News Links - 4/19/06

[dleedlee]

China's growing cinematic influence seen in Chinese Film Fest in US
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 49/1/.html
Zhang Ziyi shows better English at Chinese Film Festival in U.S.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006- ... 447931.htm
China Film Festival opens in US
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006- ... 442265.htm
Zhang Ziyi to Keep Making Chinese Movies
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/349/2006/04/19/44@79060.htm
Renowned Chinese female director to film thriller - more on Door
http://english.people.com.cn/200604/19/ ... 59383.html
Peter Chan talks about his new film ‘Perhaps Love,’
http://www.manager.co.th/IHT/ViewNews.a ... 0000051614
Liu Ye Is Still Attached to "Dark Matter"
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/349/2006/04/19/44@79119.htm
The 6th Chinese Film Media Awards
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/349/2006/04/19/44@79072.htm
China hardens censorship rules on TV news, dramas
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2 ... rship.html

Older news:

Kurosawa's descendants launch film school
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006- ... 421823.htm
Huayi Bros celebrates for Zhou Xun
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006- ... 421993.htm
Andrew Lau to cooperate with Tony Leung again
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006- ... 422868.htm

[ewaffle]

That second article on Zhang Ziyi's iimproving English is a tough one. It leads by saying that her English is getting better and then quotes several other articles concerning how poor her diction and enunciation has been recently.

Very much like damning with faint praise--"you were really terrible recently and now you are better".

Chinese media, if this is a good example, are awfully tough on Chinese celebrities.

[Brian Thibodeau]

Ever read some of the actor bios on Hong Kong DVDs? Those things can be BRUTAL sometimes. They literally BLAME the actor or actress for any misfortune that has befallen their careers, often suggest what needs improving for them to ever achieve respect, and have been known to included veiled putdowns of Chinese actors who were born overseas or - God forbid - the product of inter-ethnic marriages, as though both conspire to keep them "outsiders" in their own industry. Fascinating stuff to read, though.