Kung Foolish: How The American Cut of ‘The Grandmaster’ Ruins a Masterpiece Perfectionist, tinkerer, victim of his opaque sui generis approach to cinematic storytelling – however you slice it, when it comes to the difficulties of getting his vision onto movie screens intact, this isn’t Wong Kar-Wai’s first rodeo. The first time that the prodigiously talented Hong Kong auteur tried his hand at a film with wuxia elements, it took him nearly 14 years to arrive at a definitive cut (“Ashes of Time” was completed in 1994, but the sands didn’t settle until 2008 when Wong produced the slightly shorter “Ashes of Time Redux”). Needless to say, it’s no surprise that his latest and most outwardly ambitious work – a genuine historical epic five years in the making – has emerged into the world with its ink still wet. Read more.. #KUNG #FOOLISH #GRANDMASTER #FILM #REVIEWS ~AYIS~
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:48:14 +0000
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