100 Years Anniversary of China Film

[lovevicki]

[glow=red,2,300]Vancouver fans Attention: Warriors of Heaven and Earth is going to play on September 3rd 2005 (one day only) in Ridge Theatre![/glow]
posted by (·¢ÌûÓÉ) CC(Canada) ,02/09/2005, 12:51:27

Ridge Theatre: 3131 Arbutus Street (16th Ave)
adult $7 senior/child $4
at 9:30pm

www.cantonproductions.com/entertainment/19.html

[lovevicki]

Chinese Version

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English Version:

[PacinG]

movie line up looks cool!
personally, i would love to watch the first movie, angel of the street.... sounds like a must-see classic..... have u seen it, love vicki?

[lovevicki]

Yes!That's a classic movie!
I watched it when I was a child.

Last term,our subject of film critic professor screen this movie.

[PacinG]

is it one of those silent movies?
im not really sure if audio was already captured while filming then.....

[lovevicki]

It's not a silent movie.
The leading actress was the most famous singer in China.

[PacinG]

i'll try to get a copy of that movie.... it really seems like a something that would leave a mark

[lovevicki]

The movie was broke box office record when it released in China.

The leading sweety actress named Zhou Xuan(ÖÜÐý),she is culture sign in 1940's Shanghai and Hong Kong.
The leading actor named Zhao Dan(ÕÔµ¤),he is the greatest actor in China black & white movie history.
His classic movie Shi Zi Jie Tou(Ê®×Ö½ÖÍ·)(English tittle:Crowssroads) will realese in Venic International Film Festival this year.(The movie recoginzed one of greatest Chinese old movie.)



He was national idol in China.He is one of best actor in China movie history.
He dead in 1980.Because some political reason,he have a hard life in 1970's(China culture revolution).

[lovevicki]

Bai Yang(left) and Zhao Dan(right).

I suggest that Bai Yang's movies are also worth a look.
She was most popular actress in 1940's-1950's.In every voting,she always be top.(Like Vicki)
She is the first actress won international award(Karlovy Vary International Film Festival special hounor).

[PacinG]

wow, im intrigued with these classic movies..... too bad it'll take me a while to get ahold of those movies..... hhmmm, whatever happened to Zhao Dan? did he become a political prisoner or something?

[lovevicki]

yes,he became a political prisoner in China Culture Revolution(1966-1976).
In that revolution,lots of great artists were killed or put into prison.
Most of survivers didnt make or act any films/tvseries after that political disastor.

[lovevicki]

[glow=red,2,300]Hollywood China Film Festival[/glow]

The first annual Hollywood China Film Festival (HCFF) will be launch in Los Angeles, California. Eleven quality feature films from China will be nominated for the festival. Organized by Columbia College Hollywood International (China) Group Co. Ltd., Columbia College Hollywood and Dot Media Entertainment, Inc. Co-Organizer/Promotion Coordinator by Edi Media, Inc. With co-operation from the State Administration of Culture Dept., Radio, Film & Television from People¡¯s Republic of China, and local media which includes Color Entertainment, Skylink TV, C& Media, Phoenix TV,AM1370,City Magazine, Entertainment Magazine, Sing Tao News and China Daily to co-organize this landmark event. The opening ceremony will be held on 16th Sept., 2005 at Writers Guild Theatre, Beverly Hill, Ca.

The China Film Festival 2005 will be held not just in USA but Canada as well. Building closer ties and greater economic cooperation using filmmaking as a common medium. This unique collaboration has come to fruition with the open ceremony event, exhibition of eleven highly acclaimed China films, a seminar and workshop series, and the attendants by leading actors, actresses and a delegation of top officials from China.

Other then enriching our local audience appreciation of China¡¯s film culture, this festival also serves as a platform for international dialogue and collaboration in film education, film financing and film production. This is the first ever China film event held in the region on such a significant scale.

The seminar and workshop series focus on issues related to entering the China market. Top officials, professors and directors will deliver comprehensive presentations on topics such as current developments in China¡¯s film industry, feasible channels of international collaboration, practical strategies to enter the China market, as well as filmmaking techniques.


Warriors of Heaven and Earth will release during the festival.

www.hcff.us/indexold.htm
www.dotmedia.us/film_indexnew.htm

[lovevicki]

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

2003





Director: He Ping

Stars: Jiang Wen, Nakai Kitchi, Vicky Zhao, Wang Xequi

It's really great seeing a movie like Warriors of Heaven and Earth -- something which you have not heard too much about that knocks your socks off. While it may have gotten lost in the hype surrounding Hero, swordplay fans would do well to seek this film out. This mainland production manages to escape most of the cliches of the genre and create a lively story with a heaping amount of action.

Warriors of Heaven and Earth's plot is thankfully simple compared to many other movies of the genre, which can come off as too complicated for their own good, especially to western viewers. Jiang Wen plays a solider named Li who becomes a criminal after he refuses to kill civilians. Banished to the desolate western part of China, Li (along with some loyal members of his platoon) makes his living guarding caravans from bandits. During one such job, Li runs afoul of a local overlord named Master An (Wang Xueqi) after he refuses to give up a precious artifact a young monk is carrying. While trying to battle An's men, Li also has to contend with an imperial guard (Nakai Kiichi) who has been sent by the Emperor himself to bring Li to justice.

The lines are drawn fairly early in the movie's proceedings. There's not a whole lot in the way of double-crosses or big secrets, and that works for this film. Director He Ping always keeps the movie going -- there's not any wasted time in subplots or romantic schmaltz. Warriors of Heaven and Earth reminded me a lot of Kurosawa's samurai pictures or Ford's westerns. The film lets the characters and the story develop naturally, without adding in a lot of fluff. Even though most of the characters are fairly stock in nature, the movie actually brings a lot of depth to them without hammering the viewer over the head with big showy overly-dramatic scenes.

But don't worry if you're the kind of viewer who couldn't give a crap about things like plot and characterization -- the action here is top-notch stuff. While it kind of lacks that "epic" feeling a lot of the great movies in the genre have (though, truthfully, that might be due to the VCD's full frame format than anything else) the stuff featured here is outstanding. While it does take a bit to get going, by the end of the film, if the fights don't get your heart pumping, then you need to check yourself into the hospital.

Eschewing the current computer-fu craze, Warriors of Heaven and Earth creates some of the most hard-hitting and explosive martial arts scenes this reviewer has seen in quite a while. When that's combined with tight story-telling, you have the makings of something that's (hopefully) going to be considered a classic a few years down the line after more people have had the opportunity to take in this excellent motion picture.

Screen:Sep 18th ,2005 2:30 pm

www.dotmedia.us/warriors.htm

[PacinG]

wow, so its not just canada but los angeles as well......
too bad about zhao dan...... a great talent just went to waste.....