Asian Films

[tapestrybabe]

So like recently i've started getting into buying Asian films. I just recently watched ChungKing Express and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon And man, i enjoyed both of them A LOT!!! I plan on purchasing Fallen Angels next.. and perhaps My Sassy Girl-- a Korean film, but i hear that movie is over rated.. so I'm not sure yet...

Anyways, if anyone has any Asian films that they would like to recommend... i would love to view your list...

[Shuriken]

Originally posted by tapestrybabe@Sep 8 2002, 02:00 AM
Anyways, if anyone has any Asian films that they would like to recommend... i would love to view your list...
If I were going to suggest some Asian movies, I would recommend:


A PAGE OF MADNESS (Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japan, 1927)
THE GODDESS (Yu Yonggang, China, 1934)
RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1950)
TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan, 1953)
UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1953)
THE SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1954)
PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray, India, 1955)
THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1957)
HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (Alain Resnais, France/ Japan, 1959)
THE STORY OF APU (Satyajit Ray, India, 1959)
HARAKIRI (a.k.a. Seppuku, Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1962)
ONIBABA (Kaneto Shindo, Japan, 1963)
WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan, 1964)
KWAIDAN (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1965)
BRANDED TO KILL (Seijun Suzuki, Japan, 1967)
DEATH BY HANGING (Nagisa Oshima, Japan, 1968)
INFERNO OF FIRST LOVE (Susumu Hani, Japan, 1968)
THE HUMAN BULLET (Kihachi Okamoto, Japan, 1968)
A TOUCH OF ZEN (King Hu, Hong Kong/Taiwan, 1969)
FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES (Toshio Matsumoto, Japan, 1969)
EROS PLUS MASSACRE (Yoshishige Yoshida, Japan, 1969)
THE CHINESE CONNECTION (a.k.a. Fist of Fury, Luo Wei, Hong Kong, 1972)
MANILA (Lino Brocka, Philippines, 1975)
IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (Nagisa Oshima, France/Japan, 1976)
PERFUMED NIGHTMARE (Kidlat Tahimik, Philippines, 1977)
THE ABANDONED FIELD — FREE-FIRE ZONE (Hong Sen Nguyen, Vietnam, 1979)
SANS SOLIEL (Chris Marker, France/Japan, 1982)
YELLOW EARTH (Chen Kaige, China, 1984)
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (Paul Schrader, U.S.A./Japan, 1985)
THE HORSE THIEF (Tian Zhuangzhuang, China, 1985)
PEKING OPERA BLUES (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong, 1986)
RED SORGHUM (Zhang Yimou, China, 1987)
A STORY OF THE WIND (Joris Ivens, France/China, 1988)
A TERRA-COTTA WARRIOR (Ching Siu-Tung, Hong Kong, 1990)
ACTRESS (a.k.a. Centre Stage, Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong, 1991)
SUPERCOP 2 (a.k.a. Project S, Stanley Tong, Hong Kong, 1992)
SOPYONJE (Im Kwon-Taek, South Korea, 1993)
THE EAST IS RED (a.k.a. Swordsman III, Ching Siu-Tung, Hong Kong, 1990)
THE WEDDING BANQUET (Ang Lee, U.S.A./Taiwan, 1993)
CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong, 1994)
TEMPTRESS MOON (Chen Kaige, China/Taiwan/Hong Kong, 1995)
FALLEN ANGELS (Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong, 1995)
MOTEL CACTUS (Park Ki-Yong, South Korea, 1997)
FIREWORKS (a.k.a. Hana-Bi, Takeshi Kitano, Japan, 1998)
SUZHOU RIVER (Lou Ye, China, 2000)


But TapestryBabe never takes my advice... ;)

[karizma]

>> in the mood for love by wong kar wai was pretty well done =).

[SunWuKong]

I'm going to do this by directors. I recommend these films by my four favorite directors (not a complete list of their films), with * next to the must-sees and ** for my favorites of the specific directors. All of these four people have very distinctive styles.


Wong Kar Wai
In the Mood for Love *
Happy Together
Fallen Angels **
Chungking Express
Ashes of Time
Days of Being Wild *
As Tears Go By

Wong Kar Wai's films are very visually stunning. He doesn't just tell a story by going from one plotline to the next. He moves you emotionally with his visuals and sounds. He doesn't even use a script for his films anymore. The actors just show up and he tells them what they need to do in whatever scene they happen to be doing. Alot of actors have said that it can be very difficult working with him because they never even know what the hell the story is actually about during the filming. Fallen Angels is my favorite film of all time. It's about how people in HK (or any crowded city for that matter) are so crowded together physically but yet so emotionally apart. If anybody wants to know what I think of life in general, watch this film. I don't think anybody else can characterize loneliness and desolution as well as Wong Kar Wai. He is my absolute favorite director and pretty much an inspiration for me.

Zhang Yimou
The Road Home (Zhang Ziyi's first film, by the way)
Not One Less *
To Live **
The Story of Qiu Ju
Raise the Red Lantern *
Ju Dou
Red Sorghum

Zhang Yimou started out as a photographer, so in alot of his films, you'll see some very beautiful shots and some great use of colors. Many of his films have been very controversial and banned in China because they indirectly criticize the government. To Live actually became unbanned in China because the government was embarrassed that such an internationally beloved film was banned in China. Not One Less speaks volumes for his directing ability because he went to a remote village and got the villagers to play the roles on that film. The entire cast was made up of people who were not actors and had never acted before - and he won awards for it, including Best Film in the Venice Film Festival.


Ann Hui
July Rhapsody *
Ordinary Heroes **
Eighteen Springs
Summer Snow *
Song of Exile
Boat People (in case anybody's interested to know, this is Andy Lau's first film, before he even became a TV star in the early 80s)

In my own opinion, Ann Hui is probably one of only two directors in HK that can manage to have deep political/social meanings in her films and yet receive a wide following (the other is Fruit Chan). She is absolutely excellent in exploring people's relationships with each other and somehow integrate that with the powerful social surroundings that she puts her characters into. Ordinary Heroes is probably the only non-documentary film in HK that talks about the history of political activism in HK (and believe me, nobody in HK gives a shit about politics), and she somehow managed to weave it all into a part of the characters' relationships with each other.

Peter Chan
Comrades: Almost a Love Story **
He's a Woman, She's a Man *
Tom, Dick, and Harry
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father

I now have to admit to everybody that one of my favorite directors is a master of the chick flick. Yes, that is what Peter Chan is great at doing and that's what his films are. But actually Comrades: Almost a Love Story, the film that really made Peter Chan one of my favorites, is more than just a chick flick. It explores the way that people in mainland China emigrates to Hong Kong, and the way that people in Hong Kong emigrates to the U.S. This film is also a tribute to a great Chinese singer, Teresa Teng, who had suddenly died of a severe asthma attack the year before this film was made.



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[SunWuKong]

damn it! those jokers at www.hkmdb.com (http://www.hkmdb.com) (hong kong movie database) made a database of korean films made since 2000 (http://www.krmdb.com/ (http://www.krmdb.com/index.b5.shtml))... but it's only in chinese! if hkmdb has an english version why didn't they make krmdb with an english version? what the hell are they thinking... hopefully the site is a work in progress. anyway for those of you who can read chinese, you can check it out.

anyway tapestrybabe, here are some great korean films i've seen in the past year or two. i watched all these with english subtitles. i'm sure you can find those versions at www.yesasia.com (http://www.yesasia.com).

My Sassy Girlfriend (i love this film)
My Wife is a Gangster
One Fine Spring Day
JSA
I Wish I Had a Wife
La Belle (well... this is really just a movie with lots of sex...)
Il Mare


but alas i will no longer be able to watch any more korean films. at least not in the theaters because i am no longer in HK.



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[tapestrybabe]

Wow, i gotta lot of titles to choose from now!! Thanks everyone for all your input!! I greatly appreciate it!!

[Shuriken]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Sep 8 2002, 08:20 AM
I'm going to do this by directors.
Nice comments, SWK. Thanks for taking the time to write them.

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Sep 8 2002, 12:20 AM
In the Mood for Love *

Am I the only one who thought In the Mood for Love was just a hyped-up, cinematography orgy-fest? Certainly Wong Kar Wai practically invented brilliant, meandering plot lines...but I remember walking out of the theater very disappointed.

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@Sep 10 2002, 09:32 AM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@Sep 8 2002, 12:20 AM
In the Mood for Love *

Am I the only one who thought In the Mood for Love was just a hyped-up, cinematography orgy-fest? Certainly Wong Kar Wai practically invented brilliant, meandering plot lines...but I remember walking out of the theater very disappointed.
We didn't think it was so great either. Thought I was going to lose it if I heard that song one more time...

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Sep 10 2002, 12:45 PM
Originally posted by achtungbaby@Sep 10 2002, 09:32 AM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@Sep 8 2002, 12:20 AM
In the Mood for Love *

Am I the only one who thought In the Mood for Love was just a hyped-up, cinematography orgy-fest? Certainly Wong Kar Wai practically invented brilliant, meandering plot lines...but I remember walking out of the theater very disappointed.
We didn't think it was so great either. Thought I was going to lose it if I heard that song one more time...
bah!

Wong Kar Wai's films are an acquired taste. most people in HK actually don't like his films. people just think they're kind of pointless and they don't understand them. but he still gets alot of attention because the international film fest circles like him alot.

but yeah, WKW is all about cinematographic story-telling. kind of reminds you that you're watching a film, not reading a book.



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[achtungbaby]

I'm all for hearing funky music while a character struts in slow motion. I loved Falling Angels and Chungking Express because they told great stories *and* had tons of style...whereas I thought In the Mood... was just style.

I felt like the audience was begging to connect on a less abtsract, emotional level, even for five minutes.

[achtungbaby]

Anyway, didn't mean to go on and on...dunno if anyone's mentioned them already, but check out Farewell My Concubine and To Live...(and Raise the Red Lantern, Temptress Moon or any other movie with Gong Li).

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@Sep 10 2002, 01:51 PM
Anyway, didn't mean to go on and on...dunno if anyone's mentioned them already, but check out Farewell My Concubine and To Live...(and Raise the Red Lantern, Temptress Moon or any other movie with Gong Li).
To Live and Raise the Red Lantern were directed by Zhang Yimou. Farewell My Concubine and Temptress Moon were directed by Chen Kaige (approximately pronounced kie gay, not "cage" :)). All are good films, but I like Zhang Yimou's work better. Chen Kaige's style is slower, has a more "epic" feel to it, and definitely more complex. On the other hand, Zhang Yimou's work has been criticised as exoticising Chinese culture for the Western audience. Amongst his contemporaries (so called "Fifth Generation" of Chinese directors from mainland), his work is sometimes considered too commercial. But really, his films are hardly commercial at all, but probably only so compared to his contemporaries who all like to do "serious" films. Zhang Yimou was actually Chen Kaige's cameraman on Chen Kaige's directorial debut Yellow Earth.



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[Shuriken]

Here's an article worth checking out:


http://www.asianamericanfilm.com/columns/c...c/09-05-02.html (http://www.asianamericanfilm.com/columns/cc/09-05-02.html)

[blue__blood]

All my female friends said My Sassy Girl was boring, and all my male friends said it was amazing... so I think it's more of a film concept thing.

I would recommend watching White Out, Bounce Kogals, Tales of the Unusual 2, and My Left Eye Sees Ghosts.

[seryb]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@Sep 10 2002, 08:32 AM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@Sep 8 2002, 12:20 AM
In the Mood for Love *

Am I the only one who thought In the Mood for Love was just a hyped-up, cinematography orgy-fest? Certainly Wong Kar Wai practically invented brilliant, meandering plot lines...but I remember walking out of the theater very disappointed.
There's something about slo-mo, and those saturated colors that drives me insane about that movie. I think it's a really sexy movie.

[seryb]

Try Tampopo, it's a really funny Japanese movie about the search for the perfect bowl of Ramen.

Grave of the Fireflies is also the most depressing movie I've ever seen. If I weren't watching it with my little brother, I would have been bawling. :cry: But seeing how I was watching it with him, I ended up punching him instead to release my pent up emotions.

Seven Samurai is also a great Japanese epic story. Some points are kinda comical since it's so old, but all in all, really well done.

Bangkok Dangerous is my newest recent favorite coming out of Thailand. No one but the Pang brothers could rip off HK cinema (WKW and John Woo shoot'em up films) with such skill. I hear the UK version has an extra 37 seconds in it. I wonder what I missed seeing the American version. :unsure:

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by blue__blood@Nov 5 2002, 08:40 AM
All my female friends said My Sassy Girl was boring, and all my male friends said it was amazing... so I think it's more of a film concept thing.

I would recommend watching White Out, Bounce Kogals, Tales of the Unusual 2, and My Left Eye Sees Ghosts.
Bouce Kogals is cool
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts is funny

[ren28]

Originally posted by seryb@Nov 5 2002, 06:35 AM
Try Tampopo, it's a really funny Japanese movie about the search for the perfect bowl of Ramen.

Grave of the Fireflies is also the most depressing movie I've ever seen. If I weren't watching it with my little brother, I would have been bawling. :cry: But seeing how I was watching it with him, I ended up punching him instead to release my pent up emotions.

Seven Samurai is also a great Japanese epic story. Some points are kinda comical since it's so old, but all in all, really well done.

Bangkok Dangerous is my newest recent favorite coming out of Thailand. No one but the Pang brothers could rip off HK cinema (WKW and John Woo shoot'em up films) with such skill. I hear the UK version has an extra 37 seconds in it. I wonder what I missed seeing the American version. :unsure:
I saw Grave of Fireflies last night. Damn that movie was depressing. I had to bust out some Chris Rock stand-up before going to sleep so I would not feel depressed.

Another depressing film would be Requiem For a Dream but that's not an Asian film.

[blue__blood]

First half of My Left Eye Sees Ghost was funny but near the end, and especially at the last scene, I found it a bit sad and sweet. Kinda like My Sassy Girl I guess.

Oh yeah, watch the original Japanese Ring :P

[Chris]

In the Mood For Love
Shall We Dance
Bishonen
Scent of the Green Papaya.
The Wedding Banquet

Those of my top five, I know two of them are gay film but they were really well done!

[MellowDrama]

Honogurai Mizu no Soko Kara (Dark Water)

From the creators of the Ring, Director Hideo Nakata and Writer Koji Suzuki, this film scared, me, brought me to tears, and made me think deeply all at the same time. If you liked the Ring, you'll probably like this film even more. If you have the chance to see it on DVD (and there are subbed versions on ebay and other outlets), do it.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by Chris@Nov 5 2002, 10:33 PM
In the Mood For Love
Shall We Dance
Bishonen
Scent of the Green Papaya.
The Wedding Banquet

Those of my top five, I know two of them are gay film but they were really well done!
hahhah Bishonen and The Wedding Banquet are such typical gay favorites!
so do you drool over Daniel Wu like kasie does?

[seryb]

Originally posted by ren28@Nov 5 2002, 05:44 PM
Originally posted by seryb@Nov 5 2002, 06:35 AM
Try Tampopo, it's a really funny Japanese movie about the search for the perfect bowl of Ramen.

Grave of the Fireflies is also the most depressing movie I've ever seen. &nbsp;If I weren't watching it with my little brother, I would have been bawling. &nbsp; :cry: &nbsp; But seeing how I was watching it with him, I ended up punching him instead to release my pent up emotions.

Seven Samurai is also a great Japanese epic story. &nbsp;Some points are kinda comical since it's so old, but all in all, really well done.

Bangkok Dangerous is my newest recent favorite coming out of Thailand. &nbsp;No one but the Pang brothers could rip off HK cinema (WKW and John Woo shoot'em up films) with such skill. &nbsp;I hear the UK version has an extra 37 seconds in it. &nbsp;I wonder what I missed seeing the American version. &nbsp; :unsure:
I saw Grave of Fireflies last night. Damn that movie was depressing. I had to bust out some Chris Rock stand-up before going to sleep so I would not feel depressed.

Another depressing film would be Requiem For a Dream but that's not an Asian film.
That's why you gotta watch Grave of the Fireflies with some of your macho guy friends so you can make fun of them when they cry. :lol:

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Sep 10 2002, 04:53 PM
Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Sep 10 2002, 12:45 PM
Originally posted by achtungbaby@Sep 10 2002, 09:32 AM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@Sep 8 2002, 12:20 AM
In the Mood for Love *

Am I the only one who thought In the Mood for Love was just a hyped-up, cinematography orgy-fest? Certainly Wong Kar Wai practically invented brilliant, meandering plot lines...but I remember walking out of the theater very disappointed.
We didn't think it was so great either. Thought I was going to lose it if I heard that song one more time...
bah!

Wong Kar Wai's films are an acquired taste. most people in HK actually don't like his films. people just think they're kind of pointless and they don't understand them. but he still gets alot of attention because the international film fest circles like him alot.

but yeah, WKW is all about cinematographic story-telling. kind of reminds you that you're watching a film, not reading a book.
all i know is the first time i heard the Mama and Papa's California Dreamin' was on Chungking Express, so that's why Wong Kar Wai gets props in my book. for using classic american songs. ;)

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Nov 6 2002, 01:39 PM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@Sep 10 2002, 04:53 PM
Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Sep 10 2002, 12:45 PM
Originally posted by achtungbaby@Sep 10 2002, 09:32 AM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@Sep 8 2002, 12:20 AM
In the Mood for Love *

Am I the only one who thought In the Mood for Love was just a hyped-up, cinematography orgy-fest? Certainly Wong Kar Wai practically invented brilliant, meandering plot lines...but I remember walking out of the theater very disappointed.
We didn't think it was so great either. Thought I was going to lose it if I heard that song one more time...
bah!

Wong Kar Wai's films are an acquired taste. most people in HK actually don't like his films. people just think they're kind of pointless and they don't understand them. but he still gets alot of attention because the international film fest circles like him alot.

but yeah, WKW is all about cinematographic story-telling. kind of reminds you that you're watching a film, not reading a book.
all i know is the first time i heard the Mama and Papa's California Dreamin' was on Chungking Express, so that's why Wong Kar Wai gets props in my book. for using classic american songs. ;)
he usually has an eclectic selection of music in his films. actually i think California Dreamin' was an unusual selection for him. i think he did it only because it went with that particular film. some people were also saying (this was back in 95) that it was a symbolism that HK directors were going to Hollywood.

[applehead]

since i'm korean..

i just have to say.. korean comedic movies are the best.
a lot gets lost in the translation into english though.



but i've recently watched
Africa
Il Dan Run
Ooh La La Sisters
Please Take Care of My Cat

all of them are really great movies..
the last movie on my list won a couple of international film awards..

you should check it out. my favorite, though, is il dan run.

:)

[luv]

God, I'm really bad with the English titles for Hong Kong movies. But I do sortof like Tsui Hark (I think that's his name -- does a lot of HK epic style movies).

Time and Tide (with Nicholas Tse)
Green Snake (Maggie Cheung)

There was this one move a few years back that made me sob for days. (In Cantonese it sounds roughly like "Leung Juk"). Its about this rich girl who dresses up like a guy to go to school.)

[enygma]

korean movies have made a great improvement within the past couple of years ever since "shiri". i highly recommend "chihwaseon", "chunhyangjun", and "my sassy girl". also, i wanted to see this, but i haven't, "oasis".

ps. there's a new movie from china (?) coming out called "hero" that i really really really want to see. :P

[Shuriken]

*bump*

[VV o n g B a]

i started watching a copy of my sassy girl, but it was in cantonese and had no english subs so i quit watching. gonna watch musa tonite or tomorrow.

[Chinkaholic]

Hero will probably be very cool, too bad it didn't win the Golden Globe. :(

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by VV o n g B a@Jan 20 2003, 02:47 PM
i started watching a copy of my sassy girl, but it was in cantonese and had no english subs so i quit watching. gonna watch musa tonite or tomorrow.
wow you must have gotten a really ghetto version! :P

[VV o n g B a]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Jan 20 2003, 02:44 PM
wow you must have gotten a really ghetto version! :P
yeah, my roommate brought home a bunch of pirated vids (and programs and games) from malaysia. the version of hero i watched was filmed in the theater w/ ppl getting up and sneezing and shit.

the sassy girl vid was a tad better, but only had chinese subs and my chinese is still bad so i couldn't catch what was going on.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by VV o n g B a@Jan 20 2003, 03:50 PM
yeah, my roommate brought home a bunch of pirated vids (and programs and games) from malaysia. the version of hero i watched was filmed in the theater w/ ppl getting up and sneezing and shit.

the sassy girl vid was a tad better, but only had chinese subs and my chinese is still bad so i couldn't catch what was going on.
oh yeah! the "chinese" VCDs in malaysia don't have english subtitles and are dubbed in cantonese/mandarin.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

I watched MUSA, all 3 hours of it, despite my extremely castrated attention span. Yea I suppose it wasn't bad but it all came down to this...two Korean guys spending the entire trip glaring and staring each other down over some spoiled ass girl (Zhang Ziyi) while their crew gets mowed down and impaled with arrows by cheap-ass Mongols (or were they Chinese, I forgot). :P

[enygma]

hero has been released in the states already?

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by enygma@Jan 20 2003, 05:34 PM
hero has been released in the states already?
heheheh i'm sure you can find it... ;)

[axi0m]

If you're in the mood for comedy, watch Kikujiro. It stars Beat Takeshi and it's a really funny film about a Yakuza member (Takeshi) who has to take this kid out on a search for his long lost mother. In the end, they end up close friends and well, the comedy is so crazy, you'll laugh for sure. If you're in the mood for something serious, try Brother or Ring, Ring 2, or Ring 0 (yea, there are three of them). As mentioned previously, Tanpopo is also good, although a bit weird with the random sex scenes. :) Kurosawa's Dreams is also good, along with all his other films. That's it for now.

-Satoshi-

[LoneSwordsman]

Infernal Affairs
one of the best hong kong movies ever
i'm going to watch it when it hits the cinema in australia

here is a review if anybody wants it
http://www.movies-online.com.sg/owa_movies...ernal%20Affairs (http://www.movies-online.com.sg/owa_movies/plsql/MoviesSynopsis.synopsis?the_film=Infernal%20Affair s)

[iris]

Originally posted by LoneSwordsman @ Jan 22 2003@06:37 PM
Infernal Affairs
one of the best hong kong movies ever
i'm going to watch it when it hits the cinema in australia

here is a review if anybody wants it
http://www.movies-online.com.sg/owa_movies...ernal%20Affairs

Oh no way LSM. I already saw it in Hong Kong. You think with Andy Lau and Tony Leung, you can't miss right? No, they did. Acting was fine as always but the storyline sucked. There were so many twists and turns, it just got unrealistic.

Infernal Affairs was merely okay.

A better film along the same theme of triads and deception and betrayal is The Wall, starring Patrick Tam and Jordan Chan.

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by VV o n g B a@Jan 20 2003, 02:47 PM
i started watching a copy of my sassy girl, but it was in cantonese and had no english subs so i quit watching. &nbsp;gonna watch musa tonite or tomorrow.
i have my sassy girl on dvd with english subtitles... i got it as a gift...
lets swap... i can let you borrow my dvd... in return maybe you can lend me an asian film of yours to watch...

[moschikat]

The Wedding Banquet - of course, (and people wonder why i keep falling for gay men????)
I like Bangkok Dangerous, and also a more recent film done by the Pang brothers is called "The Eye" - freaky in a "The Ring" kind of way - but interesting nonetheless.

I also liked Irma Vep (starring Maggie Cheung - I think?) - but its done in French . . . err, you have to have strange tastes like I do . . . . :blush:

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by moschikat@Jan 22 2003, 03:37 PM
The Wedding Banquet - of course, (and people wonder why i keep falling for gay men????)
I like Bangkok Dangerous, and also a more recent film done by the Pang brothers is called "The Eye" - freaky in a "The Ring" kind of way - but interesting nonetheless.

I also liked Irma Vep (starring Maggie Cheung - I think?) - but its done in French . . . err, you have to have strange tastes like I do . . . . :blush:
Irma Vep was ok
the whole movie was really just about mocking the french film industry
but it's nice watching maggie in a tight body suit! :)