{"id":1485,"date":"2009-11-09T23:21:06","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T22:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.giuseppelupo.eu\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2011-07-03T17:29:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T15:29:13","slug":"my-2009-asia-filfest-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.giuseppelupo.eu\/?p=1485","title":{"rendered":"my 2009 Asia Filmfest wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"asiaff2009\"<\/a>Sunday was last day of Munich’s ASIA Filmfest. It’s time for\u00a0my wrap-up. This year I did not have a top pick like in the past years. From the movies I watched I liked most “Overheard” followed by “Departures” and “The good, the Bad and the Weird”. I disliked only “Thirst” and “Vengeance”. I missed “Beast Stalker” where I had already purchased a ticket but mixed up screening hour. I saw 9 movies in total. The atmosphere seems to get warmer and warmer from year to year and also the attendence seems to grow. Always nice the evening presentations where the organizers Manuel Ewald and Armin Schmidt talk to the audience and giveaway DVD’s. I won a DVD at the “Overheard” screening: “Sasori”. 8 days with more than 50 movies. My favorite Asian movie genre is the Hong-Kong Movie, especially cop and crime thrillers. I also like Japanes movies. Asia FF is a real gem\u00a0 in Munichs cultural landscape.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Movie<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nmy rating<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Departures<\/a><\/td>\na cello player looses his job in the orchestra. he does not confess
\nto his wife that in his new job he works as mortician. academy award
\nwinner foreign film.<\/td>\n		4 out of 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thirst<\/a><\/td>\nI tried him again and again after Oldboy, but now I am finished with
\nPark Chan-Wook. Did not like this modern vampire movie.<\/td>\n		2 out of 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adrenaline Drive<\/a><\/td>\njapanese delivery boy and teen nurse accidently get\u00a0 in
\npossesion of yakuza money and start a ridiculous escape from the bad
\nguys.<\/td>\n		3 out of 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Endstation der
\nSehns\u00fcchte<\/a><\/td>\n		three german pensioner return with their korean wife to Korea’s
\n“German town” and try to cope with their exile life. director sun
\nhyung cho (Full metall village) was present<\/td>\n		4 out of 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overheard<\/a><\/td>\ncomplex insider trading thriller where 3 cops of a interception unit
\nget involved in bloody affairs. From the makers of Internal Affair.<\/td>\n		5 out of 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shinjuku Incident<\/a><\/td>\ndrama with Jackie Chan in a serious role. epic story of rise and
\nfall of illegal chinese emigrants in Japan.<\/td>\n		4 out of 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Good, the Bad and
\nthe Weird<\/a><\/td>\n		funny asia western with fantastic and spectacular camera views<\/td>\n4 out of 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evangelion 2.0<\/a><\/td>\nanime based on cult manga. Angels attacking the earth, only remedy
\nis the Evas which are controlled by childrens brains.<\/td>\n		2 out of 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vengeance<\/a><\/td>\nJohnny Holliday as retired ex killer revenging his daugthers family
\nin Hong Kong. boring and dilettantic shot scenes i fear I do not
\nlike Johnie To too much.<\/td>\n		2 out of 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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