Film - "Made in Hong Kong" series, 2006

(adapted from archive.org's July 9, 2006 archive of the Freer Gallery's film listings)

Eleventh Annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival

This festival is cosponsored with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office.

2046
Friday, July 7, 2006, 7 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Sunday, July 9, 2006, 2 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Wong Kar-wai's latest movie is many things at once: a sequel to his film In the Mood for Love, a rapturous fantasia on memory and desire, and a retrospective of the themes that permeate his work. Sensuous and dreamlike, 2046 simply must be experienced on the big screen. 2005 / 129 min. / Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.

Initial D
Friday, July 14, 2006, 7 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Sunday, July 16, 2006, 2 pm, Meyer Auditorium
From Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, the team behind the hugely popular Infernal Affairs trilogy, comes this sleek, stylish thriller full of exhilarating racing scenes and generous doses of comedy and action. Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou stars as a gas station attendant drawn into the fast-paced world of illegal street racing. 2005 / 109 min. / Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.

Justice, My Foot!
Friday, July 21, 2006, 7 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Sunday, July 23, 2006, 2 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Stephen Chow, who recently grabbed the world by the funny bone in Kung Fu Hustle, has been making Hong Kong audiences laugh for nearly two decades. He stars with Anita Mui in this action comedy by Johnnie To as a lawyer and his wife, a pregnant kung fu expert, who battle corruption in ancient China. 1992 / 102 min. / Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.

Happy Together
Friday, July 28, 2006, 7 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Sunday, July 30, 2006, 2 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Wong Kar-wai's visually rich and dramatically intense film stars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung, two of Hong Kong's biggest stars. They play expatriate lovers living in Argentina whose tumultuous, disintegrating relationship plays out against the backdrop of the streets and tango bars of Buenos Aires. 1997 / 97 min. / Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.

Once Upon a Time in China
Friday, August 4, 2006, 7 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Sunday, August 6, 2006, 2 pm, Meyer Auditorium
This martial arts classic from director Tsui Hark stars Jet Li as the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung, a famed doctor and kung fu master. Wong battles encroaching colonialists and homegrown gangsters alike in this feast of amazing action scenes and visual splendor. 1991 / 99 min.

2 Young
Friday, August 11, 2006, 7 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Sunday, August 13, 2006, 2 pm, Meyer Auditorium
This light, charming tale of love from director Derek Yee tells the story of a working-class boy and a rich girl who fall in love. When she becomes pregnant, they take off together to flee her enraged parents. Will their love survive? 2005 / 108 min. / Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.

Divergence
Friday, August 18, 2006, 7 pm, Meyer Auditorium
Sunday, August 20, 2006, 2 pm, Meyer Auditorium
A high-velocity thriller that represents the new breed of exciting Hong Kong action movies, this film from Benny Chan is a nonstop thrill ride. Aaron Kwok plays a celebrity cop whose longing for a lost love gets in the way of taking down the bad guys. 2005 / 101 min. / Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.

Perhaps Love
Friday, August 25, 2006, 7 pm
Sunday, August 27, 2006, 2 pm
Hong Kong is not known for its musical extravaganzas, but this film just might change all that. Peter Chan's lavish movie-within-a-movie uses dazzling musical numbers and eye-popping visuals to tell the story of a love triangle on a film set. 2005 / 108 min. / Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.

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