The Wait For RED CLIFF Is Over!

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1. Rhythm-X 09/05/2008 @ 9:01pm

   This still has no US distributor, correct?  Someone’s gonna pick this up and release it two years after everyone who wanted to see it downloaded it or imported it, and then they’re going to whine about poor sales…

2. ChevalierAguila 09/05/2008 @ 9:06pm

   They are going to cut it too, John Woo thinks we silly westerns are too dumb to get all those chinese characters with funny names, tee-hee.

3. jo3y 09/06/2008 @ 1:47am

   I think the second part is coming out in Asia in jan and then they will cut pt1 and pt2 into a 90-120 minute film for the West.

   the characters CAN be confusing; helps if you have at least some prior knowledge of Three Kingdoms stories (I was going to write some basic “sleeve notes” type things for my friends - if I do, will send to twitch to see if it twitch worthy).

   Red Cliff IS very accessible though.
   The only problem is that with such a stellar cast (Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung, Chang Chen) its like having an ensemble supporting cast with A List actors, and no one really emerges are the star of the film.

4. TheDoug 09/06/2008 @ 7:22am

   I just viewed this epic film via Zoke Culture’s 3-disc LE set which is limited to 5000 pcs.and includes a nice 32 page booklet. Overall I found this adaptation very noteworty both in the context of the story construction and the intricately detailed CGI battle scenes which have a fair balance of drama and action. The music score by Taro Iwashiro I particularly liked. Acting by the main leads, Kaneshiro, Leung and Chen held my interest along with the female “eye candy” of model Lin Chiling and Vick Zhao’s role as Princess Sun Shang Xiang. Why Sony Pictures hasn’t picked this up for US distribution is a mystery. Even IMDB doesn’t mention a US release date. As usual, we’re left with no other alternative than to see this only in the context of an Asian dvd presentation, whatever the format. (Note: The upcoming Hong Kong release coming Septeember 10th notes a DVD-9, DVD-5 format. Why wouldn’t this 2-Disc set be one format or the other?)

5. jo3y 09/09/2008 @ 3:15pm

   THEDOUG: Sony Pictures wouldnt pick this up. From what I can see they only distributed what they produced (CROUCHING TIGER, KUNG FU HUSTLE). They wouldnt know what to do with it. Summit have sold it to the UK and i think one of the big indies are realising it (Lionsgate maybe, cant remember who, someone of that magnitude).

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