Sponsor |  Gaz-W | Apr 14, 2005 10:28am | Not seen too many truely great Asian films so far, anyone got any hot tips for to check out.
So far I've watched several Chow Yun Fat, the best being Harboiled, Old Boy which is an excellent film and just recently Azumi and Hero, both I enjoyed. |
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Sponsor | | sullenboy | Apr 14, 2005 11:59am | | There is some great stuff coming out of Thailand lately-try Last Life in the Universe, one of the best I've seen recently. I think Miike's Visitor Q is some sort of twisted masterpiece but definitely an acquired taste like all of his films. House of Flying Daggers is one of the most beautiful films to look at in quite awhile. Also John Woo's epic Bullet in the Head which doesn't get the acclaim it deserves. |
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Sponsor | | Gaz-W | Apr 15, 2005 12:52pm | | Cheers i'll watch out for those :-) |
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Sponsor | | dragonhead | Apr 16, 2005 5:58am | | Korea seems to be where it's at. Anyone seen "The Warrior"? |
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Sponsor | | Bastian | Apr 16, 2005 4:08pm | | Not here, who's director there? Year? |
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Sponsor | | dragonhead | Apr 16, 2005 4:13pm | imdb.com/title/tt0275083/ [imdb.com/title/tt0275083/]
Directed by Sung-Su Kim and featuring the omnipresent and lovely Zhang Ziyi, (as most films seem to these days lol).
It's an historical epic, incredibly beautifully photographed, brilliantly acted, with real emotion in the characters. And some bloody excellent fights!
It's as if Kurosawa directed Gladiator. |
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Sponsor | | Bastian | Apr 17, 2005 10:40pm | A must see Korean film is "3 Iron" by Kim Ki Duk. He's more known around the world for the delicacy of "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring once more", but 3 Iron is a far superior piece.
It's not a wild film, is slow paced and little spoken, but has a haunting beauty that pulls one's attention from the beggining to the end of it. The plot is about a young man who enters other people's empty houses, but only to spend one night without doing any harm. In one moment, he flees one house with a beaten wife. No clichés in this film whatsoever. |
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Sponsor | | KingBoy | Apr 28, 2005 4:02am | I like a lot of wild Asian cinema, from Hong Kong martial arts to extreme Japanese horror. Old Boy looks great; I've not seen it yet though.
Takashi Miike and Takeshi Kitano ("Beat" Takeshi) are personal favourites, though they approach the subject of violence in profoundly different ways. |
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| | | Raug | Apr 30, 2005 8:09am | Good japanese films are "Battle Royale", "GO", "2LDK", "Samurai Fiction" and most movies from Sabu, especially "Drive". Oh, "Hana-Bi" is also great.
These films consist just the ones I've seen, there are of course a lot mroe good ones out there ;) |
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Sponsor | | dragonhead | May 3, 2005 8:32am | | I saw "2046" the other day. Incredibly beautiful. Not sure it quite achieved what is was aiming at, but stunning to look at. |
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