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Asian films to compete at Cannes. That’s Im Sang Soo above. “On Thursday the festival announced its lineup, which includes director Hong Sang-soo’s “In Another Country” and “The Taste of Money” from director Im Sang-soo. Mr. Hong’s feature “Hahaha” won the Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes two years ago. Abbas Kiarostami, one of Iran’s most celebrated directors, will also compete for the top prize with “Like Someone in Love”. The drama, which takes place in Japan and has been getting some buzz on the Internet, focuses on the relationship between a young woman and an older man.” (WSJ – Cannes)
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Yes, it’s now a co-production with someone in China. Hollywood is just reaching so hard to China, it’s getting strange. China is now the second largest film nation… so, yes, it’s obvious that chasing the money is what’s going on. (Reuters – China)
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Yes it’s about to start on Thursday. Congrats on getting to 30! This is still the premier Asian American anything in the country. It’s a film festival, but it’s more than that. The films are what it’s based around, but it ends up being a huge social gathering with numerous events of all sorts. Here’s the program.
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[youtube]SxXtYkeFEGA[/youtube] Awesome to see a trailer after a couple of years in production! Catch this film and more at the CAAM SF Asian American International Film Festival! It’s coming up.
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4D movies? Leave it to creative producers to figure out how to use the term. What does it mean? Your seats will vibrate! In 4D Sex and Zen: Slayer of a Thousand from the Mysterious East – that’s what they are promising. When an orgasmic scene happens, you will feel it and hopefully it won’t arouse anything else. The best quote for it, since some said the sex scenes weren’t racy enough, “This time we will be paying more attention to that, and will be enlisting the aid of experts from Japan to direct these scenes,” Japan? Yes, that’s exactly what they need, the sexperts in racy cinema. (Channelnewsasia – Sex and Zen 4D)
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