62nd Venice Film Festival

[mrazntre]

I was going to check some mail on yahoo when this caught my eye:

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/2...542416300.html

I read the article titled "Venice prepares for film fest with Asian flavour" and the only reference to Asian is with the basic representation of martial arts. There's also mention of featured Asian actors and a showcase of 40's Chinese classics; whatever those might be.

[s1eve]

Did you bother to actually take a look at the festival programme itself, rather then rely on the brief news article and making a rather lame ass comment based on that?

http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/exhibition/program/
from the programme:

The Secret History of Asian Cinema
A retrospective section on Japanese film 1926 to 1978

Chokon ( 1926) by Daisuke Ito

Chuji tabi nikki ( 1927) by Daisuke Ito

Oatsurae Jirokichi koshi ( 1931) by Daisuke Ito

Tange Sazen yowa – Hyakuman ryo no tsubo ( 1935) by Sadao Yamanaka

Kouchiyama Soshun ( 1936) by Sadao Yamanaka.

Ninjo kamifusen ( 1937) by Sadao Yamanaka

Enoken no gambari senjutsu ( 1939) by Nobuo Nakagawa

Genroku Chusingura ( 1941-1942) by Kenji Mizoguchi

Meito Bijomaru ( 1945) by Kenji Mizoguchi

Sanjusangendo toshiya monogatari ( 1945) by Mikio Naruse

Yokihi ( 1955) by Kenji Mizoguchi

Dokufu Takahashi Oden ( 1958) by Nobuo Nakagawa

Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan ( 1959) by Nobuo Nakagawa
Kutabare gurentai ( 1960) by Seijun Suzuki

Akumyo ( 1961) by Tokuzo Tanaka

Hakuchu no buraikan ( 1961) by Kinji Fukasaku

Zato Ichi monogatari ( 1962) by Kenji Misumi

Tantei jimusho 23 – Kutabare akutodomo ( 1963) by Seijun Suzuki

Dai satsujin ( 1964) by Eiichi Kudo
Hana to doto ( 1964) by Seijun Suzuki

Mushuku mono ( 1964) by Kenji Misumi

Nihon kyokaku den ( 1964) by Masahiro Makino

Ookami to buta to ningen ( 1964) by Kinji Fukasaku

Oretachi no chi ga yurusanai ( 1964) by Seijun Suzuki

Zato Ichi kessho tabi ( 1964) by Kenji Misumi

Meiji kyokaku den – Sandaime shumei ( 1965) by Tai Kato

Kutsukake Tokijiro- Yukyo ippiki ( 1966) by Tai Kato

Hibotan bakuto - Hanafuda shobu ( 1969) by Tai Kato

Nihon boryokudan – Kumicho ( 1969) by Kinji Fukasaku

Hibotan bakuto - Oryu sanjo ( 1970) by Tai Kato

Bakuto gaijin butai ( 1971) by Kinji Fukasaku

Gendai yakuza - Hitokiri yota ( 1972) by Kinji Fukasaku

Jingi naki tatakai ( 1973) by Kinji Fukasaku

Jingi no hakaba ( 1975) by Kinji Fukasaku

Kenkei tai soshiki boryoku ( 1975) by Kinji Fukasaku

Yakuza no hakaba – Kuchinashi no hana ( 1976) by Kinji Fukasaku

Yagyu ichizoku no inbo ( 1978) by Kinji Fukasaku

The Secret History of Asian Cinema
A retrospective section on Chinese film 1934 to 1990

Dalu (1934) by Sun Yu
Tao li jie (1934) by Ying Yunwei
Xin nüxing (1935) by Cai Chusheng
Malu tianshi (1937) by Yuan Muzhi
Shizi jietou (1937) by Shen Xiling
Yeban gesheng (1937) by Maxu Weibang
Tieshan gongzhu (1941) by Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan
Xiaocheng zhi chun (1947) by Fei Mu
Wuya yu maque (1949) by Zheng Junli
San Mao liulang ji (1949/50) by Zhao Ming and Yan Gong
Wo zhe yibeizi (1949/50) by Shi Hui
Wutai jiemei (1965) by Xie Jin
Zhonglie tu (1975) by King Hu
Yige he bage (1983) by Zhang Junzhao
Mama (1990) by Zhang Yuan

Venezia 62. In Competition

Stanley KWAN Changhen ge China/Hong Kong 120’
Sammi Cheng, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Jun Hu

PARK Chan-wook Chin-jeol-han Geum-ja-ssi (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) Korea 112’
Lee Young-ae, Choi Min-sik, Kwon Yea-young, Kim Si-hu, Nam Il-woo

Out of Competition

Peter Ho-sun CHAN Ru guo ai (Perhaps Love) China/Hong Kong
Jacky Cheung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jin-hee Ji, Zhou Xun

Andrew LAU, Alan MAK Initial D Hong Kong 108’
Jay Chou, Anne Suzuki, Edison Chen, Anthony Wong, Kenny Bee

MIIKE Takashi Yokai Daisenso Japan 124’
Bunta Sugawara, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako


TSUI Hark Seven Swords China/Hong Kong 144’
Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Young, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi, Kim So Yeun, Kar-leung Lau

Special Event
Hayao Miyazaki – Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Hayao MIYAZAKI:
Kaze no tani no Naushika animation. Japan 116’
(Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984)

Kurenai no buta animation. Japan 94’
(Porco rosso, 1992)

On Your Mark animation. Japan 7’
(1995)

[hooligan]

Suzuki is probably the only name I recognize off of the Japanese list. Nice, I liked the film I saw from him, but the name escapes me.

[mrazntre]

Originally Posted by s1eve

Did you bother to actually take a look at the festival programme itself, rather then rely on the brief news article and making a rather lame ass comment based on that?

Did you actually bother to take a look at my comment saying that I only read the article as referenced?

I've never even heard of the Venice FF and I was looking for some more info from the arts people rather than some wannabe smart ass smug remark from you.

[s1eve]

Originally Posted by mrazntre

Did you actually bother to take a look at my comment saying that I only read the article as referenced?

And based on that reference, you assumed that this festival's Asian showcase had little flavour, as you put it, "...the only reference to Asian is with the basic representation of martial arts." But then you add, "There's also mention of featured Asian actors and a showcase of 40's Chinese classics; whatever those might be." It seem like you weren't that interested in finding out exactly what was being screened.

Anyway, apologies for dissing your post as "lame ass." I'm having one of those days...

[mrazntre]

Originally Posted by s1eve

And based on that reference, you assumed that this festival's Asian showcase had little flavour, as you put it, "...the only reference to Asian is with the basic representation of martial arts." But then you add, "There's also mention of featured Asian actors and a showcase of 40's Chinese classics; whatever those might be." It seem like you weren't that interested in finding out exactly what was being screened.

Anyway, apologies for dissing your post as "lame ass." I'm having one of those days...

My initial look at the article was what prompted me to write the first part of my comment. But upon closer inspection I saw the rest of the things that were included (in reference to the 40s classics). This post took about 20 minutes because I started, stopped, and re-started it so there may have been some collision in my trains of thought.

but anyways....I found this stuff:

http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=86067

appears that security is a concern over there
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/films/...6?source=Metro

[s1eve]

Okay, cheers for the link.

Marco Muller is a known proponent of and is credited with upping the international interest in Asian films. This year's festival showcases rediscovered Asian cinema in a major sidebar retrospective: "The Secret History of the Asian Cinema." This program will screen 15 Chinese B-movies and lesser-known productions made between 1934 and 1990 and a parallel list of 38 Japanese films from 1926 to 1978.

However, filmmakers from Spain and Latin America have voiced their displeasure that no titles from their countries are included in the main line-up.

Security is another new issue to hit the tranquil shores of Venice's Lido. This year sees numerous metal detectors that filmgoers must pass through before being permitted into films or press areas. There is a highly visible police presence but that doesn't seem to have effected the atmosphere set up to welcome some of the world's biggest stars, film makers and journalists.

Hehehe, the way the article is written, one could concur that the film festival poses a big security risk due to the exclusion of Spanish and Latin American films. Disguntled filmmakers-turned-suicide bombers? Now there's a film for you.

Btw, the Venice FF I think is one of the oldest around and like Cannes is an important event for the international film community. Wish I could be there.

[Banana]

So, will this sway Hollywood's ideas on actually incorporating Asians and Asian Americans into films or is this more along the lines of "We like Asian films, we like Asian food, we like Asian spirituality. We just don't like Asians."

[s1eve]

Awards announced. Of the three we got:

Prize for New Trends: Park Chan-wook's Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, "for having treated successfully the delicate subject of vengeance with class in a sophisticated and epic way. This is the form that the modern Korean cinema imposes as the new cinematographic trend for the future."

Hayao Miyazaki received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in a special ceremony at the Sala Grande this afternoon. In a completely packed theater, the animation master was cheered and applauded for a good ten minutes, and then took the time when he took his seat for the screening of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to thank everyone seated in the room, bowing to all sections. What a fantastic director - and moving ceremony. Miyasaki hopes to take a walk around Venice before going home to continue working on three films.

[mrazntre]

sweet.

now i have to ask. What's a Golden Lion? Is that a "film festival- wide" award or is that specifically only for this festival. Or is it the equivalent of a SAG award?

[nola]

^A Golden Lion is specific for the Venice Festival.