Prolific Hong Kong director Johnnie To recently secured two US theatrical distribution deals after a working fro almost twenty years within the industry. Getting his start at the famous Shaw Brothers studios he would continue work as a producer and director until forming his own production company, MilkyWay Image, with collaborator Wai Ka-Fa.
Ang Lee's Lust, Caution takes it sweet time in exploring the workings of an attempted assassination and infiltration during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai. The film certainly "looks the part", but film critics that have viewed the film either at Telluride or Venice aren't that far off when they state it could have been "trimmed" a little. I
The final tally and full list of films presented at this year's TIFF have been announced today and hardcore cinephiles will have many options available to them out of the 261 film selected.