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Frederic Ambroisine
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MY NEW DVD EXTRA FEATURES ON SHAMO 軍雞 AND MAD DETECTIVE 神探

Because of the very bad health of the DVD market in France right now, I'm doing less and less DVD extra features about Hong Kong movies. This year, I directed a few short documentaries about only two Hong Kong movies, which will be released in DVD in France by CTV Internationalon September 4th, 2008 : Shamo 軍雞, directed by Soi Cheang 鄭保瑞  and Mad Detective 神探, co-directed by Johnnie To  杜琪峰 and Wai Ka-fai 韋家輝.

On Shamo, there will be a 20-minute interview of Soi Cheang, that I did in April 2007, during the post-production of the movie (Actually, I already used 26 other minutes of this interview for the French DVD of Dog Bite Dog 狗咬狗, which was released in October 2007).

On Mad Detective, there will be two short documentaries of 13 minutes each. The first one is an interview with the main actor of the movie, Lau Ching-wan 劉青雲, done during the 10th Far East Film Festival in Udine (Italy). The second one was also shot at the Far East Film, during the seminar " Milkyway Image. Beyond Imagination", featuring Johnnie To, Wai Ka-fai, Lau Ching-wan, Kelly Lin 林熙蕾 and Lam Suet 林雪, Ding Yuin-shan 丁雲山 from Milkyway Image and Far East Film Hong Kong programmer Tim Youngs. Here is an excerpt of the Lau Ching-wan documentary (Music by d.e.v.i.a.n.c.e.: instrumental version of the song " Coquille Vide")...

Frédéric Ambroisine (July 31st, 2008)

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oooooh, il est bien Shamo?
about 16 years ago
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I can't wait to see Mad Detective, though I have no idea when it will be released in the US, whether a theatrical or DVD release. I'm such a fan of Lau Ching-Wan and the work he has done with Johnnie To (and Wai Ka-Fai). Thanks for posting the bit of your interview with him. Funny to hear Cantonese and see French subs since I'm beginning to learn spoken Canto and I already know French. That, on top of the English subs, well, my brain feels like it's about ready to explode!
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