Comments on: What happens in Udine - pics and notes from FEFF12

By: anotherlonelyday

anotherlonelyday — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:51:55 +0000

oh one more comment.

i think the screenplay and yip’s directing, whilst as mentioned in the review is blatant in its crass commercialism, deserves maybe a bit of underrated credit.

the pacing is tight, the emotions are cloying but effective and overall as a film, it works if you’re willing to forgive the foreign-white-devils.

yip has been slaughtered for michael baying it but i don’t know, he still retains a bit of craft to these films.

By: anotherlonelyday

anotherlonelyday — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:38:41 +0000

i just watched ip man 2 on dvd (the real deal of course) and actually enjoyed it but kept thinking ‘why did lovehkfilm slate it so bad?’.

i think i’ve found the reason to why i brushed aside all the one dimensional characters, nationalism, overacting, straight forward plots so easily etc etc. it’s because i’ve seen all this sh|t before in hong kong film anyways. so upon reading a snippet of the review, i had prepared myself for the bad parts and subconsciously turned my brain to mush when they appeared, which then made the film better than it probably is.

this form of self denial is because i love hong kong cinema.

By: V

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:33:18 +0000

Kozo, when will you be back? We miss you!

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:37:08 +0000

Hi KVDT, I conducted an interview with both Derek Kwok and Clement Cheng, but it ran a bit long and now I’m trying to figure out how to condense it into an article that isn’t novel length. My target date for getting it out there is probably sometime around the DVD release. If we’re lucky.

By: KVDT

KVDT — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:43:26 +0000

Hi Kozo, you mention in your post you interviewed Clement Cheng - do you put your interviews online somewhere? Looking forward to GALLANTS!

By: QQ

QQ — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:42:08 +0000

That would be awesome! Just need to save some money and hope my boss will let me take vacation.

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:43:20 +0000

Hi QQ, they did shoot YESTERDAY ONCE MORE in Udine. I should probably take some comparison photos myself, but I haven’t seen the film since 2004, and don’t exactly remember where they were. I’m sure I walked by the actual film location about 20 times.

The fest is usually in late April. If somehow you do find yourself going, let me know. Who knows, we might meet there!

By: QQ

QQ — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:36:58 +0000

I would like to save up for a trip to Udine next year - if only to find out if its the location for Yesterday Once More (haha…I know there are easier ways like Google) and take pics. Can you post what time the fest is? Doesn’t seem easy to get there from Chicago?

By: Rummy Dummy

Rummy Dummy — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:07:39 +0000

Thanks for explaining Anpanman. I admit I feel somewhat foolish because I don’t get many of the injokes, especially in captions, but that gelato picture was priceless.

I do however understand non sequiturs.

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:32:40 +0000

Glenn, what’s your joke about schmoozing with celebs? If it has something to do with my oft-expressed lack of desire to meet them — well, at FEFF if you avoid celebs then it’s called being impolite.

Helena, Udine is lovely isn’t it? About the stuff I hinted at — maybe it’s backwards and all that special stuff isn’t happy and has really made me a sad, sobbing wreck. Either way, I’d much rather talk about celebrity scandals or lousy movies than myself on this blog. It helps traffic, too.

AlHaru, the T2 action figure belongs to Derek Kwok. He brought it from Hong Kong for his own photos. I have very little luggage space, so I only bring mini toys like Anpanman, LGM and little white dogs. I suppose I could bring more manly toys, but then everyone would know that I’m just fronting.