Fantastic New Pics from Yimou's "Golden Flower"
I'll keep this short and sweet: If you're a fan of movies like "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers," you probably have a rather large interest in seeing Zhang Yimou's latest, "Curse of the Golden Flower." And now there's all sorts of production stills and featurettes available for your perusal.
Check out all the cool stills over at TwitchFilm.net, and then head on over to the flick's official site for a lot more goodies.
Synopsis, courtesy of ComingSoon.net: "In the spirit of such landmark Asian films as Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" from Japan and Zhang Yimou's own "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers," "Curse of the Golden Flower" promises to be Zhang Yimou's most colorful and biggest production to date, fusing high drama and romantic intrigue with the best of contemporary martial arts. The plot concerns the volatile balance of power between the King (Chow Yun Fat) and the Queen (Gong Li) and his three sons, which entails betrayal, deceit and passion, pitting the King against Queen and father against sons. The glorious canvas includes many of the creative team behind "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers": cinematographer Zhao Xiading (Oscar nominated for "House of Flying Daggers"), production designer Huo Tingxiao, action director Tony Ching Siu-Tung, sound designer Tao Jing and producers Bill Kong and Zhang Wei Ping. The music is composed by Shigeru Umebayashi ("Hero, "2046," "In the Mood for Love") and the costume designer is Yee Chung Man ("So Close")."
"Curse" opens on December 22nd.
Check out all the cool stills over at TwitchFilm.net, and then head on over to the flick's official site for a lot more goodies.
Synopsis, courtesy of ComingSoon.net: "In the spirit of such landmark Asian films as Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" from Japan and Zhang Yimou's own "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers," "Curse of the Golden Flower" promises to be Zhang Yimou's most colorful and biggest production to date, fusing high drama and romantic intrigue with the best of contemporary martial arts. The plot concerns the volatile balance of power between the King (Chow Yun Fat) and the Queen (Gong Li) and his three sons, which entails betrayal, deceit and passion, pitting the King against Queen and father against sons. The glorious canvas includes many of the creative team behind "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers": cinematographer Zhao Xiading (Oscar nominated for "House of Flying Daggers"), production designer Huo Tingxiao, action director Tony Ching Siu-Tung, sound designer Tao Jing and producers Bill Kong and Zhang Wei Ping. The music is composed by Shigeru Umebayashi ("Hero, "2046," "In the Mood for Love") and the costume designer is Yee Chung Man ("So Close")."
"Curse" opens on December 22nd.
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| 2046 | |
| Celeb: | Yimou Zhang |
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 on Nov 01 2006 10:07 AM [b]OH YEAH!!![/b] Jay Chou's IN DA HOUSE!!! (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 01 2006 10:42 AM [b]awesome[/b] Zhang Yimou represents the brilliant film movement coming out of Mainland China this past 15 years, this movie is gonna be freakin awsome (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 01 2006 11:07 AM Very pretty. Seeing as I loved Hero and House of Flying Daggers, this make me happy. But I find it amusing that all of Gong Li's tops seem to say "look at meh boobs!" (Reply to this) |
 on Nov 02 2006 04:50 PM [b]allllright[/b] I dont really want to look at any of the pics because I just want to sit down and see most everything on screen for the first time, I loved Hero and House of Flying Daggers and cant wait to see Golden Flower (Reply to this) |
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