Category Archives: Film

Tony Leung on Hong Kong’s last decade of film

Posted on 2007-08-10 by Joel Martinsen

Tony Leung (梁家辉) writes for Soho Xiaobao (SOHO小报).

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Serious, patriotic history, or giant robot battles?

Posted on 2007-07-17 by Joel Martinsen

Nanjing (南京) meets the Transformers (变形金刚).

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Zhang Ziyi nude body double wants to marry a foreigner

Posted on 2007-07-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Shao Xiaoshan (邵小珊) Shao Xiaoshan is an actress who was Zhang Ziyi’s nude body double in some bathing and sex scenes in The Banquet (夜宴), Feng Xiaogang’s recent box office bomb. Just before the movie was released, Shao made it … Continue reading →

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Sanmao goes overseas

Posted on 2007-07-03 by Joel Martinsen

Zhang Rongrong (张融融) writes about her father Zhang Leping (张乐平) and his creation Sanmao (三毛).

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Director Jia Zhangke tells all

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Joel Martinsen

Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯) reveals that Wang Bin (王斌), writer for Zhang Yimou (张艺谋) films, had his first film Pickpocket (小武) banned. From Soho Xiaobao (SOHO小报).

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Net scandal: student hits teacher video

Posted on 2007-05-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Screen shot from a mobile phone video From Roland Soong: At 4pm on May 25, a video was posted on the Internet. In this video, there were more than 20 students in a classroom for a geography lesson. The students … Continue reading →

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Foreigners surveyed about Chinese cinema

Posted on 2007-05-23 by Joel Martinsen

A survey from Movie World magazine (电影世界) about foreign viewers’ opinions on Chinese cinema.

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Memories vs. historical fact: Guo Wei on Dong Cunrui

Posted on 2007-04-16 by Joel Martinsen

Guo Wei (郭维) says that the legend of Dong Cunrui (董存瑞) was just conjecture. Dong’s family sues for libel, and Dong’s former army buddy Zhi Shunyi (郅顺义) sues for slander.

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Fast-paced lives of film subtitlers

Posted on 2007-04-13 by Joel Martinsen

YWeekend (北京青年周末) has a story about online subtitle groups that translate American TV into Chinese.

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‘Shanghai Bride’ screening in Beijing

Posted on 2007-04-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A new film by documentary director Sam Voutas called Shanghai Bride premieres in Beijing this weekend, with screenings on Friday April 13 and Saturday 14. This is from the promotional blurb: How can an average guy land himself a wife … Continue reading →

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