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Video: Director Ang Lee on the Making of “Lust, Caution” 色,戒

Sophia Cao — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:24:21 +0000

In December 2007, Asia Society interviewed Ang Lee and Tang Wei, the famous director and lead actress, respectively, of the erotic espionage thriller “Lust, Caution” which won Best Film at the Chinese-language Golden Horse Awards as well as the Venice Film Festival. [Click to see]

- Read also previous news The Most Misread Person of 2007: Ang Lee and Cinephiles Pack Your Bags via CDT

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Video: Chinese Films: Why so Unique?

Sophia Cao — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:37:34 +0000

A National Geographic documentary on the Chinese film industry has been made available via YouTube. The doc deals with China’s usual mainstream suspects–Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, et al–but also introduces a few underground filmmakers whose works deal with real life topics at the bottom of China’s socio-economic scale and are kept out of cinemas by the country’s cultural censors.

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The Big Ang – China Daily

Sophia Cao — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:29:13 +0000

From China Daily via China.org:

Some directors dazzle us with films that are slick, cool and stylish. Ang Lee‘s are none of those things especially but instead reveal the wisdom of a truly great storyteller.
Who would imagine that a Chinese-language kungfu film would conquer the heart of mainstream America as well as sweep up many of Hollywood’s most prestigious awards? [Full Text]

[Image of Ang Lee via China.org]

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Chairman of Chinese State-run Movie Company Calls for Patriotic Movies – AP

Sophia Cao — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:10:29 +0000

AP reports that “some Chinese filmmakers say Beijing still views movies as a propaganda tool ” not an entertainment product.” This time, China Film Group called for patriotic movies and “pointed to Will Smith’s ‘The Pursuit of Happyness‘ as an example.” From IHT:

Han added nationalism was also common in U.S. movies, saying they often cast Americans as saviors.
“(In Hollywood movies) every time mankind faces disaster, Americans rescue mankind … When an evil monster that wants to destroy the world appears, who saves mankind? Americans. This is patriotism too. You can’t deny it,” Han said….[Full Text]

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Zhang Ziyi to Play Supporting Role in “Mei Lanfang” Film – Xinhua

Sophia Cao — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:31:22 +0000

From CRIEnglish via Xinhua:

World famous Chinese actor Zhang Ziyi is expected to play a supporting role in a film about Peking Opera legend Mei Lanfang. Zhang Ziyi will play the role of Meng Xiaodong, a female friend and rumoured lover of Mei Lanfang.
Whilst the films director Chen Kaige has met with the actress during the Cannes Film Festival in France. He said it would “take some time” before a final agreement is reached….[Full Text]

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Chinese Epic Loses the Plot as Actors Quit ¬£40m Project – Justin McCurry

Sophia Cao — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:13:50 +0000

From Guardian Unlimited:

It is a film with as many twists and turns as any thriller. But the plot of The Battle of Red Cliff (Ëµ§Â£Å‰?ãÊàò), John Woo‘s (Âê¥ÂÆáÊ£Æ) multimillion-dollar Chinese epic, started to unravel as soon as the director snapped shut his clapperboard.
…Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who won best actor at Cannes in 2000 for In the Mood of Love, was the first to go, saying Red Cliff came too soon after completion of his most recent film, Ang Lee‘s Lust, Caution. Then his co-star, Chow Yun-fat, stormed off the set in a rage after complaining that he had been sent the script too late and had not been given enough time to prepare….[Full Text]

- Photos show the set of warlord Cao Cao‘s commanding center and one of five battle ships (from Tianjin Daily via Monkeypeaches )
- Read the background of the historical events in the movie here

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Jackie Chan, Jet Li Unite to Remake Classic Characters – CRIENGLISH

Sophia Cao — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:22:52 +0000

From CRIENGLISH via Xinhua:

Chinese action stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li will team up for the first time to star a new film inspired by legendary classical Chinese novel “Journey to the West (Ë•øÊ??ËÆ?)” written during the Ming Dynasty.
According to investor Huayi Brothers Company, Jet Li and Jackie Chan will play two famous roles respectively: Monkey King and Monk Sandy, derived from “Journey to the West.” However, the movie’s plot is totally different from the original novel….[Full Text]

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Ever wonder what it would be like to be Jackie Chan? – Onemanbandwidth

Sophia Cao — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:56:01 +0000

From Onemanbandwidth:

He says he wakes up daily feeling pain in his waist, knees and shoulders. Not bad for a guy‚Äìwho should be a spokesperson for some 24-hour Emergency-care chain‚Äìwho has broken every bone in his 5‚Ä?6‚Ä? body.
He banged up his chest on the set of the China smash hit “Rob-B-Hood,”and then reinjured it last week filming The first injury in March happened when a stunt man wearing the wrong shoes kicked him. There are right shoes? In “Rush Hour 3‚Ä? he got hit with a steel-reinforced wooden table….[Full Text]

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Camera obscured – Jonathan Watts

Sophia Cao — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:08:07 +0000

From Guardian Unlimited:

For a director who has just been slapped with a five-year film-making ban, Lou Ye(Â®ÑÁÉ®) appears remarkably unperturbed as he describes how he was hauled before the Chinese censors last Friday for a dressing-down that made headlines around the world. “I thought there would be some trouble, though not this bad,” he says. “When I heard their decision, I couldn’t help a bitter smile. It was the same thing that happened to me in the past, the same thing that many directors have experienced. I bet even the official who made the announcement was bored.”
Punishment can hardly have been unexpected. Lou has had two previous films banned. His first film Weekend Lover, which was banned for two years and then released, and Suzhou RiverÔºàËãèÂ?ûÊ??Ôºâ, which is still prohibited.[Full Text]

Chinawood recreates history, and makes some – Raymond Zhou

Sophia Cao — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:50:47 +0000

From Raymond Zhou blog:

Hengdian(Ê®™Â?ó), Zhejiang Province: When Hollywood built a full-scale film set of a 1930s geisha district on a field in a Los Angeles suburb, Xu Yong’an thought it could have been done in his hometown in East China’s Zhejiang Province.
The story of “Memoirs of a Geisha” is set in Japan, but it was an international production, based on an American book with a mainly Chinese cast. If the set of the US million movie had been built in Hengdian, noted Xu, the cost would have been much lower with no sacrifice to quality.
Xu, chairman and president of Hengdian Group, oversees a few hundred enterprises, ranging from electronics to pharmaceuticals, but he or, rather, the name Hengdian is best known for its mammoth movie backlots. [Full Text]

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