News Links - 2/21/09

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News Links - 2/21/09

Postby dleedlee » Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:59 pm

Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing rivals in love in Perfect Life
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/2 ... 860187.htm

Six Flavors of Hong Kong
The six shorts from The One Days: HK are deliberately short and indefinite, enough to intrigue but never time to stop and explain.
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090220/art ... tID=104914

APA Top Ten: Female martial artists in Asian film
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090220/art ... tID=104939

Dragonball cast comes to Thailand
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/f/p/2009-02-21 ... 4939.shtml

Tom Cruise to Get 'Lost for Words' with Ziyi
http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/02/21/1722s456514.htm

Clifton Ko Chi-sum Interview
http://hk-magazine.com/feature/clifton-ko-chi-sum

South Korean documentary "Old Partner" Tops 1 Million Viewers
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/ar ... 39939.html

Tsai Ming-Liang floods Taipei for 'Face'
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... d827e816e5

Chen Kun - Lonely boy who changed his life
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/20 ... 496979.htm

Leon Jay Williams will replace Edison Chen in Stephen Fung's 'Jump'
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Leon-Jay ... 29371.html

The man behind the mask - Takeshi Kaneshiro
K-20: The Fiend with 20 Faces
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 96/1/.html

Sylvia Chang returns to Ethiopia after 16 years for humanitarian aid
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/2 ... 861117.htm

Singer Sandy Lam appears for Audi
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/p/2009-02-21 ... 4962.shtml

I spy: Carina Lau merrily shopping for baby goods
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2009-02-21/13102384774.shtml

MPAA says Asia camcording slowed
Operation ZoomOut taught exhibitors piracy crack down
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 314ccf4b23

Toronto's Miss China International Christine Kuo is urgently improving her Cantonese
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Christin ... 29182.html
???? Better to light a candle than curse the darkness; Measure twice, cut once.
Pinyin to Wade-Giles. Cantonese names file
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Re: News Links - 2/21/09

Postby duriandave » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:14 pm

There's a trailer for The One Days: HK up on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FiJ4JK4VA

It's looks worth checking out. I like the concept of shooting a film in a day. You can order the DVD here.

http://areyouaniceguy.com/store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=27

A few of the films are up on YouTube as well

"Set Free"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g-mzCPMG6E

"Dissolve"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Et9JscESoA

"The Spare"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rzj8SMlnv8
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Re: News Links - 2/21/09

Postby Brian Thibodeau » Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:29 pm

duriandave wrote:There's a trailer for The One Days: HK up on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FiJ4JK4VA

It's looks worth checking out. I like the concept of shooting a film in a day. You can order the DVD here.



This looks fantastic. Definitely gonna look into getting it. This is the way I like seeing Hong Kong in the movies, backgrounding what appear to be naturalistic vignettes, although I can't shake the feeling that it's a bit top-heavy with pop-stars-in-the-making, but I guess we'll see. Kinda wish they didn't upload those three films though. With YouTube already crawling with full-length features uploaded illegally, this seems like it will only encourage some thief to upload the remaining films eventually, which will only hurt DVD sales. Of course, it'll expand the audience exponentially, but that doesn't give the filmmakers anything to work with in the future . . . :(
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Re: News Links - 2/21/09

Postby duriandave » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:07 pm

Brian Thibodeau wrote:This is the way I like seeing Hong Kong in the movies, backgrounding what appear to be naturalistic vignettes

Yeah, me too. Definitely makes me yearn for another trip to HK.

Brian Thibodeau wrote:Kinda wish they didn't upload those three films though. With YouTube already crawling with full-length features uploaded illegally, this seems like it will only encourage some thief to upload the remaining films eventually, which will only hurt DVD sales.

You may be right, but in my case, seeing the shorts, especially "Set Free", convinced me to get the DVD. In fact, I just placed my order! :D
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