Tag: China

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Joan Chen: Why US & China film industries misunderstand each other

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“The Chinese film market is very active right now…”

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Liu Cixin’s novels will soon be adapted into movies

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Chinese Sci-Fi Writer to Get Five Movie Adaptations

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Chinese Investors Back Horror Film That May Never Debut in China

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The indie film, called “Abattoir,” is being shot in Louisiana

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Sci-fi: Liu Cixin’s “The Three-Body Problem” Published in US

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Liu has been promoting the English translation

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“Ruins of Time” wins Chinese version of the Nebula Award

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Author Bao Shu wins Xingyun Award.

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#POCtober: Rigor Mortis (2013)

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Director: Juno Mak, Producer: Takashi Shimizu
Hong Kong’s multi-talented wunderkind Juno Mak has struck gold in his every creative endeavor in music, fashion, and film. As the director of this 2013 vampire flick, Mak pairs up with J Horror innovator Takashi Shimizu who birthed the Ju-on/Grudge franchises.

The resulting movie pays tribute to Ricky Lau’s 1985 horror/comedy Mr Vampire and bends the fourth wall by including cast members from that iconic film. Eschewing the Western take on bloodsucker mythology, both films instead hinge Chinese folklore’s jiangshi, a Taoist creature roughly described as a “hopping vampire”.