Thursday, June 9, 2011

The Grandmasters

Looking forward to Wong Kar Wai's next film, a biopic of Yip Man entitled "The Grandmasters". Expected to be released in 2011, this film comes with the usual slew of disclaimers applicable to Wong Kar Wai films.

  • There is no guarantee that this will be the next Wong Kar Wai film released. Perhaps he films, edits and releases another film before he finishes post production work for "The Grandmasters". He did it before with "Chungking Express".

  • Expected to be released in 2011 - which means that it might be released in 2012 ..... hopefully by 2013 ..... I think definitely by 2046.

  • Yuen Woo Ping (of "The Matrix" trilogy fame) choreographed the action sequences, which is a good thing. Wong Kar Wai is the director, which means we should not expect straightforward kung fu scenes. Maybe they were when he filmed it, they won't be by the time we watch it.

  • Christopher Doyle isn't the cinematographer, Phillipe Le Sourd is. Wonder how it turns out.

1 comment:

Jamaica said...

Chris Doyle didn't shoot all of "In the Mood for Love," either , and it turned out fine. :-). I, too, can't wait for this film, but guess we'll have to.