http://www.shellbryson.com Musings of a frustrated designer Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:20:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.shellbryson.com/index.php/2010/01/21/ming-ming/ http://www.shellbryson.com/index.php/2010/01/21/ming-ming/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:20:17 +0000 Shell http://www.shellbryson.com/?p=245 Not a Japanese film for a change, but this time a contemporary Chinese film. Ming Ming (2006): Visually striking, this film betrays female director Susie Au’s extensive music-video background: Flashy jump-cuts, rapid-fire scenes & neon colours, this film both reminds me of Sin City and numerous Guy Richie films (although less violent). It’s all rather jarring from the outset, but it soon finds a beat with the help of a strange hook of a story and rather attractive protagonists. The soundtrack you’ll either love or hate (we loved it), but it’s a hard mash of sound just as jumbled as the visuals. Killer marbles, orange hair, slow mo & $5m. An interesting mix!

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