Away with Words ( San tiao ren ) ( Kujaku )

Away with Words (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: San tiao ren
Alternate Title: Kujaku
Language Selections:
Chinese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
Hong Kong ( India, Eastern Asia )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )
Singapore ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Christopher Doyle

Written By:
Christopher Doyle
Tony Rayns

Actors:
Tadanobu Asano ..... Asano
Georgina Hobson ..... Kevin
Christa Hughes
Kevin Sherlock
Mavis Xu

Synopsis:

In the early 90s, cult flmmaker Wong Kar Wai and fellow Hong Kong director Jeff Lau established Jet Tone Films, an independent production company that has been responsib for some of the most remarkable flms to have emerged from the region, including this directorial debut from Christopher Doyle, the celebrated cinematographer of In th Mood For Love, 2046 and Ashes of Time among many othe Tadanobu Asano (Mongol) plays a drifter who jumps ship from Okinawa looking for solace from the gridlock of memories flling his mind. He winds up in the Dive Bar, where he comes into contact with its similarly disaffected patrons including Susie (Mavis Xu), Georgina (Georgian Dobson) and the gay, alcoholic Australian owner (Kevin Sherlock). With his customary hypnotic visuals, Doyle explores the characters backgrounds and reminiscences both those they struggle to remember and those they cannot forget.

Asano has a phenomenal memory. For him, words take a unique form as he tastes, smells and visualises them to the point where he can never forget a word once he has heard it. One day, he decides to travel and arrives in Hong Kong where he soon encounters Kevin, a man who soon becomes lover, confidante and friend to Asano. However, Kevin is an alcoholic and the relationship between the two becomes fraught as words seem to stand in the way of the pairs' future together.

From Jet Tone Films-the filmmaking collective established by Wong Kar Wai and Jeff Lau and directed by renowned cinematographer Christopher Doyle-comes this captivating tale of a drifter who finds himself in a bar orbited by a an eclectic group of patrons.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 April, 2009.

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