| Thursday,
November 11, 2004
John Woo plans mainland return
VIVIENNE CHOW Film director John Woo confirmed yesterday he
would start shooting his epic War of Chi Bi in
2006 on the mainland, and expressed the wish to
reunite with the actor Chow Yun-fat. While there have been rumours about casting Chow
in a major role, Woo said that he was still finalising
the script and had not made any decisions. The Hollywood-based director was appointed honorary
consultant for Baptist University's master of fine
arts in film, television and digital media programme
yesterday. "I hope to gather Chinese actors and American
technicians to make a film about the most famous
war in China," he said. "I hope to work
with old friends like Chow Yun-fat, David Chiang
Da-wei and Tony Leung Chiu-wai." He said filming would start next year after he
completes his two latest Hollywood films. War of Chi Bi is a chapter taken from Chinese
classic Romance of Three Kingdoms written 600 years
ago. It was a war novel set in the Han dynasty
during the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Woo hopes to
show western audiences the true Chinese spirit
through his film. "Although I have made a lot of friends in
Hollywood, and westerners love Chinese films, I
feel that they still don't understand our culture
enough," he said. "This tale truly demonstrates
the Chinese spirit of loyalty. Because this war
involves a lot of strategies, it also shows Chinese
wisdom." The filmmaker said more Hong Kong movies would
be shown on the mainland despite hiccups in implementing
the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement.
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