Auf die Berlinale bringt der alte Johnnie nicht nur sich selbst als Juror mit:
Sondern auch Soi Cheang mit MAD FATE (zuvor SEER), den er zusammen mit irgendeiner neuen, von PCCW gesponserten Content-Klitsche namens Makerville produziert hat; ist also wohl kein Milkyway-Film.
“Mad Fate”, directed by Cheang Pou Soi, tells the story of a fortune telling master (Gordon Lam) who is dedicated to help a woman solve a murder.
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:11 am
by Sylvio Constabel
Darauf freue ich mich schon derb.
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:29 am
by Hexer
Na logo.
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:29 am
by Munin
HKIFF47 Spotlights Soi Cheang As Filmmaker-In-Focus
The 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF47) will honour Soi Cheang as this year’s Filmmaker-in-Focus.
One of Hong Kong’s most stylish and formidable directors, Cheang joins an illustrious and growing list of recent HKIFF Filmmakers-in-Focus, including Sandra Ng, Stanley Kwan, Michael Hui, Sammo Hung and Brigitte Lin.
Returning to its traditional dates after last year’s postponement, HKIFF47 will take place from 30 March to 10 April. At the centre of this year’s cinephile extravaganza is the showcase of Cheang’s 12 seminal works, the publication of a commemorative book and, in collaboration with long-term festival partner #Moleskine, the release of a limited edition notebook. Cheang will also attend a Face-to-Face session to share his insights and vision with the public.
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:45 am
by Sylvio Constabel
Verdient.
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2023 2:22 pm
by Munin
Johnnie haut die Berlinale kurz und klein:
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2023 4:25 pm
by Sylvio Constabel
Dylan issn Guter. Tos Gesicht spricht ja aber auch Bände.
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:38 pm
by Julio Sacchi
Mhhh hab mir heute morgen kein Ticket gekauft, weil die Vorführung zu so ner doofen Zeit ist. Schade!
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2023 6:01 pm
by Hexer
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:18 am
by Sylvio Constabel
Mir fehlen die Worte. Dafür hätte ich sogar Urlaub genommen.
Re: Mad Fate (Soi Cheang)
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:17 pm
by Munin
Oder vielleicht nicht:
Alas, the chaotic plot and flabby structure of the screenplay, which Yau co-wrote with Melvin Li, places Mad Fate light years from Yau’s best work for To, or Soi’s own career peaks so far in atmospheric actioners like Accident or Motorway.
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Some dodgy effects work is at its most absurd in an animatronic cat – one so clearly fake we guess it’s meant to raise a laugh. The fact that we’re not actually sure is just one of the many tonal wobbles in a film that is saved only by some lovely camerawork by veteran Hong Kong DoP Cheng Siu-keung and by the performance of relative newcomer Lokman Yeung who manages to bring some real pathos to a difficult, underwritten role.
