A look inside Wong Kar-wai's film world
- By Zhang Rui
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Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai shared behind the scenes secrets with experts and movie fans at an event in Beijing on Monday, while promising his upcoming 3D movie "The Grandmaster" would be terrific.
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Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, Yu Dong, chief executive officer of Bona Film Group Ltd and Taiwan actor Chang Chen unveil an oil painting of "The Grandmaster 3D" for the China Film Archive collection in Beijing on Dec. 8, 2014. [China.org.cn] |
Wong and Yu Dong, chief executive officer of Bona Film Group Limited and actor Chang Chen held a movie event in Beijing, which will start from Monday, screening several of Wong's classic movies until Jan. 8, 2015, the day when the 3D makeover of "The Grandmaster" debuted in the Chinese market.
It is the first time that such a Wong Kar-wai retrospective event has been held on the Chinese mainland. Wong himself selected classics such as "Ashes of Time," "Fallen Angels," "Happy Together," "Chungking Express," and "In the Mood for Love" for the one-month event at the China Film Archive theaters, and many of the films had never before been shown in mainland theaters.
"Most [mainland] people knew me through VCDs, DVDs and the press," Wong said, "So this time, the films are actually being shown to you for the first time. I feel like a newbie to you."
Wong's critically-applauded Kung Fu epic "The Grandmaster" raked in 290 million yuan (US$47.3 million) at Chinese mainland box offices in early 2013 and has received plenty of awards, including 12 Hong Kong Film Awards. But Wong said he wasn't satisfied, as he made the film with a 3D approach in the first place. As the thought and regret lingered, Wong went to talk with the head of Bona Film Group, Yu Dong. Yu admitted that they rushed the original version's release and agreed with Wong to start the 3D makeover, which he expected to collect another 300 million yuan in the Chinese market.
The director spent a year polishing a 3D version with a team of 200 Hollywood professionals. Yu said the result is "the fanciest 3D production you have ever seen." Besides the 3D visual enhancement, Wong also rearranged and re-cut the movie, adding new and exciting scenes and characters.
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