Ashes of Time
Summary:
Master Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai directed this lyrical, dream-like martial arts epic. A famously troubled shoot, the film took two years and 40 million dollars to produce (a shocking sum for a national cinema populated with low-budget quickies) and features a virtual who's-who of the Hong Kong film world. Conceived as a prequel to the popular martial arts novel -The Eagle-S... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Brigitte Lin - (Mu-Rong Yin)
Brigitte Lin - (Mu-Rong Yang)
Leslie Cheung - (Ou-yang Feng)
Maggie Cheung - (The Woman)
Jacky Cheung - (Hung Chi)
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Review:
Combining elements of Sergio Leone and Michelangelo Antonioni, Wong Kar-wai's masterful Ashes of Time is both a lively recasting of Chinese martial art conventions and a fascinating meditation on memory. Like Wong's Chungking Express, which he shot during Ashes's famously troubled production, this film concerns a handful of... Continue >>
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