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Apr 5, 2017 · Wuxia films always tell of gallant heroes with superhuman abilities and rigid codes of honor and chivalry. Ashes of Time, however, looks at the pain and loneliness that such codes can create, especially when they’re lived out by decidedly fallen and broken individuals. Call it a deconstruction of the genre, if you will.
Ashes of Time represents a prequel to the novel, with two of the main characters relegated to secondary status (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's Blind Swordsman and Jacky Cheung's Hong Qi) and everyone else much younger and inexperienced. Wong's goal is focusing on the psychological and emotional reasons that brought the characters to the behavior we see ...
Sep 16, 2008 · Wong Kar Wai works his magic in this long planned reworking of his legendary, romantic and one and only martial arts film, previously unreleased in North Ame...
A broken-hearted hit man moves to the desert where he finds skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings. Ou-yang Feng lives in the middle of a desert, where he acts as a middle man to various swordsmen in ancient China. One of those swordsmen is Huang Yao-shi, who has found some magic wine that causes one to forget the past.
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Ashes of Time represents a prequel to the novel, with two of the main characters relegated to secondary status (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's Blind Swordsman and Jacky Cheung's Hong Qi) and everyone else much younger and inexperienced. Wong's goal is focusing on the psychological and emotional reasons that brought the characters to the behavior we see ...
Oct 7, 2008 · Hair whips in the wind, skin blisters in the blazing sun – “Ashes of Time Redux” is furious, exhilarating, a tornado of desire as steeped in swoony sensuality and regret as “2046.”. He ...
