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Some of China's biggest film names will be toting the party line in a new blockbuster celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.
In a story first reported by Associated Press, the 'Beginning of the Great Revival' tracks the lead up to the 1911 revolution that overthrew imperial rule and the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party on July 31, 1921 under Chairman Mao Zedong.
The project's official website lists notable names such as Liu Ye, John Woo, Daniel Wu, Li Chen, Andy Lau and Chow Yun-fat among the participants.
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From indieWIRE:
Some of China's biggest film names will be toting the party line in a new blockbuster celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.
In a story first reported by Associated Press, the 'Beginning of the Great Revival' tracks the lead up to the 1911 revolution that overthrew imperial rule and the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party on July 31, 1921 under Chairman Mao Zedong.
The project's official website lists notable names such as Liu Ye, John Woo, Daniel Wu, Li Chen, Andy Lau and Chow Yun-fat among the participants.
Continue Reading...
- 6/8/2011
- by The Editors at IndieWire
- Moviefone
Director: Xiaogang Feng. Review: Adam Wing. Human drama takes precedence over special effects in Xiaogang Feng’s memorial to the 240,000 victims of the Tangshan earthquake. On July 28, 1976, a massive earthquake struck Tangshan, China, devastating the city in just 23 seconds. Feng Xiaogang (The Banquet, Assembly) sure knows his audience, and Aftershock has gone on to become the highest grossing local film in Chinese history, cementing Feng's status as the go-too guy for blockbuster entertainment. Aftershock was the first Chinese film made for the IMAX giant-screen format, enlisting the service of special effects teams from both the Us and Korea. The opening act is quite possibly the most enticing segment of this over-reaching drama, a film that attempts to depict the emotional tale of a family torn apart by disaster. Once the initial CGI downpour is over, Feng’s movie walks on much safer ground, but it’s the fine cast that keeps it from crumbling.
- 12/9/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
We Are What We Are (15)
(Jorge Michel Grau, 2010, Mexico) Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Paulina Gaitán, Carmen Beato. 90 mins
Vampires are so last season, so bring on the cannibals! Why get a shake when you can have a whole Happy Meal? The cannibal lifestyle is by no means glamourised here, but if there is a revival, this could be its Let The Right One In - a downbeat, realist horror in which a father's death forces his flesh-eating family to fend for themselves. We're in for nasty gore and a grimy wallow in Mexico's underclass, but despite a frustrating lack of detail, the setting is ripe for socio-political metaphors and inappropriate comedy.
brilliantlove (18)
(Ashley Horner, 2009, UK) 97 mins
You can tell by that lower-case title how envolope-pushingly edgy this wants to be. And sure enough there's strong sex and hipster protagonists named Manchester and Noon. At heart, though, it's a natural, unashamed...
(Jorge Michel Grau, 2010, Mexico) Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Paulina Gaitán, Carmen Beato. 90 mins
Vampires are so last season, so bring on the cannibals! Why get a shake when you can have a whole Happy Meal? The cannibal lifestyle is by no means glamourised here, but if there is a revival, this could be its Let The Right One In - a downbeat, realist horror in which a father's death forces his flesh-eating family to fend for themselves. We're in for nasty gore and a grimy wallow in Mexico's underclass, but despite a frustrating lack of detail, the setting is ripe for socio-political metaphors and inappropriate comedy.
brilliantlove (18)
(Ashley Horner, 2009, UK) 97 mins
You can tell by that lower-case title how envolope-pushingly edgy this wants to be. And sure enough there's strong sex and hipster protagonists named Manchester and Noon. At heart, though, it's a natural, unashamed...
- 11/13/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
Although still not as well known in the West as contemporaries such as Zhang Yimou, or even Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang has continued to prove himself one of the most successful and indeed bankable directors working in modern Chinese cinema. Having made his name through sharp satires before moving onto period spectacle with “The Banquet” and rough war drama with “Assembly”, his latest outing “Aftershock” sees him turning his hand to the subject of natural disasters and their devastating human cost. Based upon the novel of the same name by Zhang Ling, the film is a big budget affair, being the first Chinese production in the IMAX format, with amazing special effects and an impressive cast that includes Feng’s wife Xu Fan, Zhang Jing Chu (recently in “Flirting Scholar 2”), Li Chen (“Assembly”) and Lu Yi (“Seven Swords”). With earthquakes being very much in the public eye in China, the...
- 10/12/2010
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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