(Evangelion Shin Gekijoban: Jo)Chief Director:Hideaki AnnoDirector:Kazuya Tsurumaki & Masayuki Screenplay:Hideaki Anno
Animation Production:Studio Khara
homepage: http://www.evangelion.co.jp/
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setembro 18, 2007
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone - Japanese animation
(Evangelion Shin Gekijoban: Jo)Chief Director:Hideaki AnnoDirector:Kazuya Tsurumaki & Masayuki Screenplay:Hideaki Anno
Animation Production:Studio Khara
homepage: http://www.evangelion.co.jp/
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(Evangelion Shin Gekijoban: Jo)Chief Director:Hideaki AnnoDirector:Kazuya Tsurumaki & Masayuki Screenplay:Hideaki Anno
Animation Production:Studio Khara
homepage: http://www.evangelion.co.jp/
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setembro 16, 2007
Toronto International Film Festival (2007)
Toronto International Film Festival Winners
OTTAWA, Sept. 15 2007
Eastern Promises, a thriller by Canadian director David Cronenberg, won the Cadillac People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival which closed Saturday after screening 349 films over ten days.
The London-set film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai(starred by Viggo Mortensen), a Russian gangster tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is shaken when he crosses paths with Anna (starred by Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family.
official movie homepage: www.focusfeatures.com/easternpromises/
The Prize of the International Critics Association (FIPRESCI Prize) went to Rodrigo Pla's LA ZONA, a revenge drama set around a gated community in Mexico City. This award is annually bestowed upon a feature film directed by an emerging filmmaker, and making its world premiere at the festival.
The Diesel Discovery Award, voted on by the 1,000 members of the international media attending the festival, was awarded to Cochochi, from directors Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzman. The film is about two brothers who become separated when attempting to deliver a package to a faraway community.
The Artistic Innovation award went to another Spanish-language film, Anahi Berneri's Encarnacion, an Argentinean film about an aging actress who returns to her hometown, which was cited by the jury for its for its "critique of mainstream cinema" and issues around the "fetishization of the female body." (source: http://news.xinhuanet.com)
OTTAWA, Sept. 15 2007
Eastern Promises, a thriller by Canadian director David Cronenberg, won the Cadillac People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival which closed Saturday after screening 349 films over ten days.
The London-set film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai(starred by Viggo Mortensen), a Russian gangster tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is shaken when he crosses paths with Anna (starred by Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family.
official movie homepage: www.focusfeatures.com/easternpromises/
“... nobody goes quite so far in making it (violence) all look realistic than Canadian director David Cronenberg, whose Russian mob movie Eastern Promises contains the single most disturbing moment of movie violence I have ever seen. It comes at the end of a bloody bathhouse battle between a buck-naked Viggo Mortensen and two hired assassins in black leather jackets, and Cronenberg himself, in an interview with Canadian news magazine Maclean’s, has likened it to the classic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho as “the scene that will get (people) to see the movie.” But Cronenberg also says that the explicit scene — one of three graphic, violent moments in a tense, dark movie — is essential because it shows death for what it is, rather than the James Bond-style action-movie punch-ups, where the hero takes battering after battering, and still stands up to fight another day.” (source: http://blogs.reuters.com/category/events/toronto-2007/)
The Prize of the International Critics Association (FIPRESCI Prize) went to Rodrigo Pla's LA ZONA, a revenge drama set around a gated community in Mexico City. This award is annually bestowed upon a feature film directed by an emerging filmmaker, and making its world premiere at the festival.
The Diesel Discovery Award, voted on by the 1,000 members of the international media attending the festival, was awarded to Cochochi, from directors Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzman. The film is about two brothers who become separated when attempting to deliver a package to a faraway community.
The Artistic Innovation award went to another Spanish-language film, Anahi Berneri's Encarnacion, an Argentinean film about an aging actress who returns to her hometown, which was cited by the jury for its for its "critique of mainstream cinema" and issues around the "fetishization of the female body." (source: http://news.xinhuanet.com)
Assembly to Open Pusan Film Fest
The 12th Pusan International Film Festival (Oct. 4 to 12) will open with the world premiere of Chinese director Feng Xuaogang’s (The Banquet) new movie Assembly.
Co-produced by China’s Huay Brothers and Korea’s MK Pictures, Assembly is a drama about a man who devotes his life to restoring the honor of a comrade who disappeared during the war.
The theme of the festival this year is "Beyond Frame", symbolizing the importance of breaking down barriers that divide people within the world's film industry. PIFF has emerged as a major film festival in Asia, where innovative regional films are introduced to moviegoers, film critics, journalists and distributors.
The newly-added section, “Gala Presentation”, screens master artists' new or the year's most talked-about films. This year, the section will feature the latest works by Lee Myung-se, Royston Tan and Hou Hsiao Hsien. Organizers said there will be one screening per day during the festival period, making this branch "a festival within a festival".
And “Flash Forward”, a new world cinema section, looks into young filmmakers who stand out in the industry. This year, Kriv Stenders's Boxing Day, Serge Bozon's France, and Michael Kang's West 32nd will be featured, along with eight other innovative films by young directors.
Finally, the Korean Cinema Retrospective section will be devoted to Kim Seung-ho, a famous actor in the 1950s and 1960s, and seven Korean films which the office of Cutlural Heritage Administration has designated as "National Assets".
One thing to look forward to is a special program in honor of the late Edward Yang, one of Asia's most prominent filmmakers, who died in June. Festival organizer Kim said the program will feature Yang's entire film lineup, adding that the festival staff made great efforts to secure all eight films.
Pusan festival homepage at http://bit.ly/cIWStT
"This year, PIFF will focus on helping Asian films play a bigger role in the world market, while promoting exchanges that go beyond continents", festival director Kim Dong-ho said at a news conference held last week. The international premiere of the Japanese animation Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone by Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki and Masayuki will close the festival. The animation is a new theatre adaptation of 1995 TV animation Neon Genesis Evangelion, the first of three films Anno has planned and is released in Japan on Sept. 1. Source: http://english.chosun.com/
The Festival will feature a record 274 films from 64 countries, along with gala events in the southeastern port city of Pusan.
Co-produced by China’s Huay Brothers and Korea’s MK Pictures, Assembly is a drama about a man who devotes his life to restoring the honor of a comrade who disappeared during the war.
The theme of the festival this year is "Beyond Frame", symbolizing the importance of breaking down barriers that divide people within the world's film industry. PIFF has emerged as a major film festival in Asia, where innovative regional films are introduced to moviegoers, film critics, journalists and distributors.
The newly-added section, “Gala Presentation”, screens master artists' new or the year's most talked-about films. This year, the section will feature the latest works by Lee Myung-se, Royston Tan and Hou Hsiao Hsien. Organizers said there will be one screening per day during the festival period, making this branch "a festival within a festival".
And “Flash Forward”, a new world cinema section, looks into young filmmakers who stand out in the industry. This year, Kriv Stenders's Boxing Day, Serge Bozon's France, and Michael Kang's West 32nd will be featured, along with eight other innovative films by young directors.
Finally, the Korean Cinema Retrospective section will be devoted to Kim Seung-ho, a famous actor in the 1950s and 1960s, and seven Korean films which the office of Cutlural Heritage Administration has designated as "National Assets".
One thing to look forward to is a special program in honor of the late Edward Yang, one of Asia's most prominent filmmakers, who died in June. Festival organizer Kim said the program will feature Yang's entire film lineup, adding that the festival staff made great efforts to secure all eight films.
Pusan festival homepage at http://bit.ly/cIWStT
"This year, PIFF will focus on helping Asian films play a bigger role in the world market, while promoting exchanges that go beyond continents", festival director Kim Dong-ho said at a news conference held last week. The international premiere of the Japanese animation Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone by Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki and Masayuki will close the festival. The animation is a new theatre adaptation of 1995 TV animation Neon Genesis Evangelion, the first of three films Anno has planned and is released in Japan on Sept. 1. Source: http://english.chosun.com/
The Festival will feature a record 274 films from 64 countries, along with gala events in the southeastern port city of Pusan.
setembro 12, 2007
PUSAN Korean Cine Festival
PUSAN cine festival news: The jury of the the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival - PIFF named Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui (The Cow) to head the jury of its 12th edition. The New Currents jury will include Chinese actress Nan Yu (Tuya’s Marriage), Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine), Serbian filmmaker Goran Paskaljevic (The Powder Keg) and Romanian director Christian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days). Leesong Hee-il (No Regrets), producer Kim Il-Kwon and documentary director Choiha Dong-ha (Taxi Blues) will comprise the Sonje Jury, responsible for choosing the best Korean short film and documentary in the Wide Angle section.
Site: http://www.piff.org/
Site: http://www.piff.org/
Venice International Film Festival
Ang Lee wins Golden Lion
Taiwanese director Ang Lee has walked off with the best film award at the Venice film festival.
Lust, Caution (Se, Jie) won the Golden Lion late on Saturday, two years after Lee scooped the big prize for American drama Brokeback Mountain. Reporters and critics in the press room, watching the closing ceremony beamed live on a big screen, booed when Lee's Golden Lion was announced.
Reviews of Lust, Caution were generally negative, arguing that at 156 minutes it was much too long. The explicit and sometimes violent sex scenes are getting more attention than the story and acting skills. I guess the fact that is the third consecutive year that a Chinese director has won the Golden Lion had upset some people. Jury president Zhang Yimou said Lee's movie has won applause from all of the seven-member jury.
Lee had made an excellent integration of international resources while filming Lust, Caution, which played an important role in winning him the award, he said. Anyway, can´t wait to watch the film!
But, happily, in Taiwan the people were flushed with pride on Sunday as favorite son and world famous director Ang Lee took Venice film festival's top award.
"Ang Lee steals another Golden Lion," proclaimed the United Daily News, calling him "the glory of Taiwan". "Ang Lee has again won glory for Taiwan," proclaimed the China Times. Both papers pointed out how Lee's two wins, coupled with Jia Zhangke's win last year for Still Life, mean the coveted award has gone to ethnic Chinese directors for the last three years. Jia's Wuyong, or Useless, took the Orizzonti Doc Prize at this year's Venice Film Festival.
Lee told the red carpet prize ceremony that the movie "has taken me to some very difficult places." The director said he was accepting the prize "in the shadow of the passing of two great giants, Michaelangelo Antonioni and Ingmar Bergman."
The director said he would like to dedicate the award to Bergman, whom he saw while working on Lust, Caution. "Ingmar hugged me the way a mother hugs a child. This hug was not for me, it was for you, the keepers of cinema," he said. Bergman died on July 30, and Antonioni of Italy one day later. Lee also expressed his gratitude to Chinese viewers and his colleagues in Hong Kong, saying that he hoped to share the award with all Chinese.
List of the main winners
GOLDEN LION FOR BEST FILM
"Lust, Caution" by Chinese director Ang Lee China
SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR
"Redacted" by U.S. director Brian De Palma US
SPECIAL JURY PRIZES
1. Tunisia-born director Abdellatif Kechiche for "La Graine et Le Mulet"("The Secret of the Grain")
2. U.S. director Todd Haynes for "I'm Not There" US
SPECIAL GOLDEN LION FOR BODY OF WORK
Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov Russia
BEST ACTOR
U.S. actor Brad Pitt for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" US
BEST ACTRESS
Australian Cate Blanchett for "I'm Not There" Australia
BEST YOUNG ACTOR OR ACTRESS
French actor Hafsia Herzi for "The Secret of the Grain" France
BEST SCREENPLAY
British Paul Laverty for Ken Loach's "It's a Free World..." UK
ORIZZONTI PRIZE
"Sugisball" (Autumn Ball) by Veiko Ounpuu of Estonia
ORIZZONTI DOC PRIZE
"Wuyong" (Useless) by Jia Zhangke of China
SPECIAL MENTION:
"Death in the Land of Encantos" by Lav Diaz of the Philippines
Taiwanese director Ang Lee has walked off with the best film award at the Venice film festival.
Lust, Caution (Se, Jie) won the Golden Lion late on Saturday, two years after Lee scooped the big prize for American drama Brokeback Mountain. Reporters and critics in the press room, watching the closing ceremony beamed live on a big screen, booed when Lee's Golden Lion was announced.
Reviews of Lust, Caution were generally negative, arguing that at 156 minutes it was much too long. The explicit and sometimes violent sex scenes are getting more attention than the story and acting skills. I guess the fact that is the third consecutive year that a Chinese director has won the Golden Lion had upset some people. Jury president Zhang Yimou said Lee's movie has won applause from all of the seven-member jury.
Lee had made an excellent integration of international resources while filming Lust, Caution, which played an important role in winning him the award, he said. Anyway, can´t wait to watch the film!
But, happily, in Taiwan the people were flushed with pride on Sunday as favorite son and world famous director Ang Lee took Venice film festival's top award.
"Ang Lee steals another Golden Lion," proclaimed the United Daily News, calling him "the glory of Taiwan". "Ang Lee has again won glory for Taiwan," proclaimed the China Times. Both papers pointed out how Lee's two wins, coupled with Jia Zhangke's win last year for Still Life, mean the coveted award has gone to ethnic Chinese directors for the last three years. Jia's Wuyong, or Useless, took the Orizzonti Doc Prize at this year's Venice Film Festival.
Lee told the red carpet prize ceremony that the movie "has taken me to some very difficult places." The director said he was accepting the prize "in the shadow of the passing of two great giants, Michaelangelo Antonioni and Ingmar Bergman."
The director said he would like to dedicate the award to Bergman, whom he saw while working on Lust, Caution. "Ingmar hugged me the way a mother hugs a child. This hug was not for me, it was for you, the keepers of cinema," he said. Bergman died on July 30, and Antonioni of Italy one day later. Lee also expressed his gratitude to Chinese viewers and his colleagues in Hong Kong, saying that he hoped to share the award with all Chinese.
List of the main winners
GOLDEN LION FOR BEST FILM
"Lust, Caution" by Chinese director Ang Lee China
SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR
"Redacted" by U.S. director Brian De Palma US
SPECIAL JURY PRIZES
1. Tunisia-born director Abdellatif Kechiche for "La Graine et Le Mulet"("The Secret of the Grain")
2. U.S. director Todd Haynes for "I'm Not There" US
SPECIAL GOLDEN LION FOR BODY OF WORK
Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov Russia
BEST ACTOR
U.S. actor Brad Pitt for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" US
BEST ACTRESS
Australian Cate Blanchett for "I'm Not There" Australia
BEST YOUNG ACTOR OR ACTRESS
French actor Hafsia Herzi for "The Secret of the Grain" France
BEST SCREENPLAY
British Paul Laverty for Ken Loach's "It's a Free World..." UK
ORIZZONTI PRIZE
"Sugisball" (Autumn Ball) by Veiko Ounpuu of Estonia
ORIZZONTI DOC PRIZE
"Wuyong" (Useless) by Jia Zhangke of China
SPECIAL MENTION:
"Death in the Land of Encantos" by Lav Diaz of the Philippines
setembro 02, 2007
Johnnie To´s Trilogy
Johnnie To to film trilogy thriller - NEWS
Johnnie To´s next project will be a trilogy thriller based on the popular online novel Ghost Blows Out the Light.
The Shanghai-based Meridian Pictures Group will produce the movie. To was invited to supervise the shooting of the trilogy, and will choose to direct one of the three pieces. The screenplay hasn't been finished yet.
Chinese film director Zhang Yibai, with award-winning work, The Longest Night in Shanghai, is back to his hometown of Chongqing in southwestern China, shooting a star-studded new film. The film, titled Shao Nian or The Boy, its cast members
including new comer, Tan Jianci, as the leading role, while other performers will be top actors from Hong Kong, including Eason Chan, Eric Tsang, Karen Mok, and mainland actress Jiang Wenli.
Zhang Yibai's romantic feature The Longest Night in Shanghai, starring Chinese actress Zhao Wei and Japanese actor Masahiro Motoki, won the Press Prize at this year's Shanghai International Film Festival.
(http://english.cri.cn/)
setembro 01, 2007
Toronto International Film Festival
Taiwanese director Ang Lee's Lust, Caution and Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers were invited to the Toronto Film Festival.
Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers, a crime drama set in 1930s Shanghai, was one of the two Asian films to be shown as gala presentations. The other one is Indian director Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Year.
Lust, Caution, an erotic espionage thriller, based on Eileen Chang's short story about a shy Chinese drama student drawn into an assassination plot against a Japanese collaborator during WWII is co-written by Focus CEO James Schamus and Wang Hui Ling. Tony Leung (Hero) and newcomer Tang Wei star. The festival is set to last from September 6 to 15.
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agosto 31, 2007
Jet Li News
Warlords
- Director Peter Chan´s new movie The Warlord tells the story of brotherly betrayal, revenge and murder set in China riven by civil war in 1860. Featuring three of Asia's hottest male leads Andy Lau, Jet Li and Takeshi Kaneshiro, and rising mainland actress Xu Jinglei.
"It’s a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on “The Assassination of Ma,” a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi." The film is scheduled to hit Asia at December 2007.
The story isn´t new and has been filmed several times. One notable version was Hong Kong director Chang Chek's Ci Ma or The Blood Brothers in 1973.
official website: http://www.warlordsthemovie.com/
I´m the Mummy
- Actress Michelle Yeoh and action star Jet Li will star in the third episode of "The Mummy" series, Mummy: Curse of the Dragon. Yeoh will play a wizard, and Li plays the mummy guy. In this episode, the mummy is China's first Emperor of Qin, a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by the wizard centuries ago. However, the wizard will try her best to defeat the mummy and his troops, who were unearthed by a father and son. Actor Brendon Fraser is back as the american hero, with Maria Bello and Isabella Leung as co-stars.
Jet Li and Jackie Chan´s KingdomAction stars Jet Li and Jackie Chan are worried they are too old to pull off fight scenes, and are warning audiences not to get their hopes up about their new film.Li, 44, and Chan, 53, are starring together in The Forbidden Kingdom, marking the first time the martial arts legends have been paired up for a movie. Li says, "When Jackie Chan and I first wanted to work together 15 years ago, our passion was at its peak. "Our desire to succeed was very strong. Now we joke that when we watch the The Forbidden Kingdom our combined age is 100.”
- A Westernized take on the classic "Journey to the West" tale, the new version is about an American teenager (Michael Angarano) discovers a staff which transports him to ancient China where he joins in a quest to return the staff to the Monkey King. Jet Li plays the dual role of the Monkey King and Silent Monk while Jackie Chan will play a kung fu master named Lu Yan. Forbidden Kingdom is directed by Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little) for a 2008 release; the film also stars Collin Chou, Li Bingbing, and Liu Yifei. Yuen Woo-ping will choreograph all the action.
more at: http://www.jetliuk.com/ and and http://http://www.alivenotdead.com/
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- Director Peter Chan´s new movie The Warlord tells the story of brotherly betrayal, revenge and murder set in China riven by civil war in 1860. Featuring three of Asia's hottest male leads Andy Lau, Jet Li and Takeshi Kaneshiro, and rising mainland actress Xu Jinglei.
"It’s a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on “The Assassination of Ma,” a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi." The film is scheduled to hit Asia at December 2007.
The story isn´t new and has been filmed several times. One notable version was Hong Kong director Chang Chek's Ci Ma or The Blood Brothers in 1973.
official website: http://www.warlordsthemovie.com/
I´m the Mummy
- Actress Michelle Yeoh and action star Jet Li will star in the third episode of "The Mummy" series, Mummy: Curse of the Dragon. Yeoh will play a wizard, and Li plays the mummy guy. In this episode, the mummy is China's first Emperor of Qin, a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by the wizard centuries ago. However, the wizard will try her best to defeat the mummy and his troops, who were unearthed by a father and son. Actor Brendon Fraser is back as the american hero, with Maria Bello and Isabella Leung as co-stars.
Jet Li and Jackie Chan´s KingdomAction stars Jet Li and Jackie Chan are worried they are too old to pull off fight scenes, and are warning audiences not to get their hopes up about their new film.Li, 44, and Chan, 53, are starring together in The Forbidden Kingdom, marking the first time the martial arts legends have been paired up for a movie. Li says, "When Jackie Chan and I first wanted to work together 15 years ago, our passion was at its peak. "Our desire to succeed was very strong. Now we joke that when we watch the The Forbidden Kingdom our combined age is 100.”
- A Westernized take on the classic "Journey to the West" tale, the new version is about an American teenager (Michael Angarano) discovers a staff which transports him to ancient China where he joins in a quest to return the staff to the Monkey King. Jet Li plays the dual role of the Monkey King and Silent Monk while Jackie Chan will play a kung fu master named Lu Yan. Forbidden Kingdom is directed by Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little) for a 2008 release; the film also stars Collin Chou, Li Bingbing, and Liu Yifei. Yuen Woo-ping will choreograph all the action.
more at: http://www.jetliuk.com/ and and http://http://www.alivenotdead.com/
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agosto 28, 2007
Venice Film Festival 2007
Venice Official Selection
ROME
Following are the 22 films selected for competition at this year's Venice film festival, to run from Wednesday through September 8.
"Atonement" by Joe Wright (Britain, United States).
"The Darjeeling Limited" by Wes Anderson (United States).
"Sleuth" by Kenneth Branagh (Britain, United States).
"Heya Fawda" (Chaos) by Youssef Chahine (Egypt).
"Redacted" by Brian De Palma (United States).
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" by Andrew Dominik (United States).
"Nessuna Qualita agli Eroi" by Paolo Franchi (Italy, Switzerland, France).
"Michael Clayton" by Tony Gilroy (United States).
"Nightwatching" by Peter Greenaway (Canada, France, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, Britain).
"En la Ciudad de Sylvia" by Jose Luis Guerin (Spain).
"In the Valley of Elah" by Paul Haggis (United States, Morocco).
"I'm Not There" by Tod Haynes (United States).
"Taiyang Zhaochang Shenqi" (The Sun Also Rises) by Jiang Wen (China, Hong Kong).
"Bangbang Wo Aishen" (Help Me Eros) by Lee Kang Sheng (Taiwan).
"La Graine et le Mulet" by Abdellatif Kechiche (France).
"Se Jie" (Lust, Caution) by Ang Lee (China, United States).
"It's a Free World" by Ken Loach (Britain, Italy, Germany, Spain).
"L'Ora di Punta" (Rush Hour) by Vincenzo Marra (Italy).
"Sukiyaki Western Django" by Miike Takashi (Japan).
"12" by Nikita Mikhalkov (Russia).
"Il Dolce e l'Amaro" by Andrea Porporati (Italy).
"Les Amours d'Astree et Celadon" by Eric Rohmer (France, Italy, Spain)
Eleven films qualified for the festival's Horizons section:
"Sad Vacation," by Shinji Aoyama (Japan).
"Mal Nascida" by Joao Canijo (Portugal).
"Searchers 2.0" by Alex Cox (United States).
"Medee Miracle" by Tonino De Bernardi (Italy, France).
"Cochochi" by Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas (Mexico, Britain, Canada).
"Geomen Tangyi Sonyeo Oi" (With the Girl of Black Soil), by Jeon Soo-il (South Korea, France)*.
"L'Histoire de Richard O." by Damien Odoul (France)
"Sugisball" (Autumn Ball) by Veiko Ounpuu (Estonia).
"Die Stille vor Bach" (The Silence Before Bach) by Pere Portabella (Spain)
"Exodus," by Penny Woolcock (Britain).
"Xiaoshuo" (The Obscure), by Lu Yue (China).
*Starring world star Kang Su-yeon, in her first big-screen work in 20 years, it´s the story of a nine-year-old girl from a mining village in Gangwon Province and her views on her family and the world. Kang plays the girl's mother in the movie. Kang gained global acclaim in 1987 by winning the Best Leading Actress award at the festival for her role in Lim Kwon-taek's movie "The Surrogate Woman. Lim Kwon-taek's movie "Beyond the Years" will also participate in the festival in the non-competition category.
Another 11 films will vie for the Horizons Documentary Prize:
"Staub" (Dust) by Hartmut Bitomsky (Germany).
"Madri" by Barbara Cupisti (Italy).
"Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto" (Death in the Land of Encantos) by Lav Diaz (Philippines).
"Man from Plains" by Jonathan Demme (United States).
"L'Aimee" by Arnaud Desplechin (France).
"San" (Umbrella) by Du Haibin (China).
"Andarilho" by Cao Guimaraes (Brazil).
"Wuyong" (Useless) by Jia Zhangke (China).
"Il Passaggio della Linea" by Pietro Marcello (Italy).
"Anabazys" by Joel Pizzini and Paloma Rocha (Brazil).
"Berlin" by Julian Schnabel (United States).
ROME
Following are the 22 films selected for competition at this year's Venice film festival, to run from Wednesday through September 8.
"Atonement" by Joe Wright (Britain, United States).
"The Darjeeling Limited" by Wes Anderson (United States).
"Sleuth" by Kenneth Branagh (Britain, United States).
"Heya Fawda" (Chaos) by Youssef Chahine (Egypt).
"Redacted" by Brian De Palma (United States).
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" by Andrew Dominik (United States).
"Nessuna Qualita agli Eroi" by Paolo Franchi (Italy, Switzerland, France).
"Michael Clayton" by Tony Gilroy (United States).
"Nightwatching" by Peter Greenaway (Canada, France, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, Britain).
"En la Ciudad de Sylvia" by Jose Luis Guerin (Spain).
"In the Valley of Elah" by Paul Haggis (United States, Morocco).
"I'm Not There" by Tod Haynes (United States).
"Taiyang Zhaochang Shenqi" (The Sun Also Rises) by Jiang Wen (China, Hong Kong).
"Bangbang Wo Aishen" (Help Me Eros) by Lee Kang Sheng (Taiwan).
"La Graine et le Mulet" by Abdellatif Kechiche (France).
"Se Jie" (Lust, Caution) by Ang Lee (China, United States).
"It's a Free World" by Ken Loach (Britain, Italy, Germany, Spain).
"L'Ora di Punta" (Rush Hour) by Vincenzo Marra (Italy).
"Sukiyaki Western Django" by Miike Takashi (Japan).
"12" by Nikita Mikhalkov (Russia).
"Il Dolce e l'Amaro" by Andrea Porporati (Italy).
"Les Amours d'Astree et Celadon" by Eric Rohmer (France, Italy, Spain)
Eleven films qualified for the festival's Horizons section:
"Sad Vacation," by Shinji Aoyama (Japan).
"Mal Nascida" by Joao Canijo (Portugal).
"Searchers 2.0" by Alex Cox (United States).
"Medee Miracle" by Tonino De Bernardi (Italy, France).
"Cochochi" by Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas (Mexico, Britain, Canada).
"Geomen Tangyi Sonyeo Oi" (With the Girl of Black Soil), by Jeon Soo-il (South Korea, France)*.
"L'Histoire de Richard O." by Damien Odoul (France)
"Sugisball" (Autumn Ball) by Veiko Ounpuu (Estonia).
"Die Stille vor Bach" (The Silence Before Bach) by Pere Portabella (Spain)
"Exodus," by Penny Woolcock (Britain).
"Xiaoshuo" (The Obscure), by Lu Yue (China).
*Starring world star Kang Su-yeon, in her first big-screen work in 20 years, it´s the story of a nine-year-old girl from a mining village in Gangwon Province and her views on her family and the world. Kang plays the girl's mother in the movie. Kang gained global acclaim in 1987 by winning the Best Leading Actress award at the festival for her role in Lim Kwon-taek's movie "The Surrogate Woman. Lim Kwon-taek's movie "Beyond the Years" will also participate in the festival in the non-competition category.
Another 11 films will vie for the Horizons Documentary Prize:
"Staub" (Dust) by Hartmut Bitomsky (Germany).
"Madri" by Barbara Cupisti (Italy).
"Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto" (Death in the Land of Encantos) by Lav Diaz (Philippines).
"Man from Plains" by Jonathan Demme (United States).
"L'Aimee" by Arnaud Desplechin (France).
"San" (Umbrella) by Du Haibin (China).
"Andarilho" by Cao Guimaraes (Brazil).
"Wuyong" (Useless) by Jia Zhangke (China).
"Il Passaggio della Linea" by Pietro Marcello (Italy).
"Anabazys" by Joel Pizzini and Paloma Rocha (Brazil).
"Berlin" by Julian Schnabel (United States).
Heo Jin-ho´s "Happiness" in Toronto
Toronto International Film Festival
The Korean director Heo Jin-ho´s film "Happiness" starring Hwang Jeong-min and Im Soo-jeong has officially been invited to the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival, at the festival's Contemporary World Cinema category. “Happiness” depicts the ultimately cruel love story of a couple who first meet at a nursing home.The 2007 Cannes winner, Korean film “Secret Sunshine” was invited at the same category.
The Korean director Heo Jin-ho´s film "Happiness" starring Hwang Jeong-min and Im Soo-jeong has officially been invited to the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival, at the festival's Contemporary World Cinema category. “Happiness” depicts the ultimately cruel love story of a couple who first meet at a nursing home.The 2007 Cannes winner, Korean film “Secret Sunshine” was invited at the same category.
San Sebastian International Film Festival
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GIDAM - The Korean horror flick 'Gidam' was invited to the 55th San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain, to be screened in the 'Zabaltegi' category of this year's festival. The 'Zabaltegi' category invites films that have received sound reviews in major international film festivals or films by up-and-coming directors worth noticing. 'Gidam' is a horror movie about a mysterious incident that took place at the Gyeongseong Ahnsaeng Hospital in 1942. The film has attracted a large number of moviegoers with its fresh story line, scenes that appeal to the aesthetic sense and the underlying sadness behind the prevailing horror.
Gidam (Epithaph)
Synopsis
Gidam (Epithaph)
Synopsis
In a modern hospital in 1941, doctors witness weird events and learn death is the sole healer. In 1979, Dr. Park receives an old photo album from his twenties in 1941 when mysterious things befell him and his colleagues. Park was bound by his parents to marry a girl whom he never met, but fell in love with a dead woman who happened to be his arranged marriage. Meanwhile, a little girl who was apparently the only survivor a car accident was haunted by ghosts every night. After two doctors (a married couple) involved in these two stories return to their hospital from Tokyo, a series of serial murders occurs around them.
San Sebastian loves the korean movies!
Korean films have done particularly well at the San Sebastian film festival.
In 2005, film director Kang Yi-kwan's 'Apple' was invited to the film festival, and he received the award for best new screenwriter. Director Kim Ki-duk's 'The Bow' also received good reviews) In 2002, 'The Way Home' was invited to the new director category and received a special jury prize and in 2003. And 'Memories of Murder' received awards for best director and best new director.
In 2005, film director Kang Yi-kwan's 'Apple' was invited to the film festival, and he received the award for best new screenwriter. Director Kim Ki-duk's 'The Bow' also received good reviews) In 2002, 'The Way Home' was invited to the new director category and received a special jury prize and in 2003. And 'Memories of Murder' received awards for best director and best new director.
agosto 18, 2007
Join Security Area / Happy Christmas (filmes)
Double Pack – THC Recommends!
“Join Security Area” and “Happy Christmas”
Two excellet films that meditate on the unitility of the wars.
The European Union (EU) is a clear example of how the time heals the wounds and tranforms old enemies in allies – if you don´t consider the economic and not fraternal reasons that so many times surpass the political-ideological divergences.The question is – it´s easier to hit a faceless adversary – the stranger is feared or hated.
“Join Security Area”. Korea is a country separated by war, a recent wound in the asian continent history. So much more than an imaginary line divide the korean people, it has been years of suffering and alienation on both sides.
The Join Security Area is this military controled zone, the DMZ, where take place the film story. A young South Korean soldier, bored with the routine of guarding the frontier, gradually makes contact with two soldiers of the opposite side. The watchfullness nights turn into a secret friendship between this men – an uncertain attempt of catching a glimpse of one another lifes. They´re like brothers separated at birth. Nevertheless, tragically, the men will find out that the boundary between north and south is bigger than a small bridge, it´s an ideologic and emotional canyon.
“Happy Christmas”. The Great War, later known as the WWI, was perhaps the most cruel of the battles the Ocident ever saw. At that time, the principal strategy of the generals was to place the soldiers inside the trenchs, fighting hand to hand with the enemy, marching forward literaly over their bodies. It was a carnage.
As in JSA, the confrontation ends with a meeting of enemy soldiers, in this case in the middle of the batllefield. The slow progress of the troops, and the waiting for reinforcements, leaded to a situation of extreme human degradation.
It´s the european winter, the fields are covered with snow, the soldiers are cold and hungry, inside the insalubrious trenchs. Christmas Eve arrives with combat inside french territory. At one side we have the French and the Scottish men, at the opposite side the German invaders, leaded by Kaiser Wilhelm II. The German commanders, in a situation of superiority at that moment, did encourage their soldiers with christmas trees and food, while de French guys had to count even their gun bullets. But the little miracle happens when a truce is made to gather the dead soldiers at the frozen fields. Being face to face, a christmas spirit´s spark lights this sufferer men´s hearts. A modest party is improvised and the enemy get together to make a toast – a symbolical wish of future days of peace. And the peace would come, but at the expense of so many lives.
Read more about the true story of the Christmas Truce at:http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm
“Join Security Area” and “Happy Christmas”
Two excellet films that meditate on the unitility of the wars.
The European Union (EU) is a clear example of how the time heals the wounds and tranforms old enemies in allies – if you don´t consider the economic and not fraternal reasons that so many times surpass the political-ideological divergences.The question is – it´s easier to hit a faceless adversary – the stranger is feared or hated.
“Join Security Area”. Korea is a country separated by war, a recent wound in the asian continent history. So much more than an imaginary line divide the korean people, it has been years of suffering and alienation on both sides.
The Join Security Area is this military controled zone, the DMZ, where take place the film story. A young South Korean soldier, bored with the routine of guarding the frontier, gradually makes contact with two soldiers of the opposite side. The watchfullness nights turn into a secret friendship between this men – an uncertain attempt of catching a glimpse of one another lifes. They´re like brothers separated at birth. Nevertheless, tragically, the men will find out that the boundary between north and south is bigger than a small bridge, it´s an ideologic and emotional canyon.
“Happy Christmas”. The Great War, later known as the WWI, was perhaps the most cruel of the battles the Ocident ever saw. At that time, the principal strategy of the generals was to place the soldiers inside the trenchs, fighting hand to hand with the enemy, marching forward literaly over their bodies. It was a carnage.
As in JSA, the confrontation ends with a meeting of enemy soldiers, in this case in the middle of the batllefield. The slow progress of the troops, and the waiting for reinforcements, leaded to a situation of extreme human degradation.
It´s the european winter, the fields are covered with snow, the soldiers are cold and hungry, inside the insalubrious trenchs. Christmas Eve arrives with combat inside french territory. At one side we have the French and the Scottish men, at the opposite side the German invaders, leaded by Kaiser Wilhelm II. The German commanders, in a situation of superiority at that moment, did encourage their soldiers with christmas trees and food, while de French guys had to count even their gun bullets. But the little miracle happens when a truce is made to gather the dead soldiers at the frozen fields. Being face to face, a christmas spirit´s spark lights this sufferer men´s hearts. A modest party is improvised and the enemy get together to make a toast – a symbolical wish of future days of peace. And the peace would come, but at the expense of so many lives.
Read more about the true story of the Christmas Truce at:http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm
Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA
(DVD/ South Korea/ 2000/ 110 min)
Director: Park Chan-wook (Oldboy)
Screenwriters: Jeong Seong-san, Kim Hyeon-seok
Actors: Lee Yeong-ae, Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho, Kim Tae-woo, Shin Ha-kyun
(DVD/ South Korea/ 2000/ 110 min)
Director: Park Chan-wook (Oldboy)
Screenwriters: Jeong Seong-san, Kim Hyeon-seok
Actors: Lee Yeong-ae, Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho, Kim Tae-woo, Shin Ha-kyun
Awards: Best Film at Blue Dragon Awards (2000); Grand Bell Awards 2001 (Best Film, Best Art Direction, Best Actor: Song Kang-ho, Best Sound: Kim Seok-weon, Kim Won-Yong); Best Film (Lotus award) at Deauville Asian Film Festival (2001); Best Foreign Language Film at Blue Ribbon Awards (2002).
Joyeux Noël (Happy Christmas)
“France 1914. A moment of humanity that made history. On Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace, so they bury their dead and play football.”
France / Germany / UK / Belgium / Romania/2005/116 min
Director/screenwriter: Christian Carion
Actors: Daniel Brühl, Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon
Awards: Best Feature at Leeds International Film Festival (2005), FIPRESCI Prize at Valladolid International Film Festival (2005), Nominated to Oscar Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2006).
“France 1914. A moment of humanity that made history. On Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace, so they bury their dead and play football.”
France / Germany / UK / Belgium / Romania/2005/116 min
Director/screenwriter: Christian Carion
Actors: Daniel Brühl, Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon
Awards: Best Feature at Leeds International Film Festival (2005), FIPRESCI Prize at Valladolid International Film Festival (2005), Nominated to Oscar Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2006).
agosto 14, 2007
"Cinema Quotes"
“You can see the trend for films all over the world to become more and more similar,” I want to see a diversity of films that reflect different cultures rather than copy Hollywood formulas… I want Asian films to be Asian. It’s important to express your own ideas and it’s sad films are becoming so commercial and so similar”
~ Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami
~ Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami
julho 27, 2007
Asia Shines at Venice Film Festival
Venice International Film Festival
Actor-director Jiang Wen is eyeing the Golden Lion for his third directorial work The Sun Also Rises.
And finally, director Ang Lee is also likely to present his new work Lust, Caution, which stars Tony Leung.
The upcoming festival, opens on August 29, and Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Curse of the Golden Flower) will be heading the jury´s festival.
Other chinese director, Jia Zhangke, will take his newly-finished documentary Useless to compete for this year's Horizons Documentary Prize. The film, finished earlier this month, focuses on Chinese fashion designer Ma Ke and her clothing line Useless. Jia Zhangke was the winner of last year's Golden Lion award, the festival's highest prize, for Still Life.
Actor-director Jiang Wen is eyeing the Golden Lion for his third directorial work The Sun Also Rises.
John Woo´s production Blood Brothers has been selected to close the festival on September 8.
And finally, director Ang Lee is also likely to present his new work Lust, Caution, which stars Tony Leung.
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julho 24, 2007
THC Stories
"Going to the Movies"
Funny Stories
Introduction
Funny Stories
Introduction
The old, giant street movie theaters, well, they are gone. We have welcomed the multiplex, the dolby-stereo, digital cinema, mountains of popcorn and rivers of soda. Personally, all I need is a box of Mentos.My brothers and I had loved the matinees, the Disney films and classic animations. It was always a large group of friends marching downtown, to the movie theater.
I don´t remember what my first movie was, probably Disney´s “Fantasy”. I do remember the classics like “Snow White”, “Pinocquio”, “Bambi”, and the french “Asterix”– I was a great fan of Goscinny and Uderzo´s graphic novels.
I don´t remember what my first movie was, probably Disney´s “Fantasy”. I do remember the classics like “Snow White”, “Pinocquio”, “Bambi”, and the french “Asterix”– I was a great fan of Goscinny and Uderzo´s graphic novels.
Chapter One: The Travolta NightmareWhen I was a teenage, I had this girlfriend that was crazy about John Travolta. She used to make albums of Travolta´s magazine photos and articles. So, to bound, I started my own collection – that album may still exist, though I haven´t see it in years.
At the opening of the most awaited “Saturday Night Fever” movie– it was summer – we faced long lines to watch Travolta in his tight white suit. It was a very adult film and I was properly shocked by some spicy scenes. The OST was an instant hit, and everybody was dancing with one arm pointing to the sky.
At the opening of the most awaited “Saturday Night Fever” movie– it was summer – we faced long lines to watch Travolta in his tight white suit. It was a very adult film and I was properly shocked by some spicy scenes. The OST was an instant hit, and everybody was dancing with one arm pointing to the sky.
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Travolta was god! Every smart girl was in love with his blue eyes and big teeth.
Without the internet´s amusement – it was that 70´s days! - we had to wait patiently for his next movie. The expectation was great, and nobody was disappointed with Travolta´s new blockbuster – “Grease”.
Grease was so funny, and romantic, and I totally had identified myself with Olivia Newton-John´s soft, candid character. Finally I could make a well deserved scrapbook, like a true fan.
But...no love lasts forever, or at least a heart can be broken by a bad film.What a nightmare! Imagine the terror of watching the worst movie ever – twice in a roll. All because of that silly friend that loved blindly this hollywood star, formely known as “the bubble boy”. In the middle of the second section of “Moment by Moment”, I had a terrible stomach ache. That night almost destroyed my love for the cinema.
Worst experience I´d have years later, with Prince´s “Purple Rain”. But that´s another story...
Without the internet´s amusement – it was that 70´s days! - we had to wait patiently for his next movie. The expectation was great, and nobody was disappointed with Travolta´s new blockbuster – “Grease”.
Grease was so funny, and romantic, and I totally had identified myself with Olivia Newton-John´s soft, candid character. Finally I could make a well deserved scrapbook, like a true fan.
But...no love lasts forever, or at least a heart can be broken by a bad film.What a nightmare! Imagine the terror of watching the worst movie ever – twice in a roll. All because of that silly friend that loved blindly this hollywood star, formely known as “the bubble boy”. In the middle of the second section of “Moment by Moment”, I had a terrible stomach ache. That night almost destroyed my love for the cinema.
Worst experience I´d have years later, with Prince´s “Purple Rain”. But that´s another story...
{ Based on actual events, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
became part of another true-life tragedy when John Travolta's lover, Diana Hyland, who won an Emmy for her portrayal of his mother, died of cancer within a year of its release. The role of a teenager born with an acute immunity deficiency was something of a risk for Travolta, who was then cutting a dash as Vinnie Barbarino in the sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter. But his combination of courage and vulnerability does him credit, while Randal Kleiser (who would direct him in Grease) avoids undue schmaltz in depicting his relationship with neighbour Glynnis O'Connor.}
became part of another true-life tragedy when John Travolta's lover, Diana Hyland, who won an Emmy for her portrayal of his mother, died of cancer within a year of its release. The role of a teenager born with an acute immunity deficiency was something of a risk for Travolta, who was then cutting a dash as Vinnie Barbarino in the sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter. But his combination of courage and vulnerability does him credit, while Randal Kleiser (who would direct him in Grease) avoids undue schmaltz in depicting his relationship with neighbour Glynnis O'Connor.}
Travolta´s bio: http://www.imdb.com/
junho 29, 2007
Speed Racer, the Movie
Go Speed Racer, Go!
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"Speed Racer" starts shooting in Germany
Director brothers, Larry and Andy Wachowski (Matrix trilogy) have started filming Hollywood live-action blockbuster "Speed Racer” - (to be released in May 2008).
"Speed Racer was the story of Speed, an 18 year old racing driver and his adventures on and off the track. On his helmet was printed M, originally standing for "Go Mifune" his original Japanese name. His girlfriend was Trixie, his younger brother Spritle, and Spritle's pet monkey was named Chim Chim. Speed's mechanic and best friend was Sparky. Speed's older brother was Rex, who also played Racer X- a masked racer with even Speed not knowing his real identity, and was an undercover agent. He had left home years ago and none of his family had seen him since.
Speed's car was known as the Mach 5. It was designed and built by his father "Pops" and was equipped with incredible features, operated by 7 buttons on the steering wheel."
http://www.absoluteanime.com/speed_racer/index.htm
The Cast
“Lost” star Matthew Fox is the Racer X.
Korean singer/actor Rain (Jeong Ji-hoon) will play a rival driver, and chinese actress Yu Nan ("Tuya's Marriage") will be his sister.
posted by Sam.
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"Speed Racer" starts shooting in Germany
Director brothers, Larry and Andy Wachowski (Matrix trilogy) have started filming Hollywood live-action blockbuster "Speed Racer” - (to be released in May 2008).
Called "Mach Go Go" in Japan, was produced and created by Tatsuo Yoshida and released worldwide in 1967–1968.
"Speed Racer was the story of Speed, an 18 year old racing driver and his adventures on and off the track. On his helmet was printed M, originally standing for "Go Mifune" his original Japanese name. His girlfriend was Trixie, his younger brother Spritle, and Spritle's pet monkey was named Chim Chim. Speed's mechanic and best friend was Sparky. Speed's older brother was Rex, who also played Racer X- a masked racer with even Speed not knowing his real identity, and was an undercover agent. He had left home years ago and none of his family had seen him since.
Speed's car was known as the Mach 5. It was designed and built by his father "Pops" and was equipped with incredible features, operated by 7 buttons on the steering wheel."
http://www.absoluteanime.com/speed_racer/index.htm
The Cast
The film stars Emile Hirsch in the leading role of Speed, with Christina Ricci as his girlfriend, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman as Speed´s parents.
“Lost” star Matthew Fox is the Racer X.
Korean singer/actor Rain (Jeong Ji-hoon) will play a rival driver, and chinese actress Yu Nan ("Tuya's Marriage") will be his sister.
posted by Sam.
junho 15, 2007
Shim Hye-jin (Korean Actress)
Shim Hye-jin´s Biography
Born in January 16, 1967, is one of the most visible stars of the 1990's, having starred in many of the highlight films of the decade. It was her second film, Park Kwang-su's Black Republic (1990), that initially brought her widespread acclaim. Her performance as a woman in a mining community who falls in love with a student activist won her a Best Actress Award at the 1992 Nantes International Film Festival. However her appearance in Kim Ui-seok's Marriage Story (1992) made her into an icon for young generation Korean women.
Shim would also star in other representative films of that era, such as White Badge (1992), To the Starry Island (1993), and Out to the World (1994).
After appearing in box office hit, Kang Je-gyu's The Gingko Bed (1996), she teamed up with director Lee Chang-dong for his acclaimed debut Green Fish (1997). In 2003, she made her return with a lead role in Acacia (2003), a horror film by Park Ki-hyung. After finding some additional success in TV dramas, she returns with a role in Over the Border (2006) as a woman who marries a North Korean defector.
More: Bedroom and Courtroom (1998); The Man with Flowers (1997); Park vs. Park (1996); Marriage Story 2 (1995).
Ahn Sung-ki (korean actor)
Ahn Sung-ki´s Biography
Born January 1, 1952, is the consummate veteran actor, having starred in close to 70 films.
The korean press calls him "The National Actor". He made his debut back in 1957 in The Twilight Train, a film by cult director Kim Ki-young.
Two years later he would win the Best Child Actor Award at the 1960 San Francisco International Film Festival for Teenagers' Rebellion, another film by Kim. His oldest surviving feature is Kim's masterpiece The Housemaid (1960), which continues to amaze audiences to the present day.
As an adult, Ahn's filmography resembles a list of Korean cinema's greatest achievements. First gaining wide notice in Lee Jang-ho's acclaimed Fine Windy Day and Im Kwon-taek's Mandala, he starred in some of the biggest hits of the 1980s by Bae Chang-ho (Whale Hunting, Deep Blue Night, Our Sweet Days of Youth), and in debut works by acclaimed filmmakers Park Kwang-su (Chilsu and Mansu), Jang Sun-woo (The Age of Success) and Lee Myung-se (Gagman).
In the 1990s he continued to take high-profile roles, such as Jung Ji-young's Vietnam War drama White Badge and the politically-themed North Korea's Southern Army, the smash hit Two Cops by Kang Woo-suk, Park Kwang-soo's To the Starry Island, Im Kwon-taek's The Taebaek Mountains and Festival, Lee Kwang-mo's acclaimed Spring in My Hometown, and Lee Myung-Se's Nowhere to Hide.
Born January 1, 1952, is the consummate veteran actor, having starred in close to 70 films.
The korean press calls him "The National Actor". He made his debut back in 1957 in The Twilight Train, a film by cult director Kim Ki-young.
Two years later he would win the Best Child Actor Award at the 1960 San Francisco International Film Festival for Teenagers' Rebellion, another film by Kim. His oldest surviving feature is Kim's masterpiece The Housemaid (1960), which continues to amaze audiences to the present day.
As an adult, Ahn's filmography resembles a list of Korean cinema's greatest achievements. First gaining wide notice in Lee Jang-ho's acclaimed Fine Windy Day and Im Kwon-taek's Mandala, he starred in some of the biggest hits of the 1980s by Bae Chang-ho (Whale Hunting, Deep Blue Night, Our Sweet Days of Youth), and in debut works by acclaimed filmmakers Park Kwang-su (Chilsu and Mansu), Jang Sun-woo (The Age of Success) and Lee Myung-se (Gagman).
In the 1990s he continued to take high-profile roles, such as Jung Ji-young's Vietnam War drama White Badge and the politically-themed North Korea's Southern Army, the smash hit Two Cops by Kang Woo-suk, Park Kwang-soo's To the Starry Island, Im Kwon-taek's The Taebaek Mountains and Festival, Lee Kwang-mo's acclaimed Spring in My Hometown, and Lee Myung-Se's Nowhere to Hide.
Ahn also took an active role (as his friend actor Choi Min-sik) in supporting Korea's Screen Quota System. In the 2000s starred in Im Kwon-taek's Chihwaseon (Best Director Cannes film festival(2002); Kang Woo-suk's Silmido (2003); as a kung-fu master in Ryoo Seung-wan's Arahan (2004); as a Chosun-era detective in Lee Myung-Se's stylish action/drama Duelist (2005).
Other films: Hanbando (2006); The Romantic President (2002); Musa (2001)
Awards: Best Actor at Grand Bell Awards 2007, Radio Star (2006).
junho 13, 2007
Grand Bell Movie Awards 2007
Grand Bell Movie Awards 2007 - South Korea
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Best Cinematography: Park Hyun-cheol (200 Pounds Beauty).
Top Prizes!
Best Film and Best Screenplay: Family Ties (director Kim Tae-yong's, Blue Storm production company).
Read the review: http://www.koreanfilm.org/
Read the review: http://www.koreanfilm.org/
Best Actress: Kim A-jung (200 Pounds Beauty).
.Best Music: Lee Jae-hak (200 Pounds Beauty)
200 Pounds Beauty - "Hanna (Kim A-jung, from When Romance Meets Destiny) is a lip sync vocalist for Ami, the famous Korean pop singer. Even though she is always ignored because of her appearance, she has been a bright and lighthearted girl until Amy humiliates her in front of Sang-jun, her secret love. At last she makes a decision of a lifetime to have plastic surgery all over her body. Her unrequited love gets any return?"
Credits: directed by Kim Yong-hwa (Oh! Brothers), based on a Japanese manga by Suzuki Yumiko, starring Joo Jin-mo (Happy End).
Best Actor: Ahn Sung-ki (Radio Star)
Credits: directed by Kim Yong-hwa (Oh! Brothers), based on a Japanese manga by Suzuki Yumiko, starring Joo Jin-mo (Happy End).
Best Actor: Ahn Sung-ki (Radio Star)
Radio Star (directed by Lee Jun-ik)"The year 1988 saw a bunch of flashes in the pan in the pop music industry, and has-been rock star Choi Gon (actor Park Joong-hoon) was one of them. After his only hit song 'The Rain and You', he became involved in drug problems, mob fights, and now sings in a café in the countryside. He one day gets into a fight with one of the customers at the café, and needs bail money to get released from a lockup. Desperately trying to free him, his manager Park Min-soo (Ahn Sung-ki) comes up with the solution to send Choi Gon to a radio station in a far, remote town in the suburbs as a DJ, so that the radio station can pay for the bail. Helpless and bewildered, Choi Gon now has to DJ in front of a few dozen listeners..."
Best Director: Bong Joon-ho (The Host)
Best Editing: Kim Sun-min (The Host)
Best Supporting Actor: Kim Yu-seok (Tazza)
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Best Costumes: Tazza
Directed and written by Choi Dong Hoon, based on a Korean comic book (by Heo Yeong Man and Kim Se Yeong) , the plot finds the gambling-addicted hero, Go Ni (Jo Seung Woo), losing his savings and his sister's alimony money to bad luck and crooked adversaries. Desperate to win it all back, he seeks tutoring from an old pro, Pyeong Gyeong Jang (Baek Yun Shik), then gets further instruction, as well as T.L.C. from Madam Jeong (Kim Hye Soo), a gambling ace.
Credits: director of photography, Choi Yeong Hwan; edited by Shin Min Gyeong; music by Jang Yeong Gyu; production designer, Yang Hong Sam; produced by Cha Seung Jae and Kim Mi Heui; released by C J Entertainment. South Korea, 2006. Running time: 139 min.
Best Supporting Actress: Shim Hye-jin (Over the Border)
Best New Actress: Jo Yi-jin (Over the Border)
“The greatest strength of TV producer An Pan-seok's debut film is its almost anthropological approach to the everyday lives of North Koreans and Northerner exiles in South Korea.” (http://www.koreanfilm.org/)
Best Visual Effects, Art Direction: The Restless
Best New Actor: Ryu Deok-hwan (Like a Virgin)
Best New Director: Kwon Hyeong-jin (For Horowitz)
For Horowitz - "Uhm Jung Hwa (Princess Aurora) is Ji Su, a thirty-something single woman who once had dreams of becoming a famous pianist. Ji Su idolized Horowitz and was determined to taste similar success herself, but her dream was shattered one day, altering her destiny. She now teaches young children how to play and one day she discovers Gyung Min, a young boy with exceptional talent. Ji Su throws all of her focus into improving Gyung Min's raw skills, projecting her own desires for fame and fortune onto him. But when Ji Su enters the young lad into his first competition all does not go as planned. It is then revealed that Gyung Min carries with him a secret - one that will change Ji Su's life forever."
maio 27, 2007
"Lust, Caution" To Open Venice Film Festival
Lust, Caution 
Director Ang Lee's latest hit Lust, Caution has been confirmed to open this year's Venice Film Festival, domestic portal Sina.com reported. The film, which started shooting in last year, is based on a short story by Chinese writer Eileen Chang. The work is now undergoing final editing in New York. Ang Lee's English-language work "Brokeback Mountain" won the Golden Lion at the 62th Venice Film Festival. On Tuesday, another Chinese director, Zhang Yimou, has been invited to chair the jury of the festival. The 64th Venice Film Festival will kick off on August 29. This year is the 75th birthday of the festival. (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
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 http://focusfeatures.com/
Director Ang Lee's latest hit Lust, Caution has been confirmed to open this year's Venice Film Festival, domestic portal Sina.com reported. The film, which started shooting in last year, is based on a short story by Chinese writer Eileen Chang. The work is now undergoing final editing in New York. Ang Lee's English-language work "Brokeback Mountain" won the Golden Lion at the 62th Venice Film Festival. On Tuesday, another Chinese director, Zhang Yimou, has been invited to chair the jury of the festival. The 64th Venice Film Festival will kick off on August 29. This year is the 75th birthday of the festival. (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
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 http://focusfeatures.com/
Cannes News 2007
Cannes Film Festival News
Cannes Winners Part 1
A young Chinese director's movie, Chen Tao's Way Out won the short film award on Saturday at the 60th Cannes Film Festival underway in France.
The work of Chen Tao, a 28-year-old student from the Beijing Film Academy, was awarded the second prize in the short film unit. The film tells the tale of a farmer who becomes a pickpocket, of the journey from "good" to "bad."
"I'm so happy," said the young director, "I feel like a kid entering into the big world of films."
The film's strong narration helped it outshine other candidates, according to Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke, who presided over the short film jury. The short film unit is in charge of promoting the emergence of the next generation of filmmakers. This year, 16 student films were selected from a large number of entries, varying in length from 8 minutes to 45 minutes.
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/26/1301@231770.htm
Cannes Winners Part 1
A young Chinese director's movie, Chen Tao's Way Out won the short film award on Saturday at the 60th Cannes Film Festival underway in France.The work of Chen Tao, a 28-year-old student from the Beijing Film Academy, was awarded the second prize in the short film unit. The film tells the tale of a farmer who becomes a pickpocket, of the journey from "good" to "bad."
"I'm so happy," said the young director, "I feel like a kid entering into the big world of films."
The film's strong narration helped it outshine other candidates, according to Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke, who presided over the short film jury. The short film unit is in charge of promoting the emergence of the next generation of filmmakers. This year, 16 student films were selected from a large number of entries, varying in length from 8 minutes to 45 minutes.
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/26/1301@231770.htm
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