Hi folks, it's us here at Visual Communications, wishing you a Happy Easter,
Passover, whatever. This will be the first in a series of occasional posts
previewing select programming highlights of the Sweet Sixteen edition of VC
FILMFEST, MAY 17-24, 2001. Also, we have another special screening lined up
for you, SO... save this post and read it offline; more to come! And please
feel free to forward this information to all your online friends. Thanks for
supporting our programs!
IN THIS ISSUE:
1) VC FILMFEST Highlight Alert #1: Opening and Closing Night Programs
2) CHILIVISIONS XIV: Save-the-Date Reminder
3) APRIL 17: Friends of VC Members' Screening: Hong Kong legend Tsui Hark's
"Time and Tide"
#1:
VC FILMFEST 2001:
The Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival
May 17 through 24, 2001
Directors Guild of America, Japan America Theatre
At presstime, we are proud to announce that we have confirmed our Opening and
Closing Night films, they are:
Opening Night/May 17, 2001/Directors Guild of America
The Los Angeles Gala Premiere of
GREEN DRAGON (2001) by Timothy Linh Bui
(co-producer and co-screenwriter, THREE SEASONS)
Set in a Marine airbase circa 1975, GREEN DRAGON is a compelling story of
Vietnamese immigrants to America and of their experiences in military bases
intended as way-stations before being relocated to a new home—a 1970s version
of Ellis Island. The film, an official selection of the 2001 Sundance Film
Festival, is inspired by the experiences of director Timothy Linh Bui and his
brother, multi-award winning director Tony Bui (THREE SEASONS). The film is
executive produced by actor/director Forrest Whitaker (THE CRYING GAME,
WAITING TO EXHALE) and stars Whitaker, Hiep Thi Le (BUGIS STREET, HEAVEN AND
EARTH), Billinger Tran, Don Duong, and Patrick Swayze (DIRTY DANCING, GHOST).
Closing Night/May 24, 2001/Japan America Theatre
A Special rare showing of
FAREWELL TO MANZANAR (1976) by John Korty ("The Autobiography of Miss Jane
Pittman")
Based on Jean W. Houston's memoirs of her family's internment at Manzanar,
this well-regarded 1976 telefilm is perhaps the first-ever intimate portrait
of a Japanese American family and the physical and emotional sense of loss
due to relocation during WWII. The film stars Nobu McCarthy, the late, great
Yuki Shimoda, Akemi Kikumura, Clyde Kusatsu, and many others. Unavailable in
a theatrical version in over 25 years, we will be showing a newly-struck film
print for this special occasion, to draw attention to the importance of
preservation of our community's cinema heritage.
Ticket and program info for all VC FILMFEST events available ONLINE starting
April 16 at www.vconline.org. Volunteer opportunities available - call 213
680 4462 x68 for info
#2:
CHILIVISIONS XIV
The return of Chili and Film!
August 18, 2001
JACCC Plaza, Japan America Theatre
Los Angeles Little Tokyo
SAVE THIS DATE! More info to come!
#3:
Visual Communications and TriStar Pictures proudly presents a special
screening of
TIME AND TIDE
a film by Tsui Hark
starring Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai and Candy Lo
Tuesday, April 17, 2001; Showtime 7:30 p.m.
COLUMBIA PICTURES STUDIOS, Sony Backstage Theater
Join director Tsui Hark for a Q&A following the screening.
10202 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, one block east of Overland Avenue
TICKETS:
Friends of VC Members: FREE with Membership I.D.
Non-Members $5.00
Become a Friends of Visual Communications Member now and receive ticket
discounts for this and future VC special programs.
RSVP: Visual Communications, (213) 680-4462 x58
Limited Seating! Reserve your tickets NOW!
SYNOPSIS:
Hong Kong, present day. A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score
quick cash. He soon befriends a once disillusioned mercenary determined to
begin life anew with the woman he just married. Although the two men find
themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, their
partnership is short-lived: gradually and through uncontrollable
circumstances, they will unknowingly be propelled toward opposite sides of a
deadly confrontation.
Tsui Hark's action-packed thriller, TIME AND TIDE, marks Tsui's triumphant
return to Hong Kong's unique brand of high-octane filmmaking - a genre that
he helped define with such films as PEKING OPERA BLUES and A CHINESE GHOST
STORY. TIME AND TIDE was shown at the Venice and Toronto International Film
Festivals and just garnered 6 Hong Kong Film Awards nominations. This Spring
Tsui Hark will be the subject of several retrospectives in the U.S. including
TriStar's re-release of the classic ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA - Parts 1 (in
its original uncut version) and 2 and Subway Cinema's "Once Upon A Time In
Hong Kong: A Tsui Hark Retrospective" at the Anthology Film Archives in
Manhattan and the Plaza Twin in Brooklyn.
Produced by Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Sony Pictures
Entertainment's Asian production entity, TIME AND TIDE brings together one of
the world's most renowned producer-directors, the hottest young star in Hong
Kong music and film (Nicholas Tse), a rock n' roll icon from Taiwan (Wu Bai)
and one of Hong Kong most promising new talents, singer Candy Lo, who is
nominated for the Best Newcomer Award and Best Supporting Actress at the Hong
Kong Film Awards.
A brand name in international cinema, Tsui Hark is among the first corps of
Hong Kong filmmakers invited by Hollywood to share the dazzling magic of
their films with the world. His first two American projects, Columbia
Pictures' DOUBLE TEAM and KNOCK OFF, were worldwide hits. In addition, he
has over fifty Hong Kong titles to his credit, most of them local box-office
smashes as well as cult favorites around the world, including such milestones
as THE KILLER, A BETTER TOMORROW 1 and 2 and the CHINESE GHOST STORY series
(as producer), and PEKING OPERA BLUES, A BETTER TOMORROW 3, and the ONCE UPON
A TIME IN CHINA series (as writer/producer/director).
Special Thanks to TriStar Pictures, Laura Kim and Annalee Paulo/mPRm, AND CAPE
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