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Strange Trailer for Zhang's 'Blood Simple' Remake

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:17:50 +0000

There was a lot of outrage when it was announced that there would be a remake of Blood Simple , the breakthrough film from the Coen Brothers, even though the new version was being directed by Zhang Yimou , who is at least on the same level as the Coens, if not a better director. I ...

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Zhang Yimou Remakes Coen’s Classic

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:52 +0000

They’ve been directing films since 1984’s neo-noir thriller Blood Simple , but it shows their current standing in the film world Chinese cinema legend – Zhang Yimou – chooses to adapt their own debut feature. The director of Raise the Red Lantern , Hero and Curse of the ...

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China's Zhang Yimou to release black comedy: report (AFP)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:21:00 +0000

AFP - Award-winning Chinese director Zhang Yimou has engineered another career shift with his latest movie -- a comedy remake of a Coen brothers thriller with a theme song rapped by the filmmaker himself.

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International Trailer: Zhang Yimou’s Blood Simple Remake Looks…Kooky

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:25:00 +0000

First up, Zhang Yimou ’s sorta-remake of Blood Simple , the amazing debut feature by Joel and Ethan Coen, has a new title. Once called Amazing Tales: Three Guns , the title now seems to be The First Gun . Except that in some places, as on the upload for the trailer featured below, ...

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Zhang considers war drama, romance as next project (AP)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +0000

AP - Looking for a new project after finishing a comedy, Zhang Yimou is considering adaptations of novels set against China's Cultural Revolution and the Japanese invasion in World War II, his assistant said Wednesday.

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Zhang Yimou's 'Blood Simple; Remake Is A Wacky Comedy That Features A Rap Written By The Director?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:10:28 +0000

Ok, we know that Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou ("Raise the Red Lantern," "Hero," "Curse of the Golden Flower") is remaking the Coen Brothers' neo-noir, "Blood Simple" as a thriller-comedy set in a Chinese noodle shop in a sand dune-specked desert, rather than a bar in an unnamed Texas town where ...

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