Ashes of Time

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Movie
German title Ashes of Time
(Alternative title: The lost time)
Original title Dung che sai duk
Country of production Taiwan , Hong Kong , China
original language Cantonese
Publishing year 1994
length 100 (redux version: 93) minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Wong Kar-Wai
script Jin Yong , Wong Kar-Wai
music Frankie Chan
camera Christopher Doyle
occupation

Ashes Of Time ( Chinese  東邪西毒  /  东邪西毒 , Pinyin Dōngxié Xīdú , W.-G. Dung che sai duk , Jyutping Dung 1 ce 4 Sai 1 duk 6 ) is a Chinese-Taiwanese wuxia film by the director Wong Kar-Wai . This is the director's first foray into the martial arts genre.

The film is loosely based on the characters in Jin Yong 's Legend of the Condor Heroes .

action

A man named Ouyang Feng lives in the middle of the desert who runs a pub there. The bar acts as a "marketplace" for swordsmen and people who want to give orders for murder - the two groups of people are brought together there. The inn is visited by many questionable characters. One of them is Huang Yaoshi, who discovered a magical wine; he should let the past be forgotten. Huang promises Murong Yin to marry her sister Murong Yang. But when he doesn't, Murong hires Yin Ouyang to kill Huang. Her sister Murong Yang, however, hires Ouyang to protect Huang. This can be termed schizophrenic because Murong Yang and Murong Yin are actually the same person. Other narrative threads that are independent of this alternate. One depicts Ouyang's efforts to eliminate a gang of horse thieves. He teams up with another swordsman who is slowly going blind and wants to go home to see his wife one last time. When this swordsman is killed, Ouyang meets another who is reluctant to wear shoes. Ouyang sends this man after the horse thieves - this time with success.

Awards (selection)

Fant-Asia Film Festival 1997

  • Best Asian Film (3rd Place)

Golden Horse Film Festival 1994
Golden Horse Award

  • Best cinematography for Christopher Doyle
  • Best editing for Kit-Wai Kai and Patrick Tam

Hong Kong Film Awards 1995
Hong Kong Film Awards

  • "Best Art Direction," William Chang
  • "Best Cinematography," Christopher Doyle
  • "Best Costume & Make Up Design," William Chang

Nominated

  • Best action choreography, Sammo Hung
  • Best director, Wong Kar-Wai
  • "Best Film Editing", Patrick Tam and Kit-Wai Kai
  • "Best Original Film Score," Frankie Chan
  • Best camera
  • Best script, Wong Kar-Wai

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 1995

  • Best director, Wong Kar-Wai
  • Best movie
  • Best script, Wong Kar-Wai

Venice International Film Festival 1994 Venice
International Film Festival

  • Best Cinematography by Christopher Doyle

Redux version

In spring 2008, director Wong Kar-Wai presented a "Redux" version of the film. It premiered in May 2008 at the Cannes International Film Festival . This was followed by further screenings at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June and at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2008. In this new version, the soundtrack was almost completely replaced, and scenes were exchanged, supplemented or cut out.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Critic Roger Ebert completely refrained from reproducing the content of the complex film (Redux). Roger Ebert : Ashes of Time Redux. In: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com . November 12, 2008, accessed December 26, 2008 .