Indieville : Wong Kar-Wai

NYFF 2008: "Ashes of Time Redux."

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:05:34 GMT

When Wong Kar-wai's lone attempt at a martial arts film, "Ashes of Time," first came out in 1994, it was considered by most to be awfully pretty and mystifyingly elliptical. "Redux" finds it restored, re-edited, seven minutes shorter, with feverishly heightened colors and dramatic new music from Yo-Yo Ma. Having never seen the original version, I can't speak to whether it's also been clarified, but here's what I got: The Blind Swordsman (who's more in the process...(read more)

Odds: "I broke the code Tarantino invented."

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:17:14 GMT

To watch -- "Tarantino's Mind," a short from Brazilian directing duo 300ml in which a man (Selton Mello) explains his unified field theory of Quentin Tarantino to a skeptical friend (Seu Jorge, of "The Life Aquatic" and "City of God"). It all takes place, naturally, in a diner. (Hat tip -- Fimoculous.) Wong Kar-wai goes unsunglassed to Tony Leung and Carina Lau's wedding -- Movie City Indie has the picture, which is curiously deflating -- I'd always imagined...(read more)