Confession of Pain (new film with Takeshi Kaneshiro)

[alexandral]

It is very late, but I feel I must post for two great reasons:

1) I must say huge THANK YOU to wonderful and thoughtful nutmeg3 for the lovely card and a Bronx Zoo calendar that have arrived today. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! And all the pictures in the calendar are nutmeg3's photographs!! Sasha and I had many long happy hours looking at the FANTASTIC photographs of animals in nutmeg3's LJ, but now we have THE CALENDAR. And to make the squee in our house never ending, we found out that there is a tiger in the Zoo called Sasha. My dearest is incredibly impressed too. And I keep saying - "I KNOW the person who made the photographs!!!". Thank you so so much, nutmeg3 !!! You are fantastic!!

2) I am so fascinated by the upcoming Hong-Kong movie "Confession of pain". It is directed by Andrew Lau, the director of "Infernal Affairs" and the two main leads are Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro:



Why I am fascinated by this film so much:

+ "Infernal Affairs" is one of my ever favourite films and Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro are both incredibly talented actors. When I think about them being together in one film I get very very excited. This is so my thing, something I like in films - non-romantic relationship between two men. Tutor/pupil, friends, brothers, I love it.

+ The story goes like this: "In a city of love and prosperity (Hong Kong?), a city of lost hope and premature death, veteran detective Hei (TONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI) feels it all: the hurt, the helplessness, the horror. When his father-in-law, the billionaire benefactor Kim, is gruesomely murdered in his palatial mansion, he enlists the assistance of his former partner turned private detective, Bong (TAKESHI KANESHIRO)"
Good summary, I especially love the bit about "a city of lost hope and premature death", I am looking forward to exploration of modern megapolis (Hong Kong). And Tony Leung can do "the hurt, the helplessness, the horror" so well!

+ Looking for some promotion pictures on soompi forums I read the following : "Have been maintaining a mentor / protege relationship for many years, Lau and Yau are both involved in the investigation of a murder of an entire family, which is somehow connected to the past of Lau and Yau." This sounds so INTERESTING!!

+ I have read somewhere that even though the film takes place in Hong Kong, the city in the poster (above) is different. I wonder if this is true.

+ I believe that the direct translation of the title is "The wounded city". I love this title, but I am not sure if this is true.




























trailer_spot has a trailer for "Confession of Pain" Here.

Comments

[lage-nom-ai.livejournal.com]

eeeee! eeeeeeeeeeee!

:)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Yep, I have two Sasha's now (one a little kitten and one a big one).

I hope you are still in Takeshi mode, he looks so gorgeous in this new film (and tortured)

[lage-nom-ai.livejournal.com]

Heee. Which Sasha will be more trouble, do you think? :P
I'll have to reload my Takeshi icons!

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I'm so very glad you like the calendar! :-) And I can't believe I never put two and two together and thought to tell you that one of our tigers is named Sasha. ::facepalm:: Our Sasha is a boy, though. Enjoy!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

We all enjoyed the calendar very very much!! Thank you!

Sasha (Alexandra is the full name, actually, Sasha is a Russian shortening of Alexandra) is a male name as well as female. :D. It is much more popular as the male name.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Is it really? I had no idea. I always think of it as a female name, so when I heard our Sasha was male, I thought it was odd that he had a girl's name.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Oh, no it is a very masculine name. :D Alexander the Great!!

We gave Sasha her names because it was her grandfather's name (who died in the WW2) and also it was a good Russian name which is not difficult to pronounce for the English speakers. Many other names, even Tatiana sound quite different in Russian.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I knew Alexander was a guy's name, but in English the diminutives would be Al, Alex, Xander...stuff like that. I always think of Sasha as a "standalone" name, rather than a diminutive, and I associate it with girls. It's neat to know it can be either (in part because I have a unisex name myself).

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I always think of Sasha as a "standalone" name, rather than a diminutive

I think nowdays some girls in UK an US are given "Sasha" as a standalone name. And it always surprises everyone how Sasha can be derived from Alexander. :D

diminutives would be Al, Alex, Xander...stuff like that.

This what we had in mind when we were giving the name too - When Sasha grows up, she can decide which diminutives she prefers, but for us we will be able always to call her "Russian way".

And it is always good to have a variety of choices. Like my husband's name is Ian - one can't make any possible diminutives from this. :D

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

My nephew's name is Ian, and we call him E (like eeeee, only shorter *g*). And when he was a baby and did that peeing-straight-up thing that boys do, he was Peein' Ian. Now that he's 22 and waaaay taller than I am, I don't mention that to him. *g*

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I love "eeeeee". I think I am going to adopt this. He calls me "Tat" when he is in a mood. :D

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

wow. i haven't heard about this movie. i love both of them as well. thanks for posting info and pictures of it :) i was searching around and the official website has some more pictures and the three teaser trailers: http://www.confessionofpain.com/

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for the link! You are awesome!

When I think about this film, I get almost giddy with anticipation. Hope it is good! I love the fact that it is made on a very small budget, only 10 million $.

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

you're welcome! :D I'm excited for this film as well. I loved Internal Affairs and this seems just as exciting. I just hope I won't have to wait too long before I could see this. Wow that is very small budget!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Wow that is very small budget!

I believe it was a very similar budget for Infernal Affairs, as opposed to "The Departed".

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

lol the Departed budget was ridiculous! I still haven't seen it but still doesn't seem that worth it to me.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I have heard only good things about "The Departed". I haven't seen it myself yet. But I admire it more when an excellent film could be made on a a small budget.

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

I agree. I think takes more effort to make a good movie with such a small budget. I can't wait til this movie comes out. It would be awhile til its on dvd though :(

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I hope to see it in the movie theatre, it looks like it can get released in the cinemas, at least in the National Museum of film and television, it has fantastic cinemas showing world-wide films.

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

I hope you can see it at the movie theater too. I don't think i'll be able too. I rarely see Asian films playing at places near me unfortunately. I'll love to read what you think about the movie when out :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I will definitely let you know what I think after I watch the film!

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

ieeee!!! Kaneshiro! Leung ( aka one of the older guys i'd sleep with. LOL)!!! ieee!!!!

btw can you comment here with your mailing address? coz i want to send you happy cheers as well. :)

http://catdecember.livejournal.com/87276.html

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

When I look more at the promotional pictures, it seems like they did something with Tony's nose? It seems like he has a false nose.

** off to fill my mailing address **

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

This looks like such an interesting film - I just saw the trailer a few days ago at Youtube. I loved Infernal Affairs! I really should get around to watching IA 2&3 as well.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I skipped IA 2 because I have heard that IA 3 is much better and that IA 2 is the weakest one of the three. I want to watch IA 2 now too, to make my own opinion! I found IA 3 very good in a sense of closure, but I am not fond of sequels in general.

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

I have all three IA films on DVD, but I've only watched the first one of them at this point. I've been meaning to watch the other two as well, but I keep getting side-tracked by other things.

Still, the thought of Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro in the same movie that is made by the director of the IA films makes me very excited. I just hope the film comes to the theaters here!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Still, the thought of Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro in the same movie that is made by the director of the IA films makes me very excited. I just hope the film comes to the theaters here!

I hope too! I really like how Takeshi is looking in this film, and he is probably the only actor who can carry his sideburns well. :D

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this!!! Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro in 1 movie? It doesn't get any better. I am SO looking forward to this. And the pics!! Gorgeous!!! Tony Leung seems a little different to me, somewhat thinner I think. Or more pale... Takeshi looks as awesome as ever tho. And Shu Qi? She's cool!

Have you seen Infernal Affairs II? I was thinking of purchasing it the other day but changed my mind 'cause I didn't know whether or not it was good. What I really want is Infernal Affairs.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Tony Leung seems a little different to me, somewhat thinner I think. Or more pale

It may be just me, but it seems like he has a faux nose. But he is definitely thinner, and I like this!! And YAY! He is so great in the angsty roles.

Takeshi looks as awesome as ever

He does!! I saw a couple of his his pictures with th beard on soompi. Now, that was a strange sight!!

Have you seen Infernal Affairs II?

No, I haven't! I plan to catch up on this during the holidays. I have seen the third one, though and it was very stylish and sleek . Leon Lai is so good in it!

[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

Aieeeeeeee!!! Eeeee!! I totally eager to watch this movie!!! ^^

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I know! I am so much looking forward to it!! Looks like really my thing - male friendship, angst, social investigation!

[koalathebear.livejournal.com]

I have no idea when this will come out in the UK, but when there's a dvd version with English subtitles here, I'll send it to you

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, koala! I saw your post - thank you so much for explaining the translation thing. I don't know why they don't leave exact translation - "City of pain" is batter then "Confession of pain" because it implies that the story will be about the city as well!

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the terrific pictures! I bought a copy of "CoP" from SF Chinatown yesterday and just got finished watching it. It was pretty good....but a little disappointing, considering the pedigree of the actors and director involved. Also pales in comparison to "Infernal Affairs" (which I agree, was an awesome, awesome, awesome movie).

The screenplay was surprisingly uninspired. However, the acting of the two male leads were wonderful. Takeshi holds his own pretty well. And we all know what Tony Leung can do, and he doesn't disappoint. Worth seeing for the great performances, just don't expect another "Infernal Affairs."

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Oh, I would like to see this so much!! Though I have heard similar things to what you have said from my friends, I guess Takeshi Kaneshiro/Tony Leung/Hong Kong combination is still "calling" me. Thank you very much for dropping by!!!