Description: ASIAN CULT CINEMA MAGAZINE Original Back Issue #54 published in 2007 Asian Cult Cinema magazine (1991 - 2009) was quarterly-issued, 64 page digest-size magazine featured pictorials, commentary and interviews without any advertisements. UPC: 074470915287 editorial: chief editor Thomas Weisser, the author of Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia series, Asian Cult Cinema: Hong Kong films - Putnam Berkley Books and the film study book, Spaghetti Westerns ? the Good, the Bad and the Violent ? McFarland etc.CONTENTSFRONT COVER: Tadanobu Asano design by Yuko Mihara Weisser featuring images from ICHI THE KILLER and SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL ARTICLE & REVIEWS: ACC REPORT: FILM, NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ASIA: including a tirade on the Academy Awards and Hollywood in general with a jab at Richard Roeper and his smug review of THE HOST by Thomas Weisser CAPSULE REVIEWS (TEENAGE HOOKER BECAME A KILLING MACHINE IN DAEHAKRO, TRACES OF LOVE, MERCURY MAN, NOROI THE CURSE, CONFESSION OF PAIN, WHO SLEPT WITH HER·, HEAVENLY MISSION, MIDNIGHT SUN, SILK and CITIZEN DOG) by Thomas Weisser and Archie Cole EXILED an extended review of Johnny To's "instant classic" EXILED by Graham Lewis VAMPIRE FILMS OF GERARDO DeLEON an essay by Filipino Cinema Scholar Bryan L Yeatter of BLOOD DRINKERS and CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES FOREIGN CRIMES: Infernal Affairs vs The Departed "Nobody can begrudge Martin Scorsese his Academy Award for directing 'The Departed.' Probably even Scorsese knows this is not his best film..." a column by Max Allan Collins TRASH TAKEN SERIOUSLY Scholarly reviews of Exploitation by Dr Stan Glick. This time he critiques SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN, W'S TRAGEDY and LITTLE GIRL WHO CONQUERED TIME in a piece he calls "Lolita in Full Bloom: Irresistible Heroines." WHAT HAPPENED: From RE-CYCLE to THE MESSENGERS "The Pang Bros Stumble" by Tony Williams THE EXPLOITATION CINEMA OF T F MOU An article by J L Carrozza packed full of pieces of little-known information... who knew that Director Mou - the filmmaker responsible for MEN BEHIND THE SUN - also made hardcore Chinese porn· RIC AND INFAMOUS: Columnist Ric Meyers gives his opinion on EXILED, THE HOST, GAMERA THE BRAVE, LETHAL NINJA and FATAL CONTACT. FLOWER AND SNAKE 2: a Dialogue Famed, award-winning horror novelist Jack Ketchum returns to the pages of Asian Cult Cinema (his fifth visit) with a quirky review of FLOWER AND SNAKE 2 starring Aya Sugimoto, directed by Takashi Ishii. INTERVIEWS : an interview with GONG LI conducted by New York Post's film critic V A Musetto She talks about her recent films (CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER, MIAMI VICE, EROS & 2046). When asked: "There have been complaints about you and other Chinese actresses being used to play Japanese women in 'Memoirs of a Geisha.' Any reaction·" Gong Li replied: "It's kind of a dumb question, actually." an interview with TADANOBU ASANO: I'm Not as Whacked Out as Dragon Eye Morrison an extensive interview conducted by Jerome C Morris dealing with Asano's personal life (including his marriage to J-Pop Singer Chara) and his major films ICHI THE KILLER, ELECTRIC DRAGON 80,000V, GOHATTO, BRIGHT FUTURE, GOJOE, LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, ZATOICHI, VITAL and many more. BACK COVER: Gong Li from Memoirs of a Geisha and Miami Vice
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Publication Month: April
Publication Year: 2007
Language: English
Publication Name: Asian Cult Cinema
Contributors: Jack Ketchum, V. A. Musetto, Jerome C Morris
Features: Tadanobu Asano interview, Gong Li interview
Genre: Film
Publisher: Vital Books Inc.
Topic: Asian Cult Film