“I will use my brush to paint your breath drifting through the air.”
During Romanticism, many painters and authors believed in the ability to build a bridge with the afterlife through their sheer will and creative power. Shrugged off as spiritual nonsense today, there is, however, no denying when it comes to the possibility of gaining immortality through a work of art. The artist, as a manipulator of time and space, always had a certain power over these aspects, so in the end, the possibility of overcoming mortal borders is not that far-fetched within the context of art.
For his new film “The Fatal Contract” Chinese director Tan Bing chose a similar starting point as his inspiration. In an interview with deadline.com, he says he knew a painter who was famous for depicting dead people almost exclusively, a notion Bing found quite fascinating. The most interesting aspect of the...
During Romanticism, many painters and authors believed in the ability to build a bridge with the afterlife through their sheer will and creative power. Shrugged off as spiritual nonsense today, there is, however, no denying when it comes to the possibility of gaining immortality through a work of art. The artist, as a manipulator of time and space, always had a certain power over these aspects, so in the end, the possibility of overcoming mortal borders is not that far-fetched within the context of art.
For his new film “The Fatal Contract” Chinese director Tan Bing chose a similar starting point as his inspiration. In an interview with deadline.com, he says he knew a painter who was famous for depicting dead people almost exclusively, a notion Bing found quite fascinating. The most interesting aspect of the...
- 7/29/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Starring the controversial Chinese-American actress Bai Ling, ‘The Fatal Contract’ will be her first Chinese feature since her 20-year exile for openly criticizing Chinese government officials.
Los Angeles, CA – Tricoast Worldwide – Last month, TriCoast Worldwide CEOs were awarded Cultural Ambassadors of Guangzhou in the New Era in China and now will bring director Tan Bing’s murder-mystery thriller, ‘The Fatal Contract’ overseas for its U.S. release this month.
TriCoast Worldwide launched the global success for Tan Bing’s Chinese murder-mystery thriller, ‘The Fatal Contract’ (aka Zhing Ming He Yue) at 2018 Berlinale, gaining the exclusive headline, “Bai Ling To Star In First Feature In China in Over 20 Years – Berlin” by Deadline, which captivated and intrigued those worldwide about its controversial Chinese-American star, Bai Ling, and her return to Chinese cinema.
‘The Fatal Contract’ is an audience grabbing, dangerous and thrilling adventure that follows a young policeman and local bartender (Bai...
Los Angeles, CA – Tricoast Worldwide – Last month, TriCoast Worldwide CEOs were awarded Cultural Ambassadors of Guangzhou in the New Era in China and now will bring director Tan Bing’s murder-mystery thriller, ‘The Fatal Contract’ overseas for its U.S. release this month.
TriCoast Worldwide launched the global success for Tan Bing’s Chinese murder-mystery thriller, ‘The Fatal Contract’ (aka Zhing Ming He Yue) at 2018 Berlinale, gaining the exclusive headline, “Bai Ling To Star In First Feature In China in Over 20 Years – Berlin” by Deadline, which captivated and intrigued those worldwide about its controversial Chinese-American star, Bai Ling, and her return to Chinese cinema.
‘The Fatal Contract’ is an audience grabbing, dangerous and thrilling adventure that follows a young policeman and local bartender (Bai...
- 7/18/2018
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
In the 1960s, economic high times in the West triggered the rise of so-called “Europuddings,” tortured contractual liaisons between international talents whose feature-film products were often the cinematic equivalent of Esperanto — something intended to appeal to everyone, but so culturally disconnected and artistically generic as to typically wind up pleasing no one.
Today’s emerging equivalent may be represented by “China Salesman,” which is apparently what happens when umpteen private investors (those companies and producers listed below are just the tip of an iceberg) plus the Prc government pool their resources to make a popcorn extravaganza both populist and propagandistic. How that resulted in a largely Africa-set action adventure jumble involving industrial-political espionage, not to mention the inimitable starring combo of Mike Tyson and Steven Seagal (actually billed here as “Steve”), is anyone’s guess. Indeed, a tell-all chronicle about how this movie came into existence might be more compelling than the film itself,...
Today’s emerging equivalent may be represented by “China Salesman,” which is apparently what happens when umpteen private investors (those companies and producers listed below are just the tip of an iceberg) plus the Prc government pool their resources to make a popcorn extravaganza both populist and propagandistic. How that resulted in a largely Africa-set action adventure jumble involving industrial-political espionage, not to mention the inimitable starring combo of Mike Tyson and Steven Seagal (actually billed here as “Steve”), is anyone’s guess. Indeed, a tell-all chronicle about how this movie came into existence might be more compelling than the film itself,...
- 6/16/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Natalie Portman takes narration duties in Christopher Dillon Quinn’s documentary Eating Animals, based on a memoir by Jonathan Safran Foer. The IFC Films release, which examines dietary choices, opens with two exclusive engagements in New York before heading to L.A. next week. Lea Thompson makes her feature film directorial bow with The Year of Spectacular Men, written by her daughter Madelyn Deutch and starring Zoey Deutch. The trio appeared at the New York premiere of the film in New York for the Cinema Society Wednesday night ahead of its bow in a dozen cities this weekend via MarVista Entertainment. Rock band Deer Tick is at the center of Abramorama doc Straight Into a Storm by William Miller. And Mike Tyson stars in Cleopatra Entertainment’s China Salesman by Chinese filmmaker Tan Bing.
Gotti starring starring John Travolta as mob boss John Gotti is among other limited releases opening this weekend.
Gotti starring starring John Travolta as mob boss John Gotti is among other limited releases opening this weekend.
- 6/14/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Chinese Director Tan Bing Lifts The Lid On Bai Ling Drama & Future of Chinese Film Business – Berlin
Exclusive: Chinese director Tan Bing, whose Bai Ling starrer The Fatal Contract is being launched in Berlin, has lifted the lid on his decision to work with the controversial actress as well as the growing opportunities for Chinese directors. Tricoast Worldwide is selling The Fatal Contract, which stars Ling as a local bartender in the middle of a police investigation following the death of a local painter, at Efm alongside Bing's previous film China Salesman, which…...
- 2/18/2018
- Deadline
Exclusive: Entourage and Lost star Bai Ling is back and set to star in Chinese murder mystery The Fatal Contract – her first Chinese feature since she was banned from the country for openly criticizing government officials. Ling, who has also starred in The Crow, Oliver Stone's Nixon and Spike Lee's She Hates Me, is teaming up with director Tan Bing, who recently directed China Salesman, which starred Mike Tyson and Steven Seagal for the thriller. The film begins with the…...
- 2/13/2018
- Deadline
What's this? A Chinese action film featuring the talents of former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson and human oddity Steven Seagal? You betcha! Tan Bing's China Salesman not only features the least action-y title for an action movie ever - about the only thing that could ever beat it would be a Jean Claude Van Damme / Brian Bosworth star vehicle titled Soft Pillow - hits Chinese screens this summer. The story appears to revolve around the increasing Chinese presence in continental Africa, where Chinese interests have been buying up massive infrastructure projects for some time now, with the added value of Tyson punching people and Seagal trying not to look fat. Check out the first trailer below. I've gotta go write a script for Soft...
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- 4/3/2017
- Screen Anarchy
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