Scorsese to rescue lost film gems, Wong Kar Wai will also sit on the WFC board.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6682811.stm
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... s2007/home

Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai said that, while mainland China had done a good job of preserving cinema before 1949, much of Hong Kong's busy film industry was forgotten.

He knew of an entire warehouse near San Francisco that is full of old Chinese films: "Hong Kong was the centre of entertainment for the Chinese communities living around the world. For the bachelor men who lived in Chinatown in the United States, this was their sole entertainment but we don't even know who the distributors were any more."



Sammi Cheung Asks YouTube to Withdraw Her Video
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/23/60@230400.htm

Book takes first step toward becoming a major movie
The Concubine's Children, has been optioned for a major film, possibly starring Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news ... 9bd13f839d

Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... ryID=32822
The addition of Chow Yun-Fat to the cast should boost Asian box office, but he gives an uncertain performance in a largely unnecessary role and disappears from the action before the halfway mark.

Reggie Lee: From Q.C. to Hollywood
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?p=49& ... 1&aid=3799


Pirate Toaster
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/gadgetbuzz ... 216,00.htm

Zhang Yimou - President of the Jury of 64th Venice Film Festival
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/23/60@230385.htm

Reviews - "Ploy" - one negative, one positive
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1417/
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... &Category=

Starry night for Fortissimo
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1425/1/

Andy Lau and Maggie Q lift "Three Kingdoms"
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1418/1/

Yuan Quan Shoots New Photo Album
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/23/63@230536.htm

n Japan, 'context' ads to story line
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 5f088b0df6

China Promises to Dig out Truth on Tainted Toothpaste
http://english.cri.cn/2946/2007/05/23/272@230589.htm

He knew of an entire warehouse near San Francisco that is full of old Chinese films: "Hong Kong was the centre of entertainment for the Chinese communities living around the world. For the bachelor men who lived in Chinatown in the United States, this was their sole entertainment but we don't even know who the distributors were any more."

Someone get out there and rescue these movies!!!

Someone get out there and rescue these movies!!!

I love the last line of that story:

Brazil's Walter Salles added that the loss of a cinematic heritage is "like living in a house without mirrors."

Makes me wish I could volunteer somehow...(although getting paid for such work would hardly be an unreasonable expectation )