News Links - 10/26/07

by **dleedlee** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:32 am

Out of Focus
Infernal Affairs and The Departerd
http://www.claremont.org/publications/c ... detail.asp

Are China's former underground directors choosing recognition over artistic freedom?
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/ ... ectors.php

Rome International Film Festival
Chinese director Gu Changwei unveiled his second film, "And the Spring Comes," after clinching the Silver Bear at the Berlin film festival in 2005 with "Peacock."
Set in China in the 1980s, "And the Spring Comes" relates the story of a young opera teacher who dreams of taking to the stage in Beijing.
"I've never been pretty and all I have is my voice," the character Wang Cai-Ling says as she looks in a mirror.
To play the role, Jiang Wenli had to put on 18 kilos (40 pounds) and spend long hours in makeup to be made unattractive.
Set as China emerges from the Cultural Revolution, the film reflects a period of renewed hope, Gu said in director's notes.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5glY ... 8oW_eaFbCw

Reel Asian film fest announces 11th edition lineup
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/ ... ineup.html

Movie Review: Triangle
http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/25/movie_review_ir.php

Ma Wu Jia (China) review
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117935 ... id=31&cs=1
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4796/1/

China's most bankable celebrities—magazine edition

Gong Li on September Maxim cover
http://www.danwei.org/advertising_and_m ... ebriti.php

Asia may flex film muscle
All eyes on China and Japan as Hong Kong revamps
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797 ... =2726&cs=1

Stellar Night in Shanghai
Zhang Jingchu, Li Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi

by **dleedlee** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:55 pm