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Ecrit par: ah_thomas Jeudi 31 Mars 2011 12h31
NOIR - A film noir retrospective bridging France and Hong Kong
Date: 03 Jun (Fri) - 26 Jun (Sun)

Venue: Broadway Cinematheque, PALACE IFC, Hong Kong
Tickets:
Broadway Cinematheque
$60 ($48 for bc VIP members)
PALACE IFC
$75 ($63 for bc VIP members)

Highlights:
There will be a Masterclass, with Johnnie To and French film director Jacques Audiard and screenings of films handpicked by To himself, as his company Milkyway Image and himself were very much involved in this exeptionnal retroscpective.

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Following on from the success of last year’s cinema retrospective “Femmes, Femmes, Femmes”, Le French May is proud to present a new and ambitious programme that pays tribute to one of France and Hong Kong’s favourite
genres, Film Noir.

A highlight in the Festival, this unique retrospective not only serves as a bridge between France and Hong Kong, it also places a spotlight on their different approaches to the genre, showcasing their creative diversity and distinctive styles. As such, the programme is varied, with crime, thrillers and dramas that encompass fictional stories tinted with a realism and romanticism that captures the essence of the French genre. And in contrast, the stylistic grittiness evocative of Hong Kong, as well as stories that reflect society or surrealism.

The programme comprises three parts: Panorama, which focuses on French contemporary cinema over the last decade; Classics in Focus, featuring French classics spanning the 60’s up to the 90’s; And Carte Blanche to Johnnie To, a selection of films that mainly represent Hong Kong’s New Wave cinema of the 80’s.

Le French May is particularly delighted that this latter section has been designed in association with Johnnie To and his legendary production company Milkyway Image to underline Hong Kong’s unique identity and most talented directors.

Panorama features ten titles by a variety of filmmakers who approach the genre in a very personal way. The selection opens with A Prophet by Jacques Audiard, which won the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009.

Other films include The Young Lieutenant by director Xavier Beauvois, The Killer, directed by his long time script-writing partner, Cédric Anger; and two not-to-be-missed films: the animated science-fiction film Renaissance by Christian Volckman and Boarding Gate by Olivier Assayas, which was partly filmed in Hong Kong.

Classics in Focus showcases famous filmmakers such as Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Corneau, as well as some fantastic book adaptation’s like Claude Chabrol’s This Man Must Die, from the Nicholas Blake novel, and Claude Miller’s Police Custody, originally titled Brainwash, by John Wainwright.

Taking different approaches to the genre are Bertrand Tavernier, whose film L.627 is unrivalled in depicting the true, day-to-day dangers faced by a policeman, Bertrand Blier’s Cold Cuts, which delights through its masterfully composed series of comic situation, and The Hole, a story of a meticulously detailed attempt at escaping prison, which was shot in 1960 by Jacques Becker and is hailed as a masterpiece.

In his selection titled Carte Blanche to Johnnie To, the respected Hong Kong filmmaker has chosen films that represent the city’s richest period in cinema. Directors featured include Tsui Hark, John Woo, Ann Hui and Ringo Lam, to name a few. Most of these films will never be seen in today’s modern cinemas, and for the likes of Tsui Hark’s controversial Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind, it’s the first showing of the director’s cut for 31 years. This selection also includes a film by Wong Tin-Lam shot in 1960.


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Official website : http://www.frenchmay.com/event/noir-film-noir-retrospective-bridging-france-and-hong-kong

Ecrit par: ah_thomas Jeudi 31 Mars 2011 12h32
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CARTE BLANCHE TO JOHNNIE TO
My Heart is that Eternal Rose  1989  Dir: Patrick Tam
As Tears Go By  1988  Dir: Wong Kar-Wai
On the Run  1988  Dir: Alfred Cheung
City On Fire  1987  Dir: Ringo Lam
A Better Tomorrow  1986  Dir: John Woo
Long Arm of the Law  1984  Dir: Johnny Mak
Dangerous Encounter of the First Kind  1980  Dir: Tsui Hark
The Secret  1979  Dir: Ann Hui
The Wild, Wild Rose  1960  Dir: Wong Tin-Lam

Ecrit par: ah_thomas Jeudi 31 Mars 2011 12h33
Simon Yam, Anthony Wong, Michelle Ye, Louis Koo, Gordon Lam and Richie Ren say a few words about NOIR – A film noir retrospective bridging France and Hong Kong.


Ecrit par: ah_thomas Dimanche 17 Avril 2011 15h06
Official website with more details here
http://bc.cinema.com.hk/adhoc/fm2011/

Ecrit par: ah_thomas Mercredi 25 Mai 2011 11h23
More details.

It starts next week, book you tickets !



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NOIR – A FILM NOIR RETROSPECTIVE BRIDGING FRANCE AND HONG KONG


3-26 June 2011 / Broadway Cinematheque, Palace IFC, Broadway Mongkok, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre


-  27 French and Hong Kong films / Panorama, Classics in Focus, Carte
Blanche to Johnnie To

-  Guests of honor / Jacques Audiard, Johnnie To, Xavier Jamaux (+ some very
special guests – Hong Kong filmmakers – to be confirmed soon).

-  A unique masterclass / with Jacques Audiard, Johnnie To and Xavier Jamaux
at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, on June 5. Free entrance!

-  A prestigious opening night open to the public / special presentation of
A Prophet, with Jacques Audiard and Johnnie To in attendance, on June 3.
Tickets are still available!

-  Very rare films not to be missed / Tsui Hark’s Dangerous Encounters of
the 1st Kind director’s cut, Ann Hui’s The Secret, Wong Tin-lam’s
masterpiece The Wild, Wild Rose, Jacques Becker’s The Hole, Bertrand Blier’s
Cold Cuts, etc.

 

Official website of the programme:

Dedicated website with complete list of films, trailer, list of screenings,
ticketing, etc.

-  Official website:  <http://bc.cinema.com.hk/adhoc/fm2011/>
http://bc.cinema.com.hk/adhoc/fm2011/

- Trailer of the retrospective: 



Simon Yam, Anthony Wong, Michelle Ye, Louis Koo, Gordon Lam and Richie Ren
about NOIR:



-  Brochure of the programme:

A dedicated brochure is available in cinemas and can be downloaded via the
link below. It includes an introduction, the complete list of films and
details about the masterclass.

http://bc.cinema.com.hk/adhoc/fm2011/pdf/NOIR_Booklet.pdf




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A few words about this retrospective

The success encountered last year with Femmes, Femmes, Femmes, (a retrospective of 20 films that showcased the many different faces of French woman in cinema), reinforced this year’s choice to create a program that offers the perfect balance between heritage films and more recent fiction pieces. The festival is therefore proud to present an ambitious retrospective dedicated not only to French Film Noir but also to Hong Kong’s distinctive take on the genre.

Noir not only serves as a bridge between France and Hong Kong, it also places a spotlight on their different approaches to the genre, showcasing the diverse creativity, ingenuity and style of directors from both countries.

This diversity can be found in the Festival’s line up, made up of 27 unique films that demonstrate each directors inspiration, through thrillers or dramas filled with a romanticism and realism that captures the essence of the French genre as well as pieces that convey the dynamism and energy reflected by young Hong Kong directors from the end of the 80s.

The retrospective includes three distinctive sections: Panorama which focuses on French film from the last 10 years; Classics in Focus, which highlights key masterpieces from the 60s to the 90s; and Carte Blanche to Johnnie To, a selection of films that mainly come from Hong Kong’s nouvelle vague cinema of the 80s.

Panorama features ten titles by a variety of filmmakers who approach the genre in a very personal way. The selection opens with A Prophet by Jacques Audiard, which won the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009.

Other films include The Young Lieutenant by director Xavier Beauvois, The Killer, directed by his long time script-writing partner, Cédric Anger; and two not-to-be-missed films: the animated science-fiction film Renaissance by Christian Volckman and Boarding Gate by Olivier Assayas, which was partly filmed in Hong Kong.

Classics in Focus showcases famous filmmakers such as Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Corneau, as well as some fantastic book adaptation’s like Claude Chabrol’s This Man Must Die, from the Nicholas Blake novel, and Claude Miller’s Police Custody, originally titled Brainwash, by John Wainwright.

Taking different approaches to the genre are Bertrand Tavernier, whose film L.627 is unrivalled in depicting the true, day-to-day dangers faced by a policeman, Bertrand Blier’s Cold Cuts, which delights through its masterfully composed series of comic situation, and The Hole, a story of a meticulously detailed attempt at escaping prison, which was shot in 1960 by Jacques Becker and is hailed as a masterpiece.


Carte Blanche to Johnnie To presents a selection of eight films chosen by the director. Part of the nouvelle vague, or ‘New Wave’ movement from the end of the 80s, and one of the richest periods in Hong Kong cinema, directors include Tsui Hark, Ann Hui, Patrick Tam and Wong Kar-Wai.

Some of the films on show will never been seen in today’s modern cinema and many cannot even be found in DVD shops. A real rarity, Tsui Hark’s film Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind will be shown in its uncensored version for the first time since its retrieval from the Hong Kong screens 31 years ago. This very broad selection will also include a unique opportunity to see a film shot in 1960 by Johnnie To’s mentor, Wong Tin-lam.

Last but not least, a unique masterclass with our guests of honour, Jacques Audiard, Johnnie To and Xavier Jamaux, will be held at the Academy for Performing Arts on June 5 (Sunday). An event not to be missed!

The programmers

Ecrit par: ah_thomas Vendredi 10 Juin 2011 12h05
http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/06/johnnie-to-helps-the-french-paint-hong-kong-noir.php

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Johnnie To helps the French paint Hong Kong NOIR!
by James Marsh, June 2, 2011 11:15 PM

Action, Asia, Continental Europe & Russia, Cult, Drama, Martial Arts, Thriller
A highlight of the cultural calendar in Hong Kong is always Le French May - a 2-month-long arts festival that runs the gamut of Music, Dance, Theatre and, of course, Film. This year the organisers have put together something particularly mouth-watering with their programme entitled "NOIR - A Film Noir Retrospective Bridging France and Hong Kong". Not only does the festival feature a panorama of the best French crime movies from the last decade - opening tonight with Jacques Audiard's fantastic prison drama UN PROPHETE - it also includes a selection of classics from masters of the genre such as Jean-Pierre Melville, Bertrand Tavernier and Claude Chabrol.



http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2011/06/tsui-harks-dangerous-encounters---first-kind-directors-cut-review.php

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Tsui Hark's DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS - FIRST KIND: DIRECTOR'S CUT Review
by James Marsh, June 9, 2011 5:08 AM

Screening as part of Le French May's film programme "NOIR - A Film Noir Retrospective Bridging France and Hong Kong", this marks the first time Tsui Hark's controversial film from 1980 has screened in its entirety on home turf. An unflinching, nihilistic examination of juvenile delinquency in an unstable political climate, DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS - FIRST KIND still holds up more than three decades on, both as a piece of entertainment and as a cautionary tale about the dangers of a disenfranchised young generation.


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Noir contrasts French and HK classics
By Stephen Cremin
Thu, 02 June 2011, 11:30 AM (HKT)
Festival News

Noir: A Film Noir Restrospective Bridging France and Hong Kong (3-26 June) launches tomorrow in Hong Kong with a screening of Jacques Audiard's award-winning A Prophet.

Organisers state that the festival "places a spotlight on [the two film industries'] different approaches to the genre, showcasing the diverse creativity, ingenuity and style of directors from both countries".

The programme of 27 films is divided into three sections.


Ecrit par: ah_thomas Lundi 13 Juin 2011 12h02
After the screening of Dangerous Encounter -- First Kind, Tsui Hark appeared in the theatre and hosted an extended Q&A session.

The video in English and Cantonese is available from Twitch, following the link below.


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However all was not lost! As the film ended and the lights came up on a rather shell shocked crowd, the Broadway Cinematheque's Director of Programming Gary Mak grabbed a microphone and promptly introduced Tsui Hark, who appeared from the back of the cinema. I fumbled for my phone and hit record. What followed was over an hour of insightful, informative and damn entertaining Q&A between the director and the audience. I managed to capture the whole thing which I present to you below for your viewing pleasure.


http://twitchfilm.com/interviews/2011/06/dangerous-encounters-with-tsui-hark.php





A diner with Johnnie To and Ringo Lam.

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Slice of Life: A film nerd's wildest dream
Posted: 9 Jun 2011
One had a job and the other didn’t. That was the assumption I took into a dinner party with Hong Kong film directors Johnnie To and Ringo Lam in attendance. Hosted fabulously by the Consulate General of France at his 110-year-old residence on the Peak, the prestige of the occasion was only eclipsed by the improbable sight of two filmmaking legends smoking cigars on opposite sides of the table. Everybody else looked on, while none broke the spell to also request for a smoke. It certainly fitted the mood, considering To had just curated a nine-film screening programme for Le French May’s noir-themed retrospective. Lam’s reassurance that cigars are “healthier” than cigarettes – scientific as it was – didn’t change the mise-en-scène.

Born in the same year and looking every bit like the closest of pals, To and Lam have been enjoying the greatest contrast in profiles these past few years. Widely regarded as one of the best filmmakers working in Hong Kong today, To has steadily built his global status as an eminent auteur, and was most recently spotted as part of the Cannes Film Festival jury. “I did see him for a little bit towards the end,” To said of the ultimate auteur, Terrence Malick, when the film nerd (that’s me) asked if he had met the notoriously elusive director behind the Palme d’Or winner The Tree of Life. (Strangely though, he had no idea his fellow jury member and long-time acquaintance Olivier Assayas started out as a critic.)

Lam, on the other hand, seemed to have disappeared down the rabbit hole following a very successful spell, serving up one engrossing action thriller after another throughout the 1980s and 90s. While his iconic 1987 film City on Fire has found a new life through Quentin Tarantino’s shameless knock-off in Reservoir Dogs, Lam’s only directorial effort in recent years was a 30-minute segment in Triangle, the 2007 three-part crime thriller he collaborated with To and Tsui Hark, who narrowly missed our dinner due to his hectic schedule. For that matter, my film-loving friends at the Consulate were as curious as me about Lam’s employment status; and I, being a journalist and what not, was implicitly tasked with the embarrassing mission to find out the answer.

Looking even more gangster than To at a press conference earlier that day – showing up in a seersucker jacket and dark glasses – Lam was thoroughly poker-faced when the questions touched upon the current film business, only raising his eyebrows for a split second when To described City on Fire as a “groundbreaking film.” (The next day, Lam was reduced to an afterthought in the local newspapers, which focused solely on To’s views on Sammi Cheng’s marriage rumours.) As for Lam’s filmmaking future, I can summarily confirm here that the veteran was completely put off by the unavoidable complications involved in any Hong Kong-China co-production nowadays. Indeed, when I enquired about his next project, To couldn’t help but chip in. “Excellent,” he said, chuckling. “This is an excellent question.”

For those of us who live and breathe cinema, the dinner conversation turned out to be the wettest of dreams. I was sitting across from To, whose random chatters practically covered the entire scope of European film history – from 1895’s Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory, allegedly the first motion picture ever made, to Lars von Trier’s latest Melancholia, which To claimed to be “very, very, very good.” The table was momentarily bewildered when To claimed that his favourite film is a Jean-Paul Belmondo-starring crime drama called Borsalino. None of the dinner guests, of which one third were French and one half were professionals in the film industry, could name the director – until one of them suddenly remembered something. “Let’s check with the phone,” said the guest. (The answer: Jacques Deray.)

More confusion arose when Lam recalled a “more than sexy” Jean-Luc Godard movie called ‘One for Oneself’, which is in fact much better known as Slow Motion. Soon after he cracked a dick joke on the film, Lam touched upon another topic we presumed to be taboo. “Anyway, I’m already out of a job for 10 years, so I’ve gotta ask for a cigar from my friends here,” he joked. Or maybe – just maybe – he’d finally relayed the truth in the good spirit of jest. In any event, he did take a cigar.
Edmund Lee

http://www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/43241/slice-of-life-a-film-nerds-wildest-dream.html

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