Comments on: Wong Kar Wai Retrospective at Pitch Black Cafe

By: acroamatic

acroamatic — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:55:53 +0000

Ah, interesting! He seemed to have worked well with Clive Owen, so that’s good precedent. But he didn’t work with his long-time collaborator, Christopher Doyle. Wonder how that will affect the look of the film. Still, I reckon it’ll be good. Just read that it’s the opening film at Cannes. Can’t wait to see it when it arrives here. (No pun intended.)

By: wai

wai — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:42:50 +0000

Wong Kar Wai will be releasing his latest film Blueberry Nights starring Norah Jones and Jude Law at Cannes. I reckon it’s his first Western feature. It’d be interesting to see how it looks. Already reviews have been positive.

By: acroamatic

acroamatic — Mon, 14 May 2007 09:41:35 +0000

Thanks for the update!

By: Anand

Anand — Mon, 14 May 2007 09:30:29 +0000

Update:

Heard from Pitch Black people that they’re getting new DVDs of the films that had problems or weren’t shown, & will screen them again another time – maybe next month.

So that’s something to look out for …. (I wouldn’t mind seeing Fallen Angels again actually – WKW at his quintessential best :)

By: acroamatic

acroamatic — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:14:42 +0000

Just came back from Pitch Black. They didn’ screen Fallen Angels because one of the bosses took the disc home and forgot to bring it back. Argh!

They screened Happy Together instead. (And I remember telling someone that they weren’t showing this at all.) My second time watching. Mala and Ee enjoyed it.

By: acroamatic

acroamatic — Wed, 09 May 2007 01:42:38 +0000

Ah, so you went! Pitch Black is a nice place. But its relatively quiet location is both a blessing and a curse. Not sure how well they are doing.

You and Pitch Black have something in common: both should start a blog. =P

Motorcycle Diaries… haven’t watched that. Next Thursday, eh? Perhaps I will join you.

By: Anand

Anand — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:16:26 +0000

Went to see the aforementioned Chungking Express earlier this evening – it’s as quirky & interesting as I remembered it from my first viewing years ago. And Pitch Black is just a pretty nice place lah – one of the coolest public film screening venues I’ve come across. You guys should def check it out.

I will be back …. (perhaps for Motosikal Diaries next week :)

By: acroamatic

acroamatic — Mon, 07 May 2007 06:28:08 +0000

Didn’t like the 2nd season.

Hahah… I can’t remember how I got the DVD! I downloaded them when they were first released online. Deleted all except The Follow and Star ‘cos I didn’t have space on my 20GB hard disk. Someone who knows I like the series had a spare copy of the DVD, so he or she passed it to me.

Really can’t recall who it was.

By: Qinz

Qinz — Sun, 06 May 2007 11:49:15 +0000

Ah yes.. Star.

*snicker* Racing the Devil – 2nd season by Tony Scott was quite funny as well.

Did you get it off BMW themselves? Because I think they had someone else to do the continuation between short films

By: acroamatic

acroamatic — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:08:19 +0000

@ Qinz Turns out I might have a meeting after work on that day. Will let you know if I can make it. Ah, The Follow. I have the whole BMW Films series on DVD. Watched The Follow when they first released it on the internet. The DVD version is slightly longer though, small additions to nearly every other scene. Didn't feel that it added much. In fact, the original edit was much tighter and better for it. I like The Follow a lot. Once again, impeccable music choice. My other favourite in that series is Star by Guy Ritchie. Just plain fun. Clive Owen displays a very different take on his driver character than in most of the other short films. Oh yes, Clive Owen fans, you'll want to watch all the BMW Films. I thought he would make a good James Bond because of his acting here. @ PY My goodness, PY, you have very good eyesight. Yes, I was late, so I tagged along with another group. Walter and Georgiana were in the group too! It's been a long day, so haven't had time to upload my photos.