We continue our look at the must-not-miss films of this year's Festival! 6. Dying in a Hospital A powerful, subtle meditation by the late, great Jun Ichikawa on the meaning of life and death. This 1993 film has rarely been seen since, and now audiences in Hong Kong can once more experience the late master's brilliance.
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1. The Good, the Bad, the Weird
A rip-roaring thrill ride through Manchuria in the blockbuster Korean Western.3:00pm on April 10 at HK Cultural Centre2.Religulous One of the top–grossing documentaries of all time in America to p...Read more
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Seriously, I haven’t done this in a long time, since you’ve asked, here we go, my daily screening schedule with one liner comments:
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大學生向來被視為香港國際電影節主要客源,事實上,電影節亦吸引了平日較少入場的50代觀眾群。上星期天看《阿房》(日文原名為《穿過那木戶之後》),以「市川崑美學」掛帥,中井貴一、淺野裕子、岸田今日子、Frankie堺等等豪華陣容,即教一批成熟影迷乖乖朝拜,戲院內以中年人士為主。
先說影片由來,原是High Vision (即現時的高清或HD)電視電影,故以「正統派」的日劇手法拍攝,在當地只在衛星電視台播放過一次,僅於九三年從高清母帶轉成菲林,參展威尼斯影展及鹿特丹電影節,此後便消聲匿跡,被譽為「幻之逸品」...Read more
ROUGH CUT!
Su-ta is an action star who is famous for his gangster roles, but when he injures his co-star, in walks Gang-pae, a rising star in the criminal underworld obsessed with the movies. This time, the punches are REAL! One last screening on April 6th, 7.15pm at the HK Cultural Centre, only at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival.
$9.99
What is the meaning of life? Through br...Read more
There is a certain pleasure in being official blogger for the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival. It's given me access to some of the most private parties being held this year. Best thing of all is that I get to share some of the happenings on the ground with you guys!This past week, I was at the Celebration Party of the 25th Anniversary of Film Workshop. And of course there were stars. Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia, John Woo, Wu Bai... And personalities from the most fertile period of Hong Kong Cinema, Eric Tsang, Philip Chan, Alfred Cheung, ...Read more
And Time weaves ribbons of memories, to sweeten life when youth is through...- Pippin, the MusicalSeveral days ago, the 33rd HKIFF hosted the Gala Premiere of Wong Kar Wai's Ashes of Time Redux. Now before we get this blog underway, please let me grovel in the dirt, on behalf of the Society, to all the great and patient members of the public who had to suffer a long and arduous delay because of the Gala Premiere ceremonies.That being said, perhaps they might be mollified by this exclusive clip of the tribute video that was screened tha...Read more
Believe it or not the HKIFF profile has already been tagged almost 100 times in user submitted photos!
Of course we want to share morephotos from HKIFF's events with everyone, so we've extended the submission dead...Read more
文化中心「天命暗流:英瑪褒曼多媒體展覽」中,在瑞典運送而來的人工電視樹旁,給「電影節目辦事處」副經理王勛先生撞個正著,他二話不說把我手上的「褒曼特刊」據為己有。他是全港數一數二的歐洲片專家,兩位已逝去的大師安東尼奧尼及褒曼作品全看過,連影碟亦全儲齊。prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /
問:「會看《褒曼的小島》嗎?」
王勛:「Criterion Collection很快會出版,但就想看那些難得的短片…」
褒曼對當代影畫藝術影響深遠,要寫出來不得了,不如簡單找...Read more
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