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Jamaica
Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 419 Location: Lexington, KY United States
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:07 am Post subject: ....and A Little More on Grandmasters' Release |
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http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-gets-closer-as-wong-kar-wais-the-grandmaster-gets-december-18th-chinese-release-date-20120417
It's five years since the last film from the great Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai. It's eight since his last Chinese-language film, "2046." And depending on your tolerance for the latter, it's twelve since his last great film, "In The Mood For Love." But Kar-Wai has such a hugely impressive body of work behind him -- from "Ashes Of Time" to "Chungking Express" -- that anything he does will have a fever-pitch of anticipation behind it, and that only seems to get greater the longer he takes with his latest project, "The Grandmaster."
A biopic of legendary martial artist Ip Man (Tony Leung), a legendary master of Wing Chun who taught Bruce Lee, among many others, the film also stars Zhang Ziyi, Chen Chang and Song Hye-Ko and began filming two-and-a-half years ago, in December 2009. But in true Wong fashion, the epic shoot lasted for nearly two years, on-and-off (shooting was still taking place late last year and there is more to come -- more on that in a moment). There was no sign of the film at Cannes last year, and all we have to prove that the film actually exists is a teaser trailer that premiered nearly 18 months ago.
But recently, signs have started to arrive that we might be seeing the film before the year is out, with Chinese distributor Bona Film revealing that it should land at the end of 2012, and rumors that an official Chinese release date would be revealed imminently. And indeed it has been, as Kevin Ma (@TheGoldenRock), a writer for the site LoveHKFilm, has received the official announcement from the distributor that the film will hit mainland China on December 18, 2012, over three years after filming got underway .
This probably means that U.S. audiences will not get to see it before 2013: Wong's films have traditionally opened in China long before they come to the West, and while Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures has the rights, there's no distributor proper attached at present (although the Weinstein Company would probably be a good bet, given the close relationship between the two companies). If we're very lucky, we may get a brief Academy-qualifying run, as Zhang Yimou's "The Flowers Of War" did last year, but even that's likely to be touch-and-go.
While this announcement is curiously close to Thursday's reveal of the Cannes Film Festival line-up, don't hold your breath for the "The Grandmasters" making an appearance even if the last four films from Wong Kar-Wai had their premiere there. Reports out of Asian media in recent days have revealed that the last round of filming on "The Grandmaster" will take place in May, pretty much ruling out any trip to the south of France. So in short, looks like we won't be seeing this for ourselves until 2013. _________________ "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx |
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Jamaica
Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 419 Location: Lexington, KY United States
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:08 am Post subject: |
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LOVE the picture Yitian! Great to see something new, huh? _________________ "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx |
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yitian
Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Posts: 413 Location: United States
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Jamaica for the article .
Still a long way to wait if the date is going to be really true (even this is announced by the officials at movie studios). BTW, I was amused when looked at those postmarks on the pic - locations and dates are all over the place (from 1911(?) @ Mukden to 1954 @ Hong Kong) and the date on the master/pupils pic was dated 1950.8.1. Wonder what is the significance about them. Is this film going to across half a century?
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Jamaica
Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 419 Location: Lexington, KY United States
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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I would guess the places and dates, with the picture, are there for a reason. Yip Man got around in his life, moving to Hong Kong from Foshan as a teenager, then returning to Foshan in his early twenties, and serving as a policeman. He left Foshan during the war (unlike what is depicted in "Ip Man"), returned after the war, working, again as a policeman, and then once the PRC was established, (he had served in the Kuomintang during Chinese Civil War), left for Hong Kong.
Perhaps WKW really IS going to do a true bio pic on Yip Man. I had had my doubts, from what I'd read, up till now..... but half a century can easily be crossed through Yip Man's lessons to his students, and you know how WKW loves to explore memory, and the passage of time. The exaggerated fight scene of the trailer could be an example of how Yip's students see their master's "parables" in their imagination, so there can be that mix of Yuen Woo-Ping wire-fu, and the realism of WKW, easily co-existing. What I'm wondering is if WKW is going to touch on Yip Man's opium addiction? Maybe that's where the exaggerated fight scene of the trailer comes from....? _________________ "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx |
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yitian
Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Posts: 413 Location: United States
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, Jamaica you know so much about Ip Man . I need to make it up with a book or two.
Tony and Carina both just re-transmitted the pic/announcement above on their Chinese equivalent of Twitter Accounts. Carina commented "It's up to you to believe or not (releasing date)". Tony's posting marks his first return to this account since his last one almost 2 years ago. |
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Jamaica
Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 419 Location: Lexington, KY United States
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:51 am Post subject: |
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"Wow, Jamaica you know so much about Ip Man."
It's simply the magic of Wikipedia! (Although I do love Donnie Yen's "Ip Man" movies - not to mention Jet Li's Wong Fei Hung flicks. Both Ip Man and Wong Fei Hung were from Fo Shan.)
Lol! Loved Carina's comment about the release date. I think her husband has been held hostage long enough! _________________ "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx |
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Safran
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1322 Location: Austria
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:00 am Post subject: |
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Thank you very much for sharing good news Yitian ( beautiful pic !) and Jamaica (Ip Man specialist )....our busy and well informed fellows from US |
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Jamaica
Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 419 Location: Lexington, KY United States
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Don't know about you guys, but I really liked how this Daily Motion poster put this particular music with the trailer for "The Grandmasters." I think it really presents the scenes in a more dynamic fashion than the music actually being used. (Yes, it's kinda cheesy, hip-hop is overused, but the defined beat, mixed with the traditional Asian music, added to the images, gives the traditional story a modern energy. I loved the score RZA gave Jim Jarmusch's "Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai" film. It worked wonderfully! I think this does, too. Certainly more interesting than the actual music used in the trailer - this makes the images pop off the screen.)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkc2gw_wong-kar-wai-the-grandmasters-trailer-2013_shortfilms _________________ "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
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yitian
Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Posts: 413 Location: United States
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 6:49 am Post subject: |
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The Grandmasters poster @ 2012 Cannes.
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Safran
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1322 Location: Austria
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:18 am Post subject: |
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.......a poster - at least |
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In The Mood For Leung
Joined: 13 Jan 2010 Posts: 237 Location: State of Nirvana, USA
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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If not an appearance, at least an advertisement...
And what a grand poster!
I love the slogan. I wonder if it's an Ip Man quote or just a production tagline.
Thanks yitian for the massive photo |
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Safran
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yitian
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Cannes Planning Surprise Screening Of Non-Fest Films; What’s On The List?
By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday, 22 May 2012 UK
EXCLUSIVE: In a move that would amount to the Cannes Film Festival‘s very own clip reel of unfinished upcoming movies, Deadline has heard that a screening of footage from select films will take place in an official venue on Thursday. Details are scarce, but pics that could be in the surprise pack include Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Impossible, the tsunami movie starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts, and Wong Kar Wai’s martial arts bio The Grandmasters. Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained and Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master might also be included, although the Weinsteins showed footage from those films last night. Other films are expected to be in the mix for what we hear will be an hourlong showing that will be open to all accredited fest attendees. This is a new move for the festival and could drum up some extra heat. The screening, Deadline understands, will take place at the Salle du Soixantičme — the same venue where the roof was damaged by heavy winds the other day. Only this time, the festival will look to blow the roof off on purpose.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/cannes-film-festival-surprise-screenings-the-impossible-the-grandmasters/ |
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Safran
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1322 Location: Austria
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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.......Fortunately the weather is getting better/sunny again, on Cote d´Azur ....(and besides: Wind and rain wouldn´t worry a Grandmaster ) |
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Frances Chan
Joined: 17 Dec 2010 Posts: 74 Location: Vietnam
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 1:40 am Post subject: |
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Eager for watching the final Grand Master . Here is a piece of news comes out lately, I don't know Chinese so only enjoying the fresh photo of Zhang Zi Yi as much as possible . Wong Kar Wai has just published it. http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2012-05-25/07073639603.shtml _________________ Nothing remains the same forever! (from "Fallen Angels" - 1995) |
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