Absolute Love
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501051219-1139863,00=
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China's first movie musical in years is a gorgeous cinematic treat
BY BRYAN WALSH
Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005
When the producer Andr=E9 Morgan proposed making a movie musical in
2003, indie filmmaker Peter Chan was less than receptive. "I thought
there was a reason no one had made a musical for 35 years," says Chan.
"Audiences wouldn't go to them." But the lure of shooting in mainland
China for the first time was enticing, and Chan saw an opportunity to
make a modern musical without compromising dramatic complexity. With
Morgan, the producer behind Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby, and a
$10 million budget, Chan assembled a starry cast: Taiwanese-Japanese
icon Takeshi Kaneshiro, rising mainland actress Zhou Xun and Jacky
Cheung, the one Heavenly King of Canto-pop who can really sing. But
would audiences accept a big-budget Asian film without a flying kick or
aerial swordfight? And was Chan-a Hong Konger best known for
delicate, tightly-observed dramas such as Comrades, Almost a Love
Story-the man to bring this improbable project off?
Yu guo. Oi (2005)
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..=2E. aka Perhaps Love (International: English title)
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