Comments on: FREE SCREENING of John Woo’s “Red Cliff” in Los Angeles http://www.8asians.com/2009/10/27/free-screening-of-john-woos-red-cliff-in-los-angeles/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: softestbullet http://www.8asians.com/2009/10/27/free-screening-of-john-woos-red-cliff-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-128485 softestbullet Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:45:02 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3983#comment-128485 You should check out <a href=http://obsessive24.livejournal.com/280723.html rel="nofollow">this vid of the movie</a>, made by obsessive24 (one of the most brilliant vidders out there btw).<br><br>From her notes:<br><blockquote>The key thing to understand about stories from the Three Kingdoms era is that it is to the Chinese consciousness what King Arthur or Robin Hood or possibly even the Bible is to the western consciousness. It doesn’t matter whether you’re well versed in it or how much you believe it; what matters is that you were born into these stories, you were raised with them, and they are so steeped into your psyche that most of the time you’re not even aware of how deeply you resonate with these stories on a fundamental level.</blockquote> You should check out this vid of the movie, made by obsessive24 (one of the most brilliant vidders out there btw).

From her notes:

The key thing to understand about stories from the Three Kingdoms era is that it is to the Chinese consciousness what King Arthur or Robin Hood or possibly even the Bible is to the western consciousness. It doesn’t matter whether you’re well versed in it or how much you believe it; what matters is that you were born into these stories, you were raised with them, and they are so steeped into your psyche that most of the time you’re not even aware of how deeply you resonate with these stories on a fundamental level.

]]> By: softestbullet http://www.8asians.com/2009/10/27/free-screening-of-john-woos-red-cliff-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-127306 softestbullet Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:45:02 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3983#comment-127306 You should check out <a href=http://obsessive24.livejournal.com/280723.html rel="nofollow">this vid of the movie</a>, made by obsessive24 (one of the most brilliant vidders out there btw).<br><br>From her notes:<br><blockquote>The key thing to understand about stories from the Three Kingdoms era is that it is to the Chinese consciousness what King Arthur or Robin Hood or possibly even the Bible is to the western consciousness. It doesn’t matter whether you’re well versed in it or how much you believe it; what matters is that you were born into these stories, you were raised with them, and they are so steeped into your psyche that most of the time you’re not even aware of how deeply you resonate with these stories on a fundamental level.</blockquote> You should check out this vid of the movie, made by obsessive24 (one of the most brilliant vidders out there btw).

From her notes:

The key thing to understand about stories from the Three Kingdoms era is that it is to the Chinese consciousness what King Arthur or Robin Hood or possibly even the Bible is to the western consciousness. It doesn’t matter whether you’re well versed in it or how much you believe it; what matters is that you were born into these stories, you were raised with them, and they are so steeped into your psyche that most of the time you’re not even aware of how deeply you resonate with these stories on a fundamental level.

]]> By: websheriff http://www.8asians.com/2009/10/27/free-screening-of-john-woos-red-cliff-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-127267 websheriff Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:25:59 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3983#comment-127267 WEB SHERIFF<br>Who You Gonna Call<br>Tel 44-(0)208-323 8013<br>Fax 44-(0)208 323 8080<br><a href="mailto:websheriff@websheriff.com" rel="nofollow">websheriff@websheriff.com</a><br><a href="http://www.websheriff.com" rel="nofollow">www.websheriff.com</a><br><br>Hi ERNIE, <br> <br>On behalf of Magnolia Pictures and the movie’s producers, many thanks for plugging "Mutant Chronicles" ... .. thanks also, on behalf of the distributors and producers, for not posting any pirate copies or non-trailer clips of “Mutant Chronicles” and if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, previews, then the official trailer for “Mutant Chronicles” is available for fans and bloggers to post/ host / share etc at <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/mutantchronicles/" rel="nofollow">http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/mutantch...</a> ... .. for further details of on-line promotions for this movie and Magnolia releases generally, check-out <a href="http://www.magpictures.com" rel="nofollow">www.magpictures.com</a> and their official YouTube channel at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MagnoliaPictures" rel="nofollow">www.youtube.com/user/MagnoliaPictures</a> .<br><br>Thanks again for your plug.<br> <br>Regards, <br> <br>WEB SHERIFF WEB SHERIFF
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Hi ERNIE,

On behalf of Magnolia Pictures and the movie’s producers, many thanks for plugging “Mutant Chronicles” … .. thanks also, on behalf of the distributors and producers, for not posting any pirate copies or non-trailer clips of “Mutant Chronicles” and if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, previews, then the official trailer for “Mutant Chronicles” is available for fans and bloggers to post/ host / share etc at http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/mutantch... … .. for further details of on-line promotions for this movie and Magnolia releases generally, check-out http://www.magpictures.com and their official YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/MagnoliaPictures .

Thanks again for your plug.

Regards,

WEB SHERIFF

]]> By: philx http://www.8asians.com/2009/10/27/free-screening-of-john-woos-red-cliff-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-127234 philx Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:31:40 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3983#comment-127234 Oh right, I forgot Sir Lancelot, every film about the medieval period<br>has featured fire breathing dragons without exception . The fact that medieval folks merely believed dragons existed<br>shoiuldn't be significant enough to influence a storyline, such as Braveheart, where live dragons can be seen cast on scabbards and vested armor. But in China, since<br>dragons really existed, and were even used to smelt iron before the removal and pulverisation of their tails and wings for TCM killed them all off, the same does not apply. Oh right, I forgot Sir Lancelot, every film about the medieval period
has featured fire breathing dragons without exception . The fact that medieval folks merely believed dragons existed
shoiuldn't be significant enough to influence a storyline, such as Braveheart, where live dragons can be seen cast on scabbards and vested armor. But in China, since
dragons really existed, and were even used to smelt iron before the removal and pulverisation of their tails and wings for TCM killed them all off, the same does not apply.

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