Chinese superstar Liu Ye anchors the cast of Baoping Cao's upcoming crime comedy Cock And Bull. And true to the title this one appears to be a fairly silly affair, the sort of dark comedy that wouldn't be entirely out of place in the Coen Brothers' catalog. Finding an even remotely coherent English synopsis for this one is proving difficult but the story revolves around a tow truck driver in a rural community in western China caught up in the swirling chaos around a murder. Building a comedy around a killing is not a simple thing in China, where the censorship laws put strict limits around how crime and its consequences can and cannot be portrayed on screen but this looks to be a really...
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- 8/8/2016
- Screen Anarchy
I usually begin these type of "Sundance Institute" updates by stating that these are the future names to watch out for on the indie film scene or in future editions of the festival, but the truth of the matter is, this year's batch of twelve are names we already mention on this site. Filmmakers such as Craig Zobel and Cherien Dabis are returning with their latest screenplays-in-progress and folks such as Lance Weiler, Sean Durkin (producer of Afterschool) and Edwin (multiple fest winner Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly) are making this an 2010 group to watch out for. - I usually begin these type of "Sundance Institute" updates by stating that these are the future names to watch out for on the indie film scene or in future editions of the festival, but the truth of the matter is, this year's batch of twelve are names we already mention on this site.
- 12/15/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
The Sundance Institute on Monday announced the 12 feature film projects selected for its annual January screenwriters lab.
The lab is a five-day writers workshop running Jan. 15-20 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Chosen fellows engage in one-on-one story sessions with established writers in an environment that encourages innovation, rigorous development and creative risk-taking.
The projects selected for the 2010 lab are "Bluebird" by Lance Edmands (U.S.), "Canary" by Craig Zobel (U.S.), "Drunktown's Finest" by Sydney Freeland (U.S.), "40 Days of Silence" by Saodat Ismailova (Uzbekistan), "HiM" by Lance Weiler and Chuck Wendig (U.S.), "How Many Trainings Must I Take Before I Can Be as Hard as Steel?" by Cao Baoping (China), "Martha Marcy May Marlene" by Sean Durkin (U.S.), "May in the Summer" by Cherien Dabis (U.S., Jordan), "My Favorite Nightmare" by Myna Joseph (U.S.), "Postcards From the Zoo" by Edwin and Daud Sumolang...
The lab is a five-day writers workshop running Jan. 15-20 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Chosen fellows engage in one-on-one story sessions with established writers in an environment that encourages innovation, rigorous development and creative risk-taking.
The projects selected for the 2010 lab are "Bluebird" by Lance Edmands (U.S.), "Canary" by Craig Zobel (U.S.), "Drunktown's Finest" by Sydney Freeland (U.S.), "40 Days of Silence" by Saodat Ismailova (Uzbekistan), "HiM" by Lance Weiler and Chuck Wendig (U.S.), "How Many Trainings Must I Take Before I Can Be as Hard as Steel?" by Cao Baoping (China), "Martha Marcy May Marlene" by Sean Durkin (U.S.), "May in the Summer" by Cherien Dabis (U.S., Jordan), "My Favorite Nightmare" by Myna Joseph (U.S.), "Postcards From the Zoo" by Edwin and Daud Sumolang...
- 12/14/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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