Word: yue
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...sequels?a slight problem given that most of the cast is killed off in the original. Instead, co-directors Alan Mak and Andrew Lau decided to go prequel for the first sequel (the third film will take place after the original), bringing on inexperienced actors/idols Edison Chen and Shawn Yue to play young versions of Ming and Yan, respectively. The co-directors also abandoned the rigidly structured cat-and-mouse formula that gave the original its paranoid charge, opting to create a sprawling crime epic of family, loyalty and betrayal. That's the kind of Godfather territory Hong Kong...
...works. IA2 is messy around the edges and constantly in danger of collapsing under the weight of its operatic ambition, but it pulls through. Bereft of their original headliners, the directors wisely don't ask too much of Chen and Yue, keeping their characters to the periphery?although by the end of the film Yue has managed to capture some of Tony Leung's moral queasiness while Chen assumes a bit of Andy Lau's cold-blooded charm. The focus is on the grownups: Anthony Wong's borderline-rogue police inspector; and Eric Tsang's joyful triad tough, who goes...
...Yue Zhou ’06 wrote in an e-mail that although she would not go home to China this summer, she had already made plans to stay elsewhere...
...Jiang Yue and Duan Jinchuan, two Beijing filmmakers who worked for China Central Television (CCTV) before starting their own production company, are examples of the breed. They pay their bills by making programs for state television under contract, while satisfying their artistic yearnings with self-financed projects. In February the BBC aired two of their films as part of a series entitled New China, New Year. Jiang and Duan's films will also show at this month's Hong Kong International Film Festival. While making The Secret of My Success, a hilariously honest account of a corrupt village election...
...beaten UTD, we would have had a good chance of coming in first,” said Yue Wu ’02, vice president of the Harvard Chess Club. Harvard faced UTD in the first round...