"I suspect Sam has a mole in the department." Janus Films has revealed a new 4K restoration trailer for an iconic Hong King crime trilogy titled Infernal Affairs, best known as the film series that was remade into Martin Scorsese's Oscar winning film The Departed. Many cinephiles are already familiar with these films, but if you haven't watched them yet, Criterion Collection is re-releasing them as a Blu-ray box set later this year after they re-open in theaters first. A blockbuster in Asia, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s groundbreaking policier saga traded the high-octane ballistics of earlier Hong Kong films for a cooler, crisper style and a head-spinning plot full of twists that forever changed the genre. A must see set of films!! New 4K restoration from the original camera negatives was carried out by L'Immagine Ritrovata Asia. Presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The original...
- 8/29/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Let’s get this out-of-the-way. This new film from China has nothing to do with the Oscar-winning 1970’s classic Coming Home from director Hal Ashby. Mind you, there have been Asian remakes of English language films such as the Blood Simple (the Coen brothers’ first flick) inspiring A Woman, A Gun, And A Noodle Shop. This cinematic adaptation of a celebrated novel begins during the most repressive era of the Mao regime (perhaps when “Red China” was the most crimson), when the country had cut almost all ties with the West. It looks back at how the political climate was tearing families apart as the trio at this story’s center learns that all their problems do not end after the reunion in Coming Home.
The film begins sometime during those turbulent 1960’s. Teenager Dan Dan (Huiwen Zhang) is focused on rehearsing for the upcoming auditions for the ballet celebrating the military,...
The film begins sometime during those turbulent 1960’s. Teenager Dan Dan (Huiwen Zhang) is focused on rehearsing for the upcoming auditions for the ballet celebrating the military,...
- 10/1/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Gong-Li stars opposite Daoming Chen in Yimou Zhang‘s Coming Home, a film that follows a couple torn apart during the Cultural Revolution in China during the late 60s and early 70s. Gong-Li On ‘Coming Home’ “During the Cultural Revolution, the main subject or main group that was targeted was cultural figures – so university professors, […]
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The post Gong-Li On ‘Coming Home,’ The Cultural Revolution In China [Exclusive Video] appeared first on uInterview.
- 9/9/2015
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Editor’S Note: This is a capsule review. The full review will be released once the film hits theatres.
As accomplished in the world of spectacular visuals as he is intimate character dramas, Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest film, Coming Home, will probably go down as a minor entry in his career. It lacks most of the grandiose color and choreography of works like House of Flying Daggers, and doesn’t develop the kind of complicated, interpersonal ecosystem you’d find in Raise the Red Lantern. But Yimou’s latest is nonetheless an affecting pocket magnum of a melodrama: it looks small and hits big.
Opening during the final years of China’s Cultural Revolution, the film stars Daoming Chen as Lu, a political dissident separated from his wife, Yu (Gong Li), and daughter, Dandan (Zhang Huiwen), for more than a decade. After a jailbreak and short reconciliation, Lu...
As accomplished in the world of spectacular visuals as he is intimate character dramas, Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest film, Coming Home, will probably go down as a minor entry in his career. It lacks most of the grandiose color and choreography of works like House of Flying Daggers, and doesn’t develop the kind of complicated, interpersonal ecosystem you’d find in Raise the Red Lantern. But Yimou’s latest is nonetheless an affecting pocket magnum of a melodrama: it looks small and hits big.
Opening during the final years of China’s Cultural Revolution, the film stars Daoming Chen as Lu, a political dissident separated from his wife, Yu (Gong Li), and daughter, Dandan (Zhang Huiwen), for more than a decade. After a jailbreak and short reconciliation, Lu...
- 9/4/2014
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
You can't really tell much from this first trailer for Zhang Yimou's Coming Home, which was announced as one of the out of competition titles at this year's Cannes Film Festival (see the lineup here), but combined with the following description for Yahn Geling's novel, "The Criminal Lu Yanshi ", from which the film is based you may be able to put things together: Chinese-American writer Yan Geling published her new book, entitled "Inmate Lu Yanshi", in which she explores the spiritual world and life experiences of intellectuals from the past. Born in Shanghai with a silver spoon in his mouth, Lu Yanshi is disappointed with his arranged marriage. He goes to the United States to study and returns to teach at universities. During the political campaigns of the early 1950s, he is condemned as an anti-revolutionary and sentenced to life imprisonment in the country's northwestern wilderness. Lu gradually realizes how...
- 4/17/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Cloud Atlas is certainly the most ambitious of this week’s titles. With a budget of over $100,000,000, the film is one of the most expensive independent films made to date. Nominated for a Golden Globe award, the film involves cast members playing multiple roles, covering different time periods, races and even sexes, and was shot with two separate but parallel filming units, with unique crews for each. On Demand DVD New Releases May 13-19 Back to 1942 A deadly drought in 1942 takes its toll on central China’s Henan province during the war against Japan. Tim Robbins, Adrien Brody, Daoming Chen (Nr, 2:15) [...]
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- 5/13/2013
- by Meredith Ennis
- ChannelGuideMag
The Hollywood Reporter brings word of some interesting casting as Christian Bale seems to have found himself a film to work on before donning the Batsuit one last time in The Dark Knight Rises. Bale has been cast in Zhang Yimou's next film to be titled Nanjing Heroes the director announced today.
Nanjing Heroes will be based on the short story by Chinese author Yan Geling, "13 Prostitutes of Jinling," centering on the Nanjing Massacre, when Japanese troops killed thousands of Chinese citizens in what was then the nation's capital in 1937. Bale will play John, a priest who helps a great number of Chinese escape certain death.
Yimou is probably best known stateside for Hero, which starred Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Donnie Yen, Chen Dao Ming, Maggie Cheung and Byung-hun Lee, but Nanjing Heroes will be the director's biggest budget feature yet. The Hollywood Reporter says the...
Nanjing Heroes will be based on the short story by Chinese author Yan Geling, "13 Prostitutes of Jinling," centering on the Nanjing Massacre, when Japanese troops killed thousands of Chinese citizens in what was then the nation's capital in 1937. Bale will play John, a priest who helps a great number of Chinese escape certain death.
Yimou is probably best known stateside for Hero, which starred Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Donnie Yen, Chen Dao Ming, Maggie Cheung and Byung-hun Lee, but Nanjing Heroes will be the director's biggest budget feature yet. The Hollywood Reporter says the...
- 12/22/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
DVD Playhouse—September 2009
By
Allen Gardner
The Human Condition (Criterion) Masaki Kobayashi’s epic (574 minutes) adaptation of Junpei Gomikawa’s six-volume novel was originally made and released as three separate films (1959-61), and is rightfully regarded as a landmark of Japanese cinema. Candide-like story of naïve, good-hearted Kaiji (Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai) from labor camp supervisor, to Imperial Army solider, to Soviet Pow, and Kaiji’s struggle to maintain his humanity throughout. Unfolds with the mastery of a great novel, beautifully-shot, and a stunning example of cinematic mastery on the part of its makers. Four-disc set bonuses include: Interview with Kobayashi; Interview with Nakadai; Featurette; Trailer; Essay by critic Philip Kemp. Widescreen. Dolby 3.0 surround.
State Of Play (Universal) Russell Crowe stars as a veteran Washington D.C. political reporter investigating the murder of an aide to a rising congressional star (Ben Affleck), who also happens to be an old friend.
By
Allen Gardner
The Human Condition (Criterion) Masaki Kobayashi’s epic (574 minutes) adaptation of Junpei Gomikawa’s six-volume novel was originally made and released as three separate films (1959-61), and is rightfully regarded as a landmark of Japanese cinema. Candide-like story of naïve, good-hearted Kaiji (Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai) from labor camp supervisor, to Imperial Army solider, to Soviet Pow, and Kaiji’s struggle to maintain his humanity throughout. Unfolds with the mastery of a great novel, beautifully-shot, and a stunning example of cinematic mastery on the part of its makers. Four-disc set bonuses include: Interview with Kobayashi; Interview with Nakadai; Featurette; Trailer; Essay by critic Philip Kemp. Widescreen. Dolby 3.0 surround.
State Of Play (Universal) Russell Crowe stars as a veteran Washington D.C. political reporter investigating the murder of an aide to a rising congressional star (Ben Affleck), who also happens to be an old friend.
- 9/26/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Quentin Tarantino gets lots of credit for creating pop-culture purees with each of his films. He takes from countless sources of media old and new and combines them into something interesting. Tarantino has another talent though. He has an eye for knowing which films deserve a chance. Bring Hero into the equation and you realize just how good Tarantino’s eye for aesthetic brilliance really is. The rich vibrant colors, the beautiful choreography and a magnificently told story make Hero one of the most gorgeous and luscious films to ever come across the sea from China.
Before the Great Wall of China could be built, an emperor had to conquer and unite all of the kingdoms in the land. Consequently, it’s a time of great turmoil with towns being burned and many people dying in the process. For all the good such change can bring through unity, the side...
Before the Great Wall of China could be built, an emperor had to conquer and unite all of the kingdoms in the land. Consequently, it’s a time of great turmoil with towns being burned and many people dying in the process. For all the good such change can bring through unity, the side...
- 9/24/2009
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Chicago – Attention martial arts fans, Buena Vista Home Video recently released a wave of martial arts films on Blu-Ray under the title “The Ultimate Force of Four” box set, including one of Jet Li’s best films, the spectacular “Hero,” from director Zhang Yimou. “Hero” is easily the highlight of the quartet of recent HD releases but “Iron Monkey,” “The Legend of Drunken Master,” and “Zatoichi” will all satisfy fans in 1080p (as long as they’re not purists about audio tracks).
Three of the four titles are merely HD imports of special features and films already available on standard DVD. The exception is “Hero,” which includes an all-new featurette and a digital copy, but is actually one of the most divisive Blu-Rays of the year. Miramax/Buena Vista has made the baffling choice to include a higher caliber quality of audio for the dubbed tracks on “Hero,” “Iron Monkey,...
Three of the four titles are merely HD imports of special features and films already available on standard DVD. The exception is “Hero,” which includes an all-new featurette and a digital copy, but is actually one of the most divisive Blu-Rays of the year. Miramax/Buena Vista has made the baffling choice to include a higher caliber quality of audio for the dubbed tracks on “Hero,” “Iron Monkey,...
- 9/21/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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