list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Ashes of Time: Redux on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Ashes_of_Time_Redux/382908/default.aspx Title: Ashes of Time: Redux
Year: 2008
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Plot: The film is set in five parts, five seasons that are part of the Chinese almanac. The story takes place in the jianghu, the world of the martial arts. Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) has lived in the western desert for some years. He left his home in White Camel Mountain when the woman he loved chose to marry his elder brother rather than him. Instead of seeking glory, he ends up as an agent. When people come to him with a wish to eliminate someone who has wronged them, he puts them in touch with a swordsman who can do the job.
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]]>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:01:12 GMTAshes of Time: Redux2008Wong Kar-WaiThe film is set in five parts, five seasons that are part of the Chinese almanac. The story takes place in the jianghu, the world of the martial arts. Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) has lived in the western desert for some years. He left his home in White Camel Mountain when the woman he loved chose to marry his elder brother rather than him. Instead of seeking glory, he ends up as an agent. When people come to him with a wish to eliminate someone who has wronged them, he puts them in touch with a swordsman who can do the job. 10Taggedy Taggged (6-10)2213http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s382908.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Ashes_of_Time_Redux/382908/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/shaunhuston/archive/2009/3/31/41354.aspx Post By: ShaunHuston
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Post Date: 3/31/2009 1:01:12 AM
Body: I have a review of the Ashes of Time Redux DVD that posted today.Read the review.PopMatters home. Originally posted on:Short-Circuit Signs
]]>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:01:12 GMTShaunHustonShaunHuston filmblog3/31/2009 1:01:12 AMI have a review of the Ashes of Time Redux DVD that posted today.Read the review.PopMatters home. Originally posted on:Short-Circuit Signs http://www.spout.com/blogs/christhilk/archive/2009/3/16/41073.aspx Post By: ChrisThilk
Post To: ChrisThilk Blog
Post Date: 3/16/2009 3:01:18 PM
Body: It’s more or less impossible for me to adequately explain the plot for Ashes of Time, a film from director Wong Kar-Wai, so let me just paste the official synopsis here: The film is set in five parts, five seasons that are part of the Chinese almanac. The story takes place in the jianghu, the world of the martial arts. Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) has lived in the western desert for some years. He left his home in White Camel Mountain when the woman he loved chose to marry his elder brother rather than him. Instead of seeking glory, he ends up as an agent. When people come to him with a wish to eliminate someone who has wronged them, he puts them in touch with a swordsman who can do the job. Now let’s be clear that this brief description of the film doesn’t come close to doing justice to the film itself. Broken into five parts, the loose center of the film is the man, mentioned above, who finds people for clients who need problems solved. But what it’s really about is the visual palette that Wong Kar-Wai works with throughout the film. In addition to the highly dramatic - also melodramatic - performances from all the lead actors and actresses the colors and tones the director works with are a character in and of themselves. It’s absolutely gorgeous to look at and behold. I mean absolutely fantastic. Aside from the visuals, though, Wong Kar-Wai gets some fantasticly deep performances from the actors he uses. The subtleties of those performances - despite the over-the-top emotions they’re asked to portray - are simply outstanding and a joy to watch. This “Redux” version is meant to be the ultimate version of the film, originally released in 1993 but since disseminated - both officially and unofficially - in various versions. This Redux release, then, is meant to set the record straight and be “definitive” in the eyes of the director. Not being familiar with the original or any of the subsequent iterations I can’t rightly speak to what’s different but I can tell you that if the original was half this moving it has to be fantastic. The DVD release contains just a couple special features, a Q&A with Wong Kar-Wai and a featurette on the making of the film. Ashes of Time is full of fantastic visuals and emotive performances and well worth checking out if you’ve heard of the movie or not as it’s a richly rewarding experience. Originally posted on:Chris Thilk
]]>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:01:18 GMTChrisThilkChrisThilk Blog3/16/2009 3:01:18 PMIt’s more or less impossible for me to adequately explain the plot for Ashes of Time, a film from director Wong Kar-Wai, so let me just paste the official synopsis here: The film is set in five parts, five seasons that are part of the Chinese almanac. The story takes place in the jianghu, the world of the martial arts. Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) has lived in the western desert for some years. He left his home in White Camel Mountain when the woman he loved chose to marry his elder brother rather than him. Instead of seeking glory, he ends up as an agent. When people come to him with a wish to eliminate someone who has wronged them, he puts them in touch with a swordsman who can do the job. Now let’s be clear that this brief description of the film doesn’t come close to doing justice to the film itself. Broken into five parts, the loose center of the film is the man, mentioned above, who finds people for clients who need problems solved. But what it’s really about is the visual palette that Wong Kar-Wai works with throughout the film. In addition to the highly dramatic - also melodramatic - performances from all the lead actors and actresses the colors and tones the director works with are a character in and of themselves. It’s absolutely gorgeous to look at and behold. I mean absolutely fantastic. Aside from the visuals, though, Wong Kar-Wai gets some fantasticly deep performances from the actors he uses. The subtleties of those performances - despite the over-the-top emotions they’re asked to portray - are simply outstanding and a joy to watch. This “Redux” version is meant to be the ultimate version of the film, originally released in 1993 but since disseminated - both officially and unofficially - in various versions. This Redux release, then, is meant to set the record straight and be “definitive” in the eyes of the director. Not being familiar with the original or any of the subsequent iterations I can’t rightly speak to what’s different but I can tell you that if the original was half this moving it has to be fantastic. The DVD release contains just a couple special features, a Q&A with Wong Kar-Wai and a featurette on the making of the film. Ashes of Time is full of fantastic visuals and emotive performances and well worth checking out if you’ve heard of the movie or not as it’s a richly rewarding experience. Originally posted on:Chris Thilk http://www.spout.com/groups/Viewing_with_a_purpose/Re_Scriptless/288/35067/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: rjsprague
Post To: Viewing with a purpose
Post Date: 9/12/2008 2:24:50 PM
Body: I'm completely clueless about this genre although I remember seeing Wong Kar-Wai's name whilst adding the Toronto International Film Festival's list of films to our database, and his Ashes of Time: Redux was in there. My first question would be, is this type of film placed in a specific genre? And what is the name of this genre? Otherwise is there a group of directors who specialize this sort of filmmaking other than the few who have been mentioned? I really enjoy improv, such as whose line is it anyway, and I saw this group called Mission: Improvable once (Risselada might know them) who I really enjoyed. The dynamic and original art that springs from such activities can be very fun, and probably very moving. It can also suck pretty bad as well. I imagine there are a lot of takes for each scene. It would be great to compile some lists that are titled by the director's name of films that fall in this "scriptless" film genre.
]]>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:24:50 GMTrjspragueViewing with a purpose9/12/2008 2:24:50 PMI'm completely clueless about this genre although I remember seeing Wong Kar-Wai's name whilst adding the Toronto International Film Festival's list of films to our database, and his Ashes of Time: Redux was in there. My first question would be, is this type of film placed in a specific genre? And what is the name of this genre? Otherwise is there a group of directors who specialize this sort of filmmaking other than the few who have been mentioned? I really enjoy improv, such as whose line is it anyway, and I saw this group called Mission: Improvable once (Risselada might know them) who I really enjoyed. The dynamic and original art that springs from such activities can be very fun, and probably very moving. It can also suck pretty bad as well. I imagine there are a lot of takes for each scene. It would be great to compile some lists that are titled by the director's name of films that fall in this "scriptless" film genre. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/romance/MemberTagFilms.aspxromance
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