Post by lovevicki on Mar 1, 2005 10:33:11 GMT 7
[glow=red,2,300]The 29th Hongkong International Film Festival[/glow]
With the 100th anniversary of Chinese Cinema this year, the HKIFF, rather than back-peddling, looks at the present, and therefore, future state of Chinese filmmaking. If the works today are anything to go by, the future seems assured. Over on the mainland, output is rising, and there is splendid diversity from mainstream entertainment to the “don’t give a nuts, I do it my way” school of filmmaking. Upholding veritable traditions, challenging hegemonies, even tackling tough historical questions, they are all distinguished by an unflagging love for movies. A feast for moviemaniacs is in the making.
[glow=red,2,300]A Time to Love[/glow]
Director: Huo Jianqi
Cast: Vicki Zhao, Lu Yi
China 2005 Colour Putonghua 113 min
There´s a time to live, and there´s a time to die. Strangely, Hou Jia and Qu Ran decide on the former, forgoing the tragic suicides of Romeo & Juliet that they so closely resemble. Verona, then, is a Chinese city within the midst of the Cultural Revolution, while their families are similarly feuding. Only through Shakespeare do hopes persist, as they wait for the time in which generations of animosity become buried and forgotten. Twelve years would come to pass...could they hold fast to the ideal of their youthful idealism? For certain, red-hot Vicki Zhao is rendered with glorious sun-dappled nostalgia, while the achingly romantic soundtrack will waft your heart away.
26CT3M3
Date: 26-Mar-2005
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: HK City Hall Theatre
05CP4M3
Date: 05-Apr-2005
Time: 4:00 PM
Venue: UA Cityplaza
www.hkiff.org.hk/hkiff29/eng/prog/show_detail.php?se_code=chi&fi_code=107
With the 100th anniversary of Chinese Cinema this year, the HKIFF, rather than back-peddling, looks at the present, and therefore, future state of Chinese filmmaking. If the works today are anything to go by, the future seems assured. Over on the mainland, output is rising, and there is splendid diversity from mainstream entertainment to the “don’t give a nuts, I do it my way” school of filmmaking. Upholding veritable traditions, challenging hegemonies, even tackling tough historical questions, they are all distinguished by an unflagging love for movies. A feast for moviemaniacs is in the making.
[glow=red,2,300]A Time to Love[/glow]
Director: Huo Jianqi
Cast: Vicki Zhao, Lu Yi
China 2005 Colour Putonghua 113 min
There´s a time to live, and there´s a time to die. Strangely, Hou Jia and Qu Ran decide on the former, forgoing the tragic suicides of Romeo & Juliet that they so closely resemble. Verona, then, is a Chinese city within the midst of the Cultural Revolution, while their families are similarly feuding. Only through Shakespeare do hopes persist, as they wait for the time in which generations of animosity become buried and forgotten. Twelve years would come to pass...could they hold fast to the ideal of their youthful idealism? For certain, red-hot Vicki Zhao is rendered with glorious sun-dappled nostalgia, while the achingly romantic soundtrack will waft your heart away.
26CT3M3
Date: 26-Mar-2005
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: HK City Hall Theatre
05CP4M3
Date: 05-Apr-2005
Time: 4:00 PM
Venue: UA Cityplaza
www.hkiff.org.hk/hkiff29/eng/prog/show_detail.php?se_code=chi&fi_code=107