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ANDREW LIN, HORROR MAKER - SUR LE TOURNAGE DE “DREAM HOME”
Teaser en version anglaise sous-titrée français de mon interview exclusive de l'acteur Andrew Lin ("2000 AD", "Infernal Affairs II", "New Police Story", "The Heavenly Kings"...) qui pour la première fois depuis 1996, revient exceptionnelement à son métier précédent, maquilleur effets spéciaux, le temps d'un film, "Dream Home". Ce slaher Hongkongais de Pang Ho-cheung ("Men Suddenly in Black", "AV") avec Josie Ho ("Exilé") et Anthony Wong ("The Mission") sortira dans les salles de Hong Kong pour Halloween 2009 et sera également distribué en France par Wild Side Films.
JACKIE CHAN, SIMON YAM, FAN BINGBING, DANIEL WU @ HKIFF2009
Shot on March 22nd, 2009. Featuring: Daniel Wu, Jackie Chan, Simon Yam, Fan Bing-bing, Derek Yee, Raymond Chow, Karen Mok, Chris Doyle, Bey Logan etc... Music by Synapse (“Hyeroglyphe”). Check out their MySpace page here: http://www.myspace.com/synapseeds
BLOWJOB $300
Watch the whole video here: http://fredambroisine.com/videos/090509bj300.htm BJ $300 was one of the 27 projects selected in 2009 at the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). "BJ $300 is the fee for a blow job service by an Enko girl. Enko is a Japanese term meaning compensated dating which started in 1994 when teenaged school girls began offering sexual services to lonely, middle-aged men who compensated them with money and expensive gifts...". This interview with Barbara Wong (director/producer) and Gus Liem (producer), was shot on March 23rd , 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center during the HAF.
THE STORM WARRIORS: ACTION FANTASY MADE IN HONG KONG
http://fredambroisine.com/videos/090106stormriders2.htm Première conférence de presse de "The Storm Warriors" alias "The Storm Riders II" de Danny et Oxyde Pang, avec Nicholas Tse, Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Charlene Choi, Simon Yam et Tiffany T. Il s'agit de la suite de "Stormriders" film de 1998 réalisé par Andrew Lau ("Infernal Affairs"). Mon blog: http://www.alivenotdead.com/fredambroisine Mon site: http://fredambroisine.com/ Musique: Lokiks "Trou Noir" (2003)
COQ DE COMBAT: LA BRUTALITÉ DES ARTS MARTIAUX
Teaser de mon documentaire « Force Brute – Entretien avec Soi Cheang », disponible en bonus sur le DVD français de « Shamo » alias « Coq de Combat » (édité par CTV International depuis le 8 septembre 2008).
INFERNAL AFFAIRS 2 & 3 FRENCH DOCUMENTARIES (OPENINGS)
Unreleased openings of INFERNAL AFFAIRS 2 & 3 French documentaries (Alternative soundtracks - Music by Chan Kwong-wing). Directed by Frederic Ambroisine. Edited by Anthony Barthelemy. www.fredambroisine.com
INSIDE HO YUK (INTRO)
"Inside Ho Yuk" is a 52 minutes documentary about Yau Ching's "Let's Love Hong Kong" (original Cantonese title : "Ho Yuk"), the first Hong Kong independant lesbian movie, starring Wong Chung-ching, Ericam Lam, Colette Koo & Maria Cordero. "Inside Ho Yuk" is directed by Frederic Ambroisine, edited by Erasmo Di Fonzo & produced by BQHL productions. Music by Meeting Quotations.
MAGGIE Q & A (EXCERPT)
"Maggie Q & A" is a short documentary (18 minutes) with the actress Maggie Q, who's talking about her Hong Kong career, from modeling to "Naked Weapon". It'll be released on the "Naked Weapon" French DVD the 21st of June 2007. Distributed by CTV International. Directed by Frederic Ambroisine.
GORDON CHAN : HIGH TECH DIRECTOR (EXCERPT)
"Gordon Chan : High Tech Director" is a short documentary directed by Frederic Ambroisine with Gordon Chan, available on the French DVD of "2000AD", an action movie starring Aaron Kwok, Francis Ng, Daniel Wu, Ken Lo & Andrew Lin. www.fredambroisine.com
BAI LING : BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS (EXCERPT)
"Bai Ling : Beautiful Darkness" is a short documentary (14 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine, with Chinese actress Bai Ling (白靈). It's available on the French DVD of Fruit Chan's "Dumplings (餃子)", also starring Miriam Yeung (楊千嬅) & Tony Leung Ka-fai (梁家輝). www.fredambroisine.com (more)
TSUI HARK - MISSION : COMEDIE (ABOUT SPY GAMES)
"Tsui Hark - Mission : Comedie" is a short documentary (13 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine, available on the French DVD edition of "Spy Games (中日南北和)", a 1989 action comedy directed by David Wu (胡大為) and produced by Tsui Hark (徐克), and starring Joey Wong (王祖賢), Kenny Bee (鍾鎮濤), Waise Lee (李子雄) & Michael Chan Wai-man (陳惠敏). www.fredambroisine.com
CHERRIE YING CHOI-YI (ABOUT THROW DOWN)
"Cherrie Yin - Une Actrice à Tomber" is a short documentary (around 20 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine, with Cherrie Ying Choi-yi (應采兒), who's talking about her work with Hong Kong director Johnnie To (杜琪峰), from "Fulltime Killer" (2001) to "Throw Down (柔道龍虎榜)" (2004 - released in France as "Judo"). www.fredambroisine.com
CHU YUAN DISCUSSION (UDINE FAR EAST FILM 2004)
"Chu Yuan : Discussion au Far East Film" is a short documentary (13 minutes) about the work of Hong Kong director Chu Yuan, showing some parts of a seminar - with film historian Law Kar & Hong Kong Festival consultant Tim Youngs - shot in Udine (Italy) during the Far East Film Festival in 2004. Directed by Frederic Ambroisine and available on the French DVD of Chu Yuan's "Legend of the Bat". www.fredambroisine.com
ONCE UPON A TIME CHANG CHEH (BY SAM HO)
"Il Etait Une Fois Chang Cheh vol. 1" is a short documentary (13 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine, with film critic & Hong Kong Film Archive programmer Sam Ho, who's talking about the early work of director Chang Cheh ("Magnificent Trio", "Blood Brothers" etc...). Available on the French DVD of Chang Cheh's "Blood Brothers". the second part of this documentary (also 13 minutes) is available on the French DVD of "The New One-Armed Swordsman" and the "One-Armed Swordsman" trilogy box set. www.fredambroisine.com
EDDY KO HUNG (ABOUT AVENGING EAGLE)
"Eddy Ko : L'indépendant" is a short documentary (13 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine, with Hong Kong actor Eddy Ko ("The Mission", "PTU", "Lethal Weapon 4") who was also a stuntman and martial artist in the 70's. Available on Sun Chung's "Avenging Eagle" French DVD. www.fredambroisine.com
CHO YOUNG-JUNG (ABOUT KING BOXER'S DIRECTOR CHUNG CHANG-WHA)
"Pusan Connection" is a short documentary (13 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine with Cho Young-jung, the programmer of the Korean Film Retrospective at the Pusan International Film Festival (South Korea). In 2003, she organized a retrospective about Korean director Chung Chang-wha (정창화) a.k.a. Cheng Chang-ho (Chinese pseudonym), who worked in Korea and also Hong Kong, where he did his most famous movie, "King Boxer" a.k.a. "Five Fingers of Death" a.k.a "La Main de Fer" a.k.a. 철인 a.k.a. 天下第一拳. www.fredambroisine.com
ANNIE LIU : FROM TAIWAN TO HONG KONG (EXCERPT)
"From Taiwan to Hong Kong" is a short documentary (13 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine, with the taiwanese newcomer Annie Liu (劉心悠), the main actress of Wong Ching-po's "Mob Sister (Ah Sou)". Available on "Mob Sister" French DVD since June 13tth, 2007. www.fredambroisine.com
BENNY CHAN TALKS ABOUT BIG BULLET
This excerpt is taken from "Benny Chan : The Heroic One", a short documentary (13 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine about and with Hong Kong director Benny Chan / 陳木勝 (His last movie "Invisible Target /男兒本色" was released yesterday in Hong Kong) who's talking about his career, from his debut at ATV Asia Television Ltd / 亞洲電視有限公司) to "New Police Story /新警察故事" with Jackie Chan (2004). Available since November 23rd, 2005, on the French DVD of "Heroic Duo /雙雄" starring Leon Lai / 黎明, Ekin Cheng / 鄭伊健 and Francis Ng /吳鎮宇. NB : Benny Chan interview was shot in Cannes in May 2005. www.fredambroisine.com
SWORDWOMAN MOVIE QUEEN CHENG PEI-PEI
"Cheng Pei-pei -- l'Héroine de la Shaw" is a short documentary (13 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine with and about Cheng Pei-pei /鄭佩佩, swordwoman movie queen who played in martial arts classics like "Come Drink With Me / 大醉俠" (1996) and "Golden Swallow /金燕子" (1968) and more recently in "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon /臥虎藏龍" (2000). In this excerpt, she's talking about the beginning of her career in Hong Kong at the Shaw Brothers studios. The first movie she did for this company was "The Lotus Lamp /寶蓮燈", also starring screen beauty Linda Lin Dai / 林黛, who commited suicide before the end of the shooting. Cheng Pei-pei appears in others Ambroisine's documentaries like "Ho Meng-hua -- le Commercial" (about her favorite director Ho Meng-hua /何夢華), "Le Peplum Martial de la Shaw" (about the action epic "The 14 Amazones /十四女英豪") and "Cheng Pei-pei vs Chang Cheh" (about the her tensed collaboration with Chang Cheh on the shooting of "Golden Swallow" and "Flying Dagger /飛刀手"). "Cheng Pei-pei -- l'Héroine de la Shaw" is available since August 17th, 2004 on the French DVD of "Shadow Whip / 影子神鞭" directed by Lo Wei / 羅維. www.fredambroisine.com
CECILIA CHEUNG : TWO-TIME CALL GIRL (IN MOVIES)
Hong Kong star Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi / 張柏芝 started in the film industry in 1999 by playing a prostitute in Stephen Chow / 周星馳’s masterpiece, “King Of Comedy / 喜劇之王”. In 2004, she played a character with a similar background in the crime-drama “One Nite In Mongkok / 旺角黑夜”, one of the best movies directed by Derek Yee / 爾冬陞, also starring Daniel Wu / 吳彥祖, Alex Fong / 方中信, Ching Ka-lok / 錢嘉樂 and Lam Suet / 林雪. This interview, shot in October 2004 is an excerpt of “Au Coeur de la Nuit (In The Heart Of The Night)”, a short documentary (26 minutes) directed by Frederic Ambroisine, with Cecilia Cheung, Derek Yee, actor Alex Fong, Second unit director Jamie Luk / 陸劍明 and music composer Peter Kam / 金培達. “Au Coeur de la Nuit” is available since July 19th, 2006, on the French DVD of “One Nite In Mongkok”. Additional music performed by Claire Lemmon (excerpt of the song “Scary”). www.fredambroisine.com