Asian Cinema month... need suggestions

[isaacmacdonald]

I'm looking to get my local artsy theatre to do an asian cinema month. I need to suggest 4 good flicks (that aren't fighting movies).

So far I've only have:

Suzhou River

Fallen Angels

Any suggestions?

 

[xospec1alk]

well you can do the wong kar wai movies, chungking express, fallen angels, in the mood for love.

yi yi

 

[AndyHui]

My Sassy Girl

Shaolin Soccer

 

[isaacmacdonald]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
well you can do the wong kar wai movies, chungking express, fallen angels, in the mood for love.

yi yi

I thought about this, but I thought it might not be diverse enough.

 

[nativesunshine]

There's this one movie..i can't remember the english translation..but in chinese it's called "Huao Ze" (my ping ying is really bad)...

it's kinda long, and might be boring to some..but it's a very powerful and moving story. Dunno if you've heard of it...

 

[axelfox]

"They Call Me Bruce"

oh wait, thats kind of a fighting movie...

 

[crantang]

Farewell my Concubine
Raise the Red Lantern
Happy Times (very funny)

 

[Jzero]

Spirited Away (too mainstream, though?)

 

[Kenny]

"The Story of Ricky"

Comedy I think.

Also, on a serious note, another vote for My Sassy Girl.

BTW: How are they gonna get the movie reels for these?

 

[newbiepcuser]

Color of Truth
Internal Affairs
Love UnderCover 1 or 2
Chinese Feast
God of Cookery

 

[macwinlin]

The Emperor and the Assassin

 

[neovan]

Grave of the Fireflies...that's a must see.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Together
The Wedding Banquet
Better Luck Tomorrow (well, it's Asian-American)

 

[EvilYoda]

"Eat Drink Man Woman"
Shaolin Soccer and My Sassy Girl for comedy relief
Better Luck Tomorrow just released
NativeSunshine was talking about "To Live", and that'd be one of my personal Chinese films. (it's so damn depressing!)
Ummmm...lots of action flicks, if you want to go old school Hard Boiled or something, or Once Upon a Time in China (how about Drunken Master?)

And lastly, I can't believe no one's mentioned Chungking Express yet.

 

[bcterps]

I'll second Eat Drink, Man Woman.

Good flick, the food in that movie is awesome, it makes me hungry just thinking about it. Oh, the story is good too, but for some reason I keep thinking about the food.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
My Sassy Girl

Shaolin Soccer

Never saw Shaolin Soccer, but saw half of My Sassy Girl. Was funny.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: benchiu

Good flick, the food in that movie is awesome, it makes me hungry just thinking about it. Oh, the story is good too, but for some reason I keep thinking about the food.

In addition to Eat Drink Man Woman, another great Asian cuisine film is Tampopo.

 

[weezergirl]

I lovelovelove My Sassy Girl. So another vote for that!