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Venecia 2007: Ang Lee

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Taiwanese director Ang Lee was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film for his erotic spy thriller 'Se, Jie' (Lust, Caution) at the closing ceremony of the 64th Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido yesterday evening.

The Hong Kong Movie Mad Detective by Hong Kong directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai is this year's surprise entry at the Venice Film Festival.

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Fans of Chow Yun-fat who are nostalgic for some 1990s Hong Kong action cinema may be interested to hear that Inspector Tequila from the bloody 1992 gun-flick Hard-Boiled is back! However, director John Woo has chosen to re-create the character in the form of a video game called Stranglehold, on sale today for Xbox 360, and later in the month for PlayStation 3.

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Although it's been available for some time on Hong Kong and region free releases, Zhang Yimou's follow up to his recent epics House of Flying Daggers and Hero - The Curse of the Golden Flower - is now also available on an official Universal Pictures Region 2 DVD.

The awards ceremony for the 12th Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Awards was held Saturday night according to a report in China.org.cn

Best Actress Award - Chinese actress Gong Li (Curse of the Golden Flower) and Hong Kong actress Gillian Chung Yan-Tung (Simply Actor).

Best Actor Award - Lau Ching Wan (My Name Is Fame).

Best Director Award - Johnnie To (Exiled).

Best Picture Award - shared by Exiled, A Battle of Wits and After This Our Exile.

Best Supporting Actress Award - Zhou Xun (The Banquet).

Best Supporting Actor Award & Best New Performer Award - Ng King-To (After This Our Exile).

Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" Trailer

Ang Lee's new film, an espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai. Tony Leung stars as Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure in 1940s Shanghai. Tang Wei, makes her feature film debut as Wang Jiazhi, a young woman who gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with Mr. Yee. In US theatres September 28th.

Nevet a Tony

Originally uploaded by ofilmklub

Very nice shot of Hong Kong star Tony Leung smiling as he signs autographs at the Venice Film Festival where he is presenting his latest movie "Lust, Caution" with director Ang Lee.

Bruce Lee's Legend

Chinese State Television is currently filming a 50 part epic TV series following the life of Bruce Lee. It is being filmed on location in six countries - should be a show to watch for fans of the master!

Interesting movie news from the New York Times this morning...Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung Chiu Wai is the star of the new Ang Lee film which will be shown at the Venice Film Festival shortly. The film is based on a short story by the popular Chinese writer Eileen Chang and is set in the early 1940s during the Sino-Japanese war, mostly in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.

Love as an Illusion: Beautiful to See, Impossible to Hold
By DENNIS LIM
Published: August 26, 2007
In “Lust, Caution,” the latest film from Ang Lee, love is a performance, a trap or, cruelest of all, an illusion.

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