrying? I am not sure they actually exist in the
1940s. According to a Taiwanese newspaper, shooting in Malaysian
has wrapped up.
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According to Malaysian-based Chinese language newspaper
GuangMing Daily, streets in a few local towns have been
redressed to double for Hong Kong and Shanghai from the
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First Shots
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According to TungStar and Taiwanese press, the first day
shooting (the day before yesterday) was done in Malaysian towns
Ipoh and Kampar and a small hotel was redressed as a 1940s Hong
Kong brothel. The first scene was Kuang Yu-Min, a university
student played by American born singer Wang Lee-Hom, runing out
from a brothel. Ang Lee asked Wang did over 50 takes. The the
female lead Tang Wei did three takes for a close-up shot of her.
Another scene Ang Lee did yesterday was about Kung Yu-Min and
other university students catching a Hong Kong trolley, built
with a truck, while singing a patriotic song.
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Ang Lee Starts Shooting LUST, CAUTION
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China News Agency reports Ang Lee was spotted in a street of
Malaysian city of Ipoh and shooting would begin tonight in the same
street, doubling for the 1940's Hong Kong. Two other Malaysian cities
Penang and Kampar will also be used for Hong Kong scenes. In another
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Sina.com.cn has acquired a casting photo of Taiwanese actress Chu
Tsz-Ying, who will play Lai Xiuqing, a college classmate of Wang Jiazhi,
to be played by mainland Chinese actress Tang Wei and Chu will be the
second female lead only next to Tang.
Chu Tsz-Ying is relatively a newcomer, whose acting experience only
includes a few stage productions and one of them was shared with Tang
Wei.
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The casting
and location scouting process for Ang Lee's Chinese language film Lust,
Caution have completed, according to Chinese newspaper Nanjing Daily.
New comer Tang Wei will play Wang Jiazhi, a young student volunteers to
seduce Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure within the Japanese
controlled puppet-government. Wang Lee-Hom and Yu Entai will play two
university students involved in a plot of assassinating Mr. Yee. Rong
Rong, WANG Lin and YU Ya will play three wealthy housewives playing
Mahjong with Wang Jiazhi. In addition, Mr. Yee's house servants will be
played by actors and actress speaking Mandarin with Fukienese accent.
Majority of the movie will be shot in Shanghai Film Studios at Chedun,
which contains replicated Shanghai streets and houses from the early
20th Century. An additional street is being built adjacent to existing
set. Several antique houses in Shanghai have also been selected for
filming. Two Malaysian cities, Penang and Ipoh, will double for the
1940s Hong Kong.
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Casting Choice for Ang Lee's LUST,
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Just a few hours ago, Focus Features has official announced the names of
three major cast members of Ang Lee's
Lust, Caution
through a press release article. Not surprisingly, they are Tang Wei
(last name: Tang), Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (last name: Leung) and Wang Lee-Hom
(last name: Wang). Based on the same name short story by late woman
writer Eileen Chang, the story of
Lust, Caution
is set in the Japanese occupied Shanghai in the 1940s (more precisely,
sometime between 1941 and 1945). Leung will play Mr. Yee (Yi), a
powerful political figure within the Japanese-controlled puppet
government and Tang will play Wang Jiazhi, a young woman assigned
to approach Yee and to lead him into an assassination trap. Wang Lee-Hom
will play Kuang Yu-Min, a young student involved with Wang Jiazhi.
27 year old Tang Wei was born in Beijing and was graduated from China's
Central Drama College (aka. Central Theater College). Basically unknown,
even in her homeland, her career as an actress is only limited to
several TV series and stage productions. She will make her big-screen d閎ut
with
Lust, Caution. 44 year old
Leung Chiu-Wai is already one of the top Chinese movie stars. Has
starred in more than 70 movies and TV series, his most noticeable
achievement includes six films by Wang Kar-Wai, Days of
Being Wild,
Chungking Express,
Ashes of Time,
Happy Together,
In the Mood for Love
and 2046. In
recent years, he also starred in the Infernal Affairs
trilogy and Zhang Yimou's Hero.
He is currently working with Infernal Affairs'
writing/directing team in new thriller Confession of
Pain. Wang Lee-Hom
was born in Rochester, New York in 1976. Best known as a pop singer and
songwriter, Wang has also starred in several Taiwanese-made movies and
TV series.
Shooting is scheduled to begin this fall in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Lust , Caution will be the first Ang Lee's film shot in China since
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Related story:
Press release article by Focus
Features, (ComingSoon.net)
Leung, newcomer Wei topline Lee's
'Caution', by Gregg Goldstein (The Hollywood Reperter)
(Thanks to "Marla" of AdmiringGongLi.com and "Jane" for their
contribution to this story.)
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Ang Lee Is
Seeing More Girls for LUST, CAUTION
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July 16,
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According to The Beijing News and a few other
Chinese newspapers, Ang Lee was spotted auditioning more candidate
actress last week at a hotel in Shanghai, including
Tang Wei,
Zhou Xiaoli and dancer Zhou Jie. The
Chinese press reports Tang Wei is the top runner for playing the lead
character of Wang Jiazhi. Same as Zhang Ziyi, 27 year old Tang Wei was
born in Beijing and was graduated from China's Central Drama College (aka.
Central Theater College). Her career as an actress is only limited to a
few TV series and
Che Guevara, a stage
production. Reportedly, she has been put under an intense training
program of how to walk, how to sit, how to stand, how to talk in
Shanghai accent, how to play Pipa, a music instrument, how to sing and
even how to play Mahjong. Ang Lee has been very quiet on the casting
choice for
Lust, Caution, which would go
into production this fall.
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Regarding the Latest
LUST, CAUTION
Casting Rumor
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July 7, 2006 |
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An Associated Press article
reports mainland Chinese actress Liu Yifei will likely become
the female lead in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, according to
Chinese-based Sina.com. (Thanks to Dana Owens.) But
according to Shanghai newspaper Oriental Morning Post,
Ang Lee met Liu Yifei three times but Liu felt she did not have
the caliber to handle the role and she would not do it.
Again, no name has been officially announced and Ang Lee has
never openly said he was seriously considering anyone.
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One More
LUST, CAUTION
Casting Rumor
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Exclusive) |
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July 6, 2006 |
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(AFP) |
A few Hong Kong newspapers claim mainland
Chinese TV soap actress
Huo Siyan has been cast as the
second female lead in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution. According
to the same rumor, Huo and another actress, only identified as
her last name Li, will soon go to the US for some kind of
training. As for the female lead, Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun (The
Banquet, Perhaps Love, Suzhou River), Gao
Yuanyuan (Rob-B-Hood, Shanghai Dreams, Beijing
Bicycle), Barbie Hsu (Silk) and Shu Qi are the most
speculated names. However, no cast name has
been
officially announced and Ang Lee has never
openly said he was seriously considering anyone.
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Another
LUST, CAUTION
Casting Rumor
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Exclusive) |
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June 26, 2006 |
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Shanghai newspaper News Times says
Taiwanese pop singer
Wang Lee-Hom has been cast as
male lead No. 2, the boyfriend of the young agent. Ang Lee has
left Shanghai without confirming any casting rumor. He will
return to Shanghai to continue his work on the preproduction.
Ang Lee has decided to shoot a majority of the film at Shanghai
Film Studios' production facility at Chedun. New sets will be
built in addition to the existing sets to recreate the old
Shanghai. Set in the post-1941 Shanghai which was under the
Japanese occupation, the story is about a young secret agent,
Wang Jiazhi, affiliated with the Chinese Nationalist government,
who seduced a high-ranking official, Mr. Yi, working for the
puppet government and tricked him to an assassination trap. Then
she realized her relationship with Mr. Yi had started growing
out of control.
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From the Shanghai Film Fest
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June 21, 2006 |
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Ang Lee
A rumor says, in a production application submitted to the
Chinese film censorship authority, Leun Chiu-Wai (Tony)'s name
is list as the male lead of Ang Lee's upcoming Lust, Caution.
However, neither Lee nor Leung has confirmed it. The character
Leung is associated to is a high ranking official working for
the Japanese-controlled puppet government during the WWII
(similar to the Nazi-controlled French Vichy Government). As for
the choice female lead, Ang Lee is also saying nothing despite
there have been many rumored candidates mentioned in the press.
During a meeting attended dozens Chinese and European
filmmakers, Shanghai local newspaper Jiefang Daily
acquired a list of about 20 proposed Chinese film project
currently seeking funding from Europe. Among them, Ang Lee's
name is attached to Ni De Ying Zi Wu Chu Bu Zi (literal:
Your Shadow Is Everywhere) as the "executive director (?)" and
Hei An Zhong De Huo Che (literal: The Train in the Dark)
and Qing Hai Hu De Xia Tian (literal: The Summer of
Qinghai Lake).
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Director Tian Zhuangzhuang said more funding had helped him
completed his
Wu Qingyuan, a biopic of Wu
Qingyuan, a master player of Wei Qi, a traditional Chinese board
game. Over-spending, especially during the filming in Japan
drained out the original fund and left nothing for the
postproduction. Tian would make it available at the coming
Venice International Film Festival this fall.
Tsui Hark
Hong Kong director Tsui Hark said he would adapted classic novel
Journey to the West to an animation someday before his death,
but he also admitted that he did not have right idea and the
right technology to fulfill his dream. For many years, Tsui has
been thinking about making a feature film version of the novel,
either by live-action or by animation.
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Ang Lee Is
Still Casting for LUST, CAUTION
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June 8, 2006 |
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Who will play Wang Jiazhi, the female lead
character, in Ang Lee's upcoming Lust, Caution, has become one
of the most speculated subject of the Chinese language press.
Among so many names being mentioned in the news, Zhang Ziyi and
Barbie Hsu are the most
popular. Reportedly, Ang Lee's brother Lee Gang said the ideal
candidate should be between 19 and 23, should be between 164 and
168 cm, should have a great figure, should be very intelligent
and should look elegant. Barbie Hsu (Hsu Hsi-Yuan), more
commonly known as The Big S, is a popular singer and TV hostess.
Her acting credit is limited to several TV soap series and two
horror flicks. Other runners-up and rumored runners-up include
Zhou Xun, Shu Qi, Jimmy Liao and Zhang Jingchu. Ang Lee,
just auditioned dozens of young women in Taiwan, will travel to
the mainland China to meet more candidates in Beijing and
Shanghai. Shooting is scheduled to begin this September in
Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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Casting Rumors of Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION
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May 29, 2006 |
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According to
several mainland Chinese newspapers, a casting team has visited Beijing
and Shanghai to search for the right actress to play the female leading
role, a young college student recruited as a secret agent. Reportedly,
Ang Lee prefers casting someone with a fresh face and only a handful of
relatively well known actresses have been contacted. Another report
suggests this role will belong to someone from Taiwan. As for the male
leading role, a high ranking puppet government official and the target
of an assassination plot, mainland Chinese actor
Ge You
is currently in talk for the role. Ge You is best known for starring in
comedies, especially films by director Feng Xiaogang. His performance in
Zhang Yimou's
To Live
made him the best actor of 1994's Cannes International Film Festival.
Most recently, he played an emperor in Feng Xiaogang's
The Banquet, a Hamlet inspired
drama.
Update: Ge You's manager Zhang Kui told Sina.com
that Ge was very interested in starring in a n Ang Lee movie but so far he had
not heard anything from Ang Lee. |
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A Few Details about Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION
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May 26, 2006 |
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Shanghai
Youth Daily just had a short conversation with Ang Lee's personal
assistant, Lee Liang-Shan about
Lust, Caution. He said Ang Lee
liked the original story very much and had been working on the
adaptation for many years. The cast would be filled largely with Chinese
actors and actresses and it would be Ang Lee's first Chinese language
film since
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The cast list has not been finalized yet but they have already begun
talking to many Chinese actresses and actors. Lee Liang-Shan said they
would not rule out casting anyone, including anyone, who had already
worked in Ang Lee previous films, for example Zhang Ziyi. He said
much of the film would feature the old Shanghai during the 1920s and
1930s. They have planned to start the production by November this year
and Ang Lee have considered to shoot it in Shanghai. The original short
story, inspired by a true event, is about a young woman agent seducing a
high ranking puppet government official for assassinating him in a trap
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Ang Lee's Next Project Is LUST, CAUTION
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May 24, 2006 |
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Focus
Features just announced yesterday that director Ang Lee's next project
will
Lust, Caution, adapted from
the same name short story written by Chinese woman writer Eileen Chang
(1921 - 1995) in 1978. Set in the post-1941 Shanghai which was under the
Japanese occupation, the story is about a young secret agent affiliated
with the Chinese Nationalist government, who seduced a high-ranking
official worked for the puppet government and tricked him to an
assassination trap. Then she realized the relationship with her target
had started growing out of control. The film is produced by Bill Kong,
who produced Lee's
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
Zhang Yimou's
Hero
and
House of Flying Daggers, as
well as Ronny Yu's
Fearless. Focus Features CEO
James Schamus, who has produced every film Ang Lee directed,
returns as the executive producer. The screenplay is penned by Wang Hui-Ling,
who wrote the scripts of
Eat Drink Man Woman
and
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
for Ang Lee. Schamus said, "Ang Lee is going to be making a very
exciting film that's unlike anything he's done before" and " 'Lust,
Caution' is a uniquely Asian story which, in Ang's hands, will surprise
and attract audiences around the world." Shooting is expected to begin
this fall at an unannounced location.
Related stories:
Ang Lee spies WWII China pic, by
Gregg Goldstein, The Hollywood Reporter
Ang Lee to direct Lust, Caution next,
CommingSoon.net |
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LEUNG Chiu-Wai |
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Mr. Yee |
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TANG Wei |
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Wong Chia Chi
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Joan CHEN |
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Yee Tai Tai |
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WANG LeeHom |
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Kuang Yu Min |
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TOU Chung-Hua |
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Old Wu |
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CHU Jr-Ying |
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Lai Shu Jin |
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KAO Ying-Hsuan |
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Huang Lei |
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KO Yu-Lien |
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Liang Jun Sheng |
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Johnson YUEN |
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Auyang Ling Wen
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CHIN Ka-Lok |
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Tsao |
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SU Yan |
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Ma Tai Tai |
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HE Saifei |
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Hsiao Tai Tai |
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SONG Ruhui |
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Wang's Aunt |
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FAN Kuang-Yao |
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Secretary Chang |
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Lisa YEN lu |
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Mahjong Partner of Aunt |
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James SCHAMUS |
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Eileen Chang (novel) |
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Ang LEE |
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