News Links - 3/16/07

[dleedlee]

Warlords poster

Peter Chan Film Undergoes Name Change
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/03/16/60@206227.htm

Jackie Chan has newfound respect for dramatic directors doing action films
http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainm ... a3&k=82100

Jet Li Tackles Jackie Chan in New Kung Fu Movie
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/03/16/63@206155.htm

Centre Stage and Chinese cinema
http://www.dianying.com/en/blog/2007/03 ... se-cinema/

Fortissimo looks up to 'Eye in the Sky'
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/963/1/

Film Review: China Blue
http://www.donewaiting.com/archives/200 ... a_blue.php

Asian Film Awards aims for glam
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/955/1/


Actress Huang Shengyi Shoots Photos for Debut Album
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/03/16/63@206100.htm


Photo Album: Hong Kong Actress/Singer Vivian Chow
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/03/15/1261@205755_1.htm

[duriandave]

Did you see the Cinema China 07 festival at Univ. of Edinburgh has podcasts of the lectures?

http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/cinema-china/lectures.html

Not sure how interesting they will be, but certainly worth a listen.

P.S.: How come something this cool has not appeared in the US? Well, there was that amazing retrospective of Chinese silent film in NY late last year, but the West Coast is missing out big time.

[dleedlee]

I'll definitely check it out tonight. I'm a podhead. Thanks!

You have this Sunday, in your own backyard at the SFIAFF:

"Pavement Butterfly" (Richard Eichberg, Germany/UK, 90 min.) This 1929 silent revives pleasant memories of the Anna May Wong retrospective in 2004, and is a can't miss event: a rare film, not available on home video, projected on the big Castro screen with musical accompaniment by noted silent film composer Robert Israel. Wong, though born and raised in L.A., was never appreciated by Hollywood, although she had a long career there. The height of her career came in Europe, especially in five film collaborations with Eichberg (the best probably being "Piccadilly"). In "Pavement Butterfly," Wong is a circus performer wrongly accused of a fellow performer's death; she hides out in the studio of a Parisian artist. It's a love affair that, like most involving Wong (onscreen or off), is doomed. (Sun. 3/18 12:30 p.m. Castro)

[duriandave]

Yes, I've already got a date to see Miss Anna May Wong on the big screen. I really have no right to complain. I shouldn't be so greedy!

BTW, there are some pictures of Maggie Cheung from the Edinburgh festival:
http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/cinema-china/photogallery.html

[MrBooth]

Jet Li Tackles Jackie Chan in New Kung Fu Movie
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/03/16/63@206155.htm

"The producers claim the movie will tell a story from Chinese mythology from a western viewpoint."

Better batten down the internet... I see a storm coming!

[Brian Thibodeau]

Ahh, but it is from the director of THE HAUNTED MANSION, so will it really be worth the effort to complain?