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Martin Scorsese's The Departed, which last week won four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, is an adaptation of Infernal Affairs, the 2002 Hong Kong thriller about triad gangs and police moles. Alan Mak, who co-wrote and co-directed Infernal Affairs, spoke with TIME's Peter Ritter...
What gave you the idea for Infernal Affairs? My father and brother are both policemen. When I was small, my father told me stories about moles inside the triads, and what happened to them.
How did you feel when you heard Scorsese was remaking your film? I thought, "That's great." I'm a fan of Scorsese. When I was younger, I watched Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and Casino. That's why I'm disappointed. I thought Scorsese would make a different movie. I understand...
So what about the five films that were named finalists? The list includes many worthy films, no flat-out masterpieces. Each movie has a "yes, but" rider attached. We've already touched on the Iwo Jima problem. Babel? Grand and sprawling, but maybe too sprawling, and it still hasn't...
In the wake of the assassination, as suspicions fall on a Syrian man, now President Cheney suspends most civil liberties and itches to invade Syria. To leftists, a government that grounds its policies in paranoia may not seem like fantasy. For others, there's fascination in the whodunit that Range...