News Links - 1/25/07

[dleedlee]

Lost in Beijing (formerly called Apple) faces censorship
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout ... 58066&cs=1
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/668/1/

How is Your Fish Today? - Xiaolu Guo itinerant quasi-doc
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/664/1/

Shochiku leads "Genghis Khan" to Berlin
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/667/1/

Happy Birthday is one simple love story that tugs at your heartstrings
http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story ... sec=movies

Japanese to make Nanjing Massacre doc
Filmmaker to paint Nanjing slaughter as just myth
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout ... 58065&cs=1
China angered by Nanjing massacre film
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0 ... 23,00.html
Leonsis's 'Filmanthropy' Plants a Seed With Buddies
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01887.html

TVB's Three Dramas to Grab Mainland Market
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/01/25/272@188933.htm

Sundance: Asian-American filmmakers panel: Industry can't see past race
http://www.sltrib.com/food/ci_5074130

DVD review: Red Doors
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review.php?ID=26228

Interview with Gene Yang - “AMERICAN BORN CHINESE”
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/ ... gi?id=9433

ImaginAsian TV targeting the general public
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qst ... VFRXl5Mg==

'Terracotta Warriors': From medicine to musical - Dennis Law aka Mr Moon Lee
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/en ... 552586.php

China's "Culture Deficit"
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/01/25/164@189035.htm

Singer Takes BBS Portal to Court Over Sex-for-Deal Post
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/01/25/60@188999.htm

The 13th Chinese Music Awards On Thursday
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/01/25/272@188792.htm

[Brian Thibodeau]

Happy Birthday is one simple love story that tugs at your heartstrings
http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story ... sec=movies

From that article:

Still, it was special enough to convince Ma to return to the romance genre after eight long years.

Although Ma has been busy these past years, with movies like Goodbye Mr Cool, Para Para Sakura and Tokyo Raiders under his belt, he has not filmed a love story since his smash hit Fly Me to Polaris (starring Cecilia Chung and Ritchie Jen), which won three Hong Kong film awards in 1999.

Apparently, The Star's Michael Cheang has not been following Jingle Ma's filmography too closely. No love stories since POLARIS? Well, technically, both PARA PARA (shudder) and GOODBYE MR. COOL have sizeable romantic elements, though they may sorta kinda be of other genres, but why leave off SUMMER HOLIDAY and WHY ME SWEETIE, both of which ARE love stories?