I never know how to describe Ashes of Time. The first–and probably last–time I tried, I describe it as a mix of Magnolia and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. As difficult as it is to describe, it’s got to be impossible to advertise–a character-based martial arts film, where fight scenes lack any visceral impact. Wong stylizes […]
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Ashes of Time (1994, Wong Kar-wai), the redux edition
November 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tagged: HKFM Releasing· Louis Cha· Maggie Cheung· Tony Leung Chiu Wai· Tony Leung Ka-fai· Wong Kar-wai· ★★★★
Clean (2004, Olivier Assayas)
August 14th, 2005 · 1 Comment
Clean answers a number of burning questions. Burning to someone, just not me.
1) Olivier Assayas is an excellent director.
2) Olivier Assayas is a terrible writer.
3) Maggie Cheung cannot act in English.
4) Maggie Cheung cannot sing in English.
5) Nick Nolte can survive anything.
I was surprised by numbers 1 and 3. Not so much by the rest.
After creating such […]
Tagged: Maggie Cheung· Nick Nolte· Olivier Assayas· Palm Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ



