Monday, September 24, 2007

Springing Surprises on Venice film fest.

Leading Hong Kong director Johnnie To will springs ome surprise of this year's Venice film festival. The movie news of his latest police thrillers is Mad detective. The movies main actors by Andy On, and Lau ching Wan and the film co-directed by Wai Ka fai. The story about a standard of a rookie cop teaming up with a former officer to hunt down a serial killers.

The films turns into a psychological teaster that blurs the line between truth and lies, reality and delusion, This year entry 23 films vying for the golden lion has been kept secret until a few surprice were spring out.

Last year top prise was won by one of the surprice candidate Still Life by chinese director Jia Zhangke. Welsh director Peter Greenaway applied to reveal the many secret of the Rembrandt masterpiece. The nightwatch, a work that led to the Dutch master finanicial and social ruin. The works explores the three women in Rembrandt's life and the influnce of his home life on his work.

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