Third Window Films is currently bringing some really interesting japanese films to the UK audience!! After Love Exposure, Kakera and more, here comes Fish Story – how a little punk song may change the world. The cinema release is planned for May, the DVD will come out on July! The full synopsis!
The trailer: Read more…
Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, shoot in Tokyo, Noe’s Enter The Void is now completed! And during the post-production process, changes have been applied to the photography-visual effects-sound.
For instance, they’ve added a tilt-shift effect, so the film looks now different from the Cannes 2009 cut. The following stills may give you an idea, but it seems they’re just photoshopped… Read more…
Before John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow, there was a 1967 HK film named Story of a Discharged Prisoner. Showing the struggle of an ex-prisoner trying to find his place in the HK society. Unlike most Shaw Bros films of that time, it was shot outside, right in the Hong Kong streets, following the French New Wave (jazzy music, weird cuts…).
Despite its reputation, the film is hard to find; enjoy these clips: Read more…
From April 23rd to May 1st, the 12th Udine Film Festival is set to screen 60 asian films. Right now, the festival has only announced 2 amazing retrospectives:
- Shintoho: Japanese genre films produced during the 50s/60s; Teruo Ishii, Nobuo Nakagawa worked there! Be ready to see “15 titles never before seen outside of Japan“.
- Patrick Lung Kong: Non-conformist Hong Kong director, said to be a “key figure of the 1980s New Wave“, known as the father of “Story of the Discharged Prisoner” – we all know the remake, it’s Woo’s A Better Tomorrow!
Via: Official Website (thx Fred A.)
“Big in Japan” is the theme selected for the BrickCon 2010, a convention for fans of Lego, hold in Seattle in October. Some fans are already working on their creations, like Ochre Jelly, who has done the 1st phase of his “Miyazakitopia” project: Read more…
