Zhang Ziyi!

[Southern Crane]

From MonkeyPeaches...

During a press conference, for promoting a brand of sports beverage, in Beijing, Jet Li has commented on how Hero is treated by MiramAxe. He said looked like the US release date had yet to be decided on and the title change (from Hero to Jet Li's Hero) is also somewhat baseless. He was not optimistic about how well Hero would do in the States, because looked like every Chinese (outside of China) got a copy of Hero DVD and that would count for at least US$10 million box-office loss.

I didn't think Jet Li would like "Jet Li's Hero." $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/sick.gif')

[Southern Crane]

Two new pictures of Zhang Ziyi (blind Tang Dynasty dancer Xiao Mei) from the set of Shi Mian Mai Fu with And Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro...

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- Zhang Yimou's Shi Mian Mai Fu will receive a non-competition screening at this year's Cannes International Film Festival

- Wong Kar-wai's 2046 will receive a competition screening at Cannes

- Zhang Ziyi's currently in Japan for the production of legendary director Seijun Suzuki's new musical Operetta Tanuki Goten (literally, "Operetta Raccoon Dog Palace")
- Jet Li's Hero is once again Hero! $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/banana.gif')

[Southern Crane]

Ziyi in three new Japanese Ascience haircare commercials. Click image...

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Be sure to view all three. It's worth it! $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/clap.gif')


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[Southern Crane]

- The 2004 Festival De Cannes runs from May 12 - 23, 2004

- Shi Mian Mai Fu screens as "Flying Daggers" at the Palais des Festivals on May 19 at 10:30 pm with a 10:15 Red Carpet

- 2046 screens at the Palais des Festivals on May 20 at 7 pm with a 6:30 Red Carpet

- Ziyi is scheduled to arrive at Nice-Côte d'Azur International Airport at 8:55 am on Air France AF7700

If you plan to be there, GET PICTURES!!! $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/happy.gif')



Oh, I've been asked to remind Ziyi fans that Shi Mian Mai Fu will have it's grand premiere at Worker's Stadium in Beijing, China on July 10, 2004 (reference).

Ziyi's currently filming Operetta Tanuki Goten in Japan and doing well. $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/yes.gif')

"Suziki -san," the film's director, is cool. $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/smokin.gif')

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edited: Time of "Daggers" screening has changed; Added Red Carpet times

[Southern Crane]

Shi Mian Mai Fu ("Lovers" in Japan) featured in the June 2004 special movie edition of the Japanese fashion magazine Crea...

Zhang Ziyi and Kanishiro Takeshi on the cover:

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Feature with Zhang Ziyi and Andy Lau:

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"Lovers"

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[Southern Crane]

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A post in Chinese to remind/inform any mainland visitors of the July 10, 2004 Beijing grand premiere of Shi Mian Mai Fu, including map, directions and stadium phone number, and the film's July 16, 2004 nationwide release.

[Southern Crane]

Ziyi in Shi Mian Mai Fu Cannes poster...

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[Southern Crane]

Pictures From Shi Mian Mai Fu Cannes Screening
May 20, 2004

Director Zhang Yimou's second wuxia film, Shi Mian Mai Fu (aka House of Flying Daggers, aka Lovers), starring Zhang Ziyi, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro, held its first screening to rave critical reviews yesterday, May 19, 2004, with a non-competitive viewing at the 57th Annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.

The following select pictures are of the film's cast and director from the day's events:

First, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Yimou and Andy Lau at a discussion/photo op the night before:

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Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Yimou and Andy Lau at an afternoon press conference/photo op:

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Cast members and director at another, larger afternoon press conference/photo op:

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Last but not least, cast members and director at the film's Red Carpet screening later in the evening:

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[Southern Crane]

Pictures From 2046 Cannes Screening
May 21, 2004

Director Wong Kar-wai's long-awaited sequal to his 2000 art-house hit In the Mood for Love, 2046, starring Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Gong Li, Carina Lau, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong and Maggie Cheung in a cameo role, among others, held its premiere screening to critical acclaim yesterday, May 20, 2004, with a competitive viewing at the 57th Annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.

The following select pictures are of the film's cast and director from the day's events:

First, director Wong Kar-wai, Chang Chen, Takuya Kimura Tony Leung, Carina Lau and Zhang Ziyi at an afternoon press conference/photo op:

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Chang Chen, Chang Chen, Tony Leung, Gong Li, Takuya Kimura and Carina Lau at the film's Red Carpet screening later in the afternoon:

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[Southern Crane]

After attending two simultaneous film screenings at Cannes, Ziyi heads back to Tokyo, Japan to continue filming Operetta Tanuki Goten, a Japanese musical.


Damn, beautiful, hardworking, and talented...

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[Southern Crane]

Okay, Maggie Cheung is no doubt a great actress. Ziyi herself praises her for recently having won Best Actress at the Cannes IFF on her website. BUT, many critics are saying that Ziyi was a better actress, challenging the Jury's final decision.

Now, Ziyi is way too humble to even think of encouraging such thought. But, I certainly think it's worth pointing out...


At Cannes, Asia's star shines
Time Asia
May. 31, 2004
By Richard Corliss

In Asia, an actor's allure can glamorize art films as well as mainstream fare. China's Zhang Ziyi proved that in her debut movie, The Road Home, directed by her mentor Zhang Yimou, before beguiling the world as the willful young heroine of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. At Cannes this year she was radiant in two fine films: 2046, where she managed to outshine longtime mesmerizers Gong Li and Faye Wong; and Zhang Yimou's own House of Flying Daggers, a follow-up to his martial-arts epic Hero.

...The Cannes jury would have honored itself more than [Zhang Ziyi] by giving her the Best Actress prize for 2046 or for Daggers, which was not shown in competition. A source close to the film said the festival brass declared it "too good" to compete. (Who says the French have lost their gift for diplomacy?) Instead, it cited Maggie Cheung, the most intelligently beguiling Chinese actress of the past 15 years.

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Please, Sir, I Want Some Moore
LA Weekly
May 31, 2004
By John Powers

When the decisions were finally announced, such questions felt silly. For all his many gifts – I've celebrated them in these pages – Tarantino has wretched taste, and his jury's selections proved a fatuous mishmash. It gave Special Jury Prizes to Irma P. Hall in The Ladykillers (remember her moaning about her piles?) and the Thai film Tropical Malady, a daily double that trivialized both winners by making the awards seem preposterously arbitrary. It gave the Best Director prize to quasi-talented Tony Gatlif for Exiles, a film even his handful of admirers didn't like. It named Maggie Cheung Best Actress for Clean, though she wasn't nearly as good as Zhang Ziyi, and gave Best Actor to Yuuya Yagira, a 14-year-old, anime-faced Japanese kid. Tarantino announced each of these choices with the braying cockiness that Europeans love in their American primitives.

With all do respect to Maggie Cheung, critics feel that Zhang Ziyi should've won Best Actress at Cannes. So what do you think?

[Southern Crane]

Jasmine Women Premiers In Shanghai
June 15, 2004

Jasmine Women (aka Mo Li Hua Kai, formerly Jasmine Flower), famous Chinese photographer and director Hou Yong's film about a family of three generations of women, starring Zhang Ziyi, Joan Chen, Jiang Wen, Lu Yi and Liu Ye, very recently had its premier screening at the 7th Annual Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and Zhang Ziyi was nominated in the Best Actress category for her onscreen roles.

Based on Su Tong's novelette The Lives of Women, set in 1930's, 50's and 80's Shanghai, Jasmine Women competed with other domestic and foreign films for the film festival's coveted Golden Goblet Award, but lost to Iranian director Khosro Masumi's Tradition of Lover-Killing.

Many famous and powerful persons in Asian and international cinema were present at this year's film festival, including French director Olivier Assayas and American actress Meryl Streep, among many others. Surprisingly, though she stars in one of the festival's award-winning films and was nominated for a major festival award for her acting, Zhang Ziyi was not invited to the Shanghai International Film Festival for her own film's premier screening. :\

[tevar33]

It seems many people have their claws out while discussing Zhang. To me, she is super beautiful. I always had a crush on Loletta Lee when she was younger but Zhang is incredibly lovely too. My girlfriend is Chinese from Beijiing, (I am caucasion Russian_american) she tells me that in China, Lucy Liu would be considered average looking. I have never seen CTHD...I became a fan of Zhang after seeing "Rush Hour 2". I have seen "Hero" and "Musa". I want to see "Purple Butterfly" but the DVD is not available with English subtitles which really sucks. I have some wonderful 8x12" candid photos of Zhang appearing at Cannes. I think they are the best photos I have ever seen of her. There also is a guy from Ireland selling a photo CD of her on ebay once in awhile...like 1200 pictures of her. It is highly recommended for any fan of the great Zhang Ziyi.

Joe from NY

[Southern Crane]

Hello, Joe!

Well, my impression is, many feel they're "supposed to" hate Ziyi. And those who do really don't know much about her, other than what they've read in tabloids or heard from the chorus who has. The rest who are fans feel they have to stay in the closet because of all the "claws."

According to the high views count, a lot of people are browsing this topic out of interest. Since discussion about Ziyi has been highly discouraged imo, I've just been keeping people informed with the latest about her and her films.


Speaking of RH2, it always surprises how many Hu Li fans there are out there. I'm more of a Zhao Di (The Road Home) man myself.

I have Purple Butterfly on DVD. If you ever get it, I can provide you with the entire script of the film in English.


A little news...

I have it on very good authority $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/winkgrin.gif') that Zhang Ziyi was in New York City last week to shoot a new Maybelline New York commercial. She left for home Friday.

Also, the official website of House of Flying Daggers is now open! $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/banana.gif')

Again, Flying Daggers will have its grand premier at Workers Stadium in Beijing on July 10, 2004, before a nation-wide release on July 16, 2004.

[Southern Crane]

Takuya Kimura (Officer Jin) and Zhang Ziyi (Xiao Mei)...

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That lucky mofo! $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/hearts.gif')

[Southern Crane]

Zhang Ziyi singing at the House of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu) grand premier in Beijing, China last night...


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[powergal888]

let's just get this cleared up! She sleeps with directors in order to get those roles! Because directors are not stupid enough to pick her as an actress! she has no art talent, no looks, but a body to share with men... i'm being nice...

also, i've gone back to china, and everyone hates her... it's more like 1% praises her, and 99% say shit about her... still being nice here...

Go to sina and find out the results yourself and stop praising over here! consider you are included in the 1%... being the nicest i could possibly be...

[bio]

Originally posted by Southern Crane
Takuya Kimura (Officer Jin) and Zhang Ziyi (Xiao Mei)...

Takuya Kimura ? hmm, sorry SC Pfficer Jin is play by Takeshi Kaneshiro

[Southern Crane]

Originally posted by bio
Takuya Kimura ? hmm, sorry SC Pfficer Jin is play by Takeshi Kaneshiro

Oh, my bad. Thanks, bio.

I'm not good with Japanese names and tend to confuse Takeshi Kaneshiro (Ziyi's costar in SMMF) with Takuya Kimura (Ziyi's costar in 2046). $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/embarrassed.gif')

It's very nice to know someone's paying enough attention to correct me. $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://csc.ziyi.org/smilies/winkgrin.gif')

[babybunny]

I like Ziyi in martial arts and gangster movies. She really fits those action roles. Haven't seen her in any romance roles. Don't know if I want to. She's like Jason Wu. Won't do good in romance roles.