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sandmanching
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twilight samurai is a decent enough film even though it is not a samurai film but rather it is a film about the latter days of the samurai era...so its more of a period drama. it is subtle, slightly melancholic,downbeat even and the pace is stately. l like it and the two hours went by without me fidgeting but l thought it lacked something [ambition?!] to make it 'great'.
l saw my first korean film...the good, bad and the weird
which l enjoyed very much. its like tarantino had taken the elements of the dollar trilogy and gave it a korean twist...very stylish with a cool swagger, extravagantly staged, dazzling camera work. great entertainment.
also recommending tampopo, a japanese film from 1986. to me,its about our relationship with food...good one for all those in the catering business...but some scenes seems to be tagged on...like sketches. |
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kang dàyé
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spam is for desperate day sandwitches. just trying to clean up the front page.
old kang |
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sunnyoyk
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:16 am Post subject: BAFTA's Global Spotlight on China |
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Celebrate the best in Chinese cinema at BAFTA's (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Global Spotlight event (presented with Filming East Festival) on 3rd October 2009.... a day long event in London. For more details, visit:
http://www.bafta.org/whats-on/global-spotlight-china,828,BA.html ,
and http://www.filmingeast.org/
Hope the above event is of interest to readers in this Forum. |
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sandmanching
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| Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:18 am Post subject: 阮玲玉 and other 1930s chines |
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for those who are generally interested in films...sunnyoyk? this is a site that has many old films for everyone to download.
its all legal as all films are now in public domain.
films starring 阮玲玉 for example, l am sure young'uns wouldn't know who she is.
just copy and paste the link below:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=chinese%20films%20AND%20mediat ype%3Amovies
there are:
Song of the Fishermen (漁光曲)
Spring in a Small Town (小城之春)
this was voted in 2004 in hong kong as the best ever chinese movie ever! l have seen it and it is, if you understand what films are really about.
Empress Wu Zetian - 武则天 1939
The White-Haired Girl (白毛女)
Dream of the Red Mansions - 红楼梦
The East is Red - 东方红
The Goddess - 神女 New Women - Luo Mingyou both starring 阮玲玉
well, go and see anyway, you ungrateful buggers...don't know why l bother...haha...think it will be just you sunnyoyk mate.
oh yeah, just saw a korean film : treeless mountain which is pretty good...got a happy ending thank goodness! |
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sandmanching
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| anyone seen bodyguards and assassins [ 十月围城 ]? any thoughts? pretty good film even though it glorified heroic deaths...l wondered if it had been worth it...still, l suppose we can all go visit the the imperial palaces now if we want to. |
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sunnyoyk
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:13 pm Post subject: 'Under The Hawthorn Tree' (Zhang Yimou) |
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Zhang Yimou's new movie 'Under The Hawthorn Tree', which opened the Pusan International Film Festival recently, can now be watched on Youtube. It is in elevan parts and you can watch the first part vide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTbxya23aF8 .
Quite a delightful love story. Hope readers (who are fans of Zhang Yimou) of this Forum will not be disappointed with this movie, which is currently going round the International Film Festivals circuit. |
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sunnyoyk
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Edwina Lee
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Thanks sunnyoke. I watched it when the link was OK.
Great film.
(I tried it just now [2011-05-05) and the link is OK !)
Last edited by Edwina Lee on Thu May 05, 2011 2:35 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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sunnyoyk
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 12:17 pm Post subject: Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin |
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Saw this and thought it might be of interest to readers in this Forum. Log onto:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?ID=12147
For more information on the movie " Mao's Last Dancer ", log onto the official site:
www.maoslastdancer-movie.com .
Had read the book (same name as the movie) by Li Cunxin and am looking forward very much to watching this movie at the Barbican Centre, London this Sunday, 8th May 2011. |
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sunnyoyk
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:10 pm Post subject: Taiwan Cinefest 2011 (26th-28th May, 2011 - London) |
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| "Taiwan Cinefest 2011" is on from 26th to 28th May 2011 in London. There will be four Taiwanese movies to be screened at this film festival. For full details, log onto: www.taiwancinefest.com , the contents of which are self-explanatory. |
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sunnyoyk
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 1:45 pm Post subject: Mao's Last Dancer - Salisbury Festival |
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" Mao's Last Dancer " has not been released in the UK's cinemas yet, but there is a screening of it on 2nd June 2011 in Salisbury as part of the Salisbury International Arts Festival 2011. For full details, log onto:
http://www.salisburyfestival.co.uk/event.aspx?id=557 |
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sunnyoyk
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sunnyoyk
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:21 pm Post subject: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (directed by Wayne Wang) |
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Having read Lisa See's bestselling novel, "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan", I am looking forward very much to seeing the movie (same name as book) when it is released in the UK shortly.
The film is directed by Wayne Wang (of 'The Joy Luck Club' fame) and produced by Wendi Deng Murdoch. It will be released shortly for screening in China on 24th June 2011, and in the USA on 15th July 2011. Both Wayne Wang and Wendi Murdoch are currently in Shanghai to promote the film at the '14th Shanghai International Film Festival'. Earlier it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival (May 2011) as per this CCTV News report vide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aig319uQTu0
To view a trailer clip of the above-mentioned movie, log onto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wlk7TsdhsY .
For more details, visit the official site vide: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/snowflowerandthesecretfan/ .
It is hoped the above information is of interest to readers in this Forum.
Cheers. |
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sunnyoyk
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:33 pm Post subject: "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" - From BOOK to S |
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Further to my posting above, here is what Lisa See (author of 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan') has to say about her book and the film vide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmJOhz2Nc4k&feature=related |
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sunnyoyk
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:38 am Post subject: Empire of Silver |
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If you are reading this post and based in the USA, you will probably know that 'Empire of Silver' is currently being shown in the cinemas near you. I saw this movie in China when I was there in late 2009, and liked it very much. This film has not been released in the UK yet.
'Empire of Silver' is directed and written by Christina Yao, a Taiwanese based in the USA, and it is her first feature film. Saw this interview and thought it might be of interest to readers in this Forum. Log onto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt3OHL8HJbM&feature=related .
Hope Christina's movie does well in the box office in the USA, and look forward to seeing it again when it is screened in the UK in the near future. |
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