Lust, Caution heads to Toronto International Film Festival

[sparkles_n15]

Hi summertime,

I made it to the Lust Caution screening Sunday morning! I was outside (in the rain) in the rush line at 7:30am. The film was amazing but I was so disappointed when nobody showed up to introduce the film. I was hoping that Tony would come at the end for Q&A, but he didn't.

While waiting in the rush line I saw a black SUV pull up, so thinking it might be Tony I went and got a closer look. I was utterly disappointed when David Schwimmer stepped out instead!

I even waited around his hotel for 2hrs, but all I saw was a grumpy looking Sean Penn. Sigh.

At least the movie was awesome!

[linda]

Hi summertime,
Thanks for your report..lucky you on seeing Tony!

[linda]

Hi sparkles_n15,
Sorry you didn't get to see Tony after all your efforts, I was disappointed myself that I didn't get to see Tony either when he came to NY.
As Info said, persistence is key....hopefully we will all get to meet Tony some day

[summertime]

Hi sparkles_n15,

Yeah, it's too bad about the Q&A. In the past, Ang Lee came and did the Q&A's for the 2nd showings.

LOL - David Schwimmer and Sean Penn - not bad sightings though LOL



Hi linda,

You're welcome, and my pleasure



Hi superelva

I'm not the best person to answer that question.



I saw an offbeat Hong Kong film called The Exodus directed by Pang Ho Cheung and starring Simon Yam. It was a world premiere, and it's about a cop who begins to suspect that there's a syndicate of women with the mission to kill all the men in the world LOL

I really liked the look of the film. The director was there for a Q&A, and it was the best Q&A so far because the director gave very complete answers. He spoke in Cantonese, and there was an interpreter present. He said it was his first time in Canada - he seemed to be an offbeat character himself, and was very funny at times.

[Info]

Tony arrived Hong Kong today, and he would meet the press at the airport tomorrow before heading back to Beijing to continue the shooting of <Red Cliff>.

[superelva]

Dear Info,
Thx for your notice ^0^

Dear Summertime
Thx for your reply ^0^

[summertime]

Hi Eri

I must have missed your earlier reply.

Yes, it was disappointing about the Q&A, but I wasn't surprised, and had realistic expectations going in. A lot of the times, it's just the director that attends the subsequent screenings and does the Q&A.

The humour in Lust, Caution wasn't slapstick like in a lot of Hong Kong films - I think it was just very early in the morning. But the Friday night audience laughed in certain places that the Sunday morning audience didn't. I'm thinking of a couple of scenes - it likely had something to do with the energy of the room, and the timing of the jumps to a certain reaction shot and a certain subtitle.

I saw a Japanese film that I really liked called A Gentle Breeze in the Village directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita, who also directed Linda, Linda, Linda, which I absolutely loved when I saw it at a prior TIFF - so funny. Sometimes you need some lightness during the fest.

Oh yes, something else that I remember Ang Lee saying at the Lust, Caution screening. He mentioned that the film was long, and that he hoped everyone had already gone to the washroom

I also watched Blood Brothers, and saw Chang Chen and Daniel Wu walk into Roy Thomson Hall. Chang Chen took a pic with the girl standing next to me - he looks exactly the same in real life as on screen, and Daniel Wu certainly is tall. The film itself was okay.

I ended up seeing 27 films in total, and was ready to fall over by the end of the festival. Guess I've got in my quota of films for the year LOL

[Eri]

[Marie]

Hi Summertime,