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2006 Chinese Film ShowcaseThe Promise
This exceptional film is almost a pure transposition of folk tale to film, with all the magic and mystical happenings & characters that folk tales involve. Accurately translating the tone and style of such a different art form as the magical folk tale to the movie screen is something at which the best of filmmakers have often failed, but The Promise does this very effectively for folk-tale/myths. With The Promise, Chen Kaige is once again pushing Chinese film in new directions. Stars: Dong-Ku Jang, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse. House of Fury
Star Stephen Fung's second directorial effort does for family films what his first, Enter The Phoenix, did for gangster movies a few years ago… that is, it takes a genre known and loved (but perhaps taken for granted) by many and reinvigorates it, in the process reminding us of what we loved about it in the first place. The sheer sense of fun and excitement the movie generates will have both children and adults so swept up in the adventure that they'll also be absorbing the film's little lessons about love and communication between parents and children before they even realize it, in a film as well acted and directed as any so-called "adult" drama, and with as much to say. Also starring Anthony Wong and Michael Wong. Initial D An exciting racing saga from one of Hong Kong's top directors, Andrew Lau. Takumi has spend the past five years as a deliveryman, bringing Tofu to hungry customers. But he has longed for a life of more excitement and adventure than his day job could provide him. Little did he imagine that the monotonous daily grind of delivering Tofu would be the perfect preparation for the life he had been dreaming of… as a driver of the fastest race cars around! Comparisons with The Fast & The Furious are inevitable, but this film (based on a popular Japanese Manga) has an Asian style all its own.
The Showcase is made possible by McKnight Foundation, MN Film Arts, MN State Arts Board, National Endowment of the Arts, St. Paul Travelers, Target Foundation and University of Minnesota.
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