Member DiP Posted April 16, 2010 Member Share Posted April 16, 2010 Trailer to Edmond Pang's (Men Suddenly in Black) upcoming slasher movie starring Josie Ho. oSwIrXpvwIo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted April 17, 2010 Member Share Posted April 17, 2010 Here's some promotional art for the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted April 24, 2010 Author Member Share Posted April 24, 2010 TFF 2010: Pang Ho-Cheung Finds An Extreme ‘Dream Home’ Hong Kong’s notoriously sky-high property prices can be downright shocking, but for director Pang Ho-cheung it’s an inspiration for his new film: a horror movie. “Dream Home” concerns a young woman (Josie Ho) working at two jobs in order to save enough money to buy an apartment with an unobstructed view of Hong Kong’s famed Victoria Harbour. But when she’s unable to keep up with ever-rising real-estate prices, she takes extreme measures to get want she wants. Without revealing too much of the plot, imagine this: Wouldn’t knocking off apartment tenants in a series of grisly murders be an ideal way to deflate home prices in the building where they live? Call it the thinking-man’s slasher movie with a macabre twist. “Dream Home” will have four screenings at the Tribeca Film Festival, following its world premiere at Italy’s Udine Far East Film Festival on April 23. Pang’s stroll into the horror genre is a major departure for the 36-year-old director, who’s known primarily for his satirical comedies. But like “Dream Home,” Pang’s previous films also showcase his sharp social observation. His directorial debut, “You Shoot, I Shoot” (2001), came on the heels of the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. In it, a contract killer facing a decline in work amid the economic slump teams up with a struggling filmmaker to document his hits as a way of keeping a gimmicky marketing edge against his competitors. In “Men Suddenly in Black” (2003), Pang sets his crosshairs on a group of philandering husbands, while “AV” (2005) is about a group of college slackers who hatch a scheme to bring a Japanese porn actress to Hong Kong under the pretext of making an adult video. His most-recent film, “Love in a Puff,” is a romantic comedy about two strangers who meet and fall in love as a result of Hong Kong’s strict antismoking laws. “Dream Home” marks a new direction for Pang, who says he was looking for “a totally different style” because he doesn’t want to be stereotyped as a comedy director. “I think Hong Kong audiences always want to label a director” into specific genres, he says, whether it’s action, comedy or drama. “Sometimes I like comedy, but I also can direct horror or a family drama.” Pang has strayed from comedy before. In 2006 he ventured into art-house fare with “Isabella,” a drama about a policeman of questionable values who’s reunited with his long-lost teenage daughter — a metaphor for the story’s setting of Macau’s last days as a Portuguese colony before reverting to China in 1999. “I like comedy, but it’s only one part of me,” he explains. “I’ve always had these other parts, but audiences just haven’t seen them.” http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/04/23/tff-2010-pang-ho-cheung-finds-an-extreme-dream-home/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fiol Posted April 26, 2010 Member Share Posted April 26, 2010 it's been screened at the far east film festival in Udine last week (worldwide premiere). i ve been told that it's really bloody and very like french torture movies (martyrs,etc). just think that a man in the audience faint ... lol ... i might check it out when it gets released on dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted April 27, 2010 Author Member Share Posted April 27, 2010 A sign of E. Pang moving onwards with his creativity. Respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest quadriane Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I used to live in Hong Kong. In fact, it's the first city I ever went apartment-hunting in so I was very excited about this... Also, Josie Ho = Hot. I was sent to review it at the Tribeca Film Festival and Pang Ho-Cheung was on-hand to speak after the film... http://blog.mtviggy.com/2010/04/28/movie-review-dream-home-the-hong-kong-house-of-horror/ Excerpt! "It was when Pang Ho-Cheung and his friends were sitting around one day, kvetching about what it would take to be able to buy an apartment that they came up with the concept of the young director’s next film. To snag a flat in a city where real estate prices have sky-rocketed, they wondered, “Would you have to kill someone?”... At the screening, Ho-Cheung was on hand to answer questions. When asked what inspired him, he admitted, “Up to this point, I still haven’t been able to buy a flat in Hong Kong.” He also noted (exclusive to Kung Fu forums...) that he only cast Ho as the lead because she had invested in the film. Up to then it was written for a man. Bleugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted April 30, 2010 Author Member Share Posted April 30, 2010 Review by THR. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/dream-home-film-review-1004087811.story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted May 6, 2010 Author Member Share Posted May 6, 2010 More reviews. http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/dream-home/5013343.article http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/dream_home.html http://twitchfilm.net/reviews/2010/05/dream-home-review.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fiol Posted May 6, 2010 Member Share Posted May 6, 2010 the coming hk dvd: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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