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Teaser For Wong Kar-Wai’s The Grandmasters

With a rumored premiere allegedly set for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the promotional wheels behind the latest film from Asian auteur, Wong Kar-Wai, have apparently begun moving.


Ziyi Zhang From Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmasters, Courtesy of Wild Bunch

Thanks to Movielicious, we have the first teaser trailer for the director’s latest film, the Ip Man biopic The Grandmasters.   The film, starring Kar-Wai’s muse Tony Leung, looks at the life of legendary martial arts icon Ip Man, and I must say, I still don’t know what to expect.



The trailer itself tells us absolutely nothing.   There is a lot of amazing calligraphy here, but honestly, that’s it.   There is no footage, and at this point, we have a handful of photos and one poster to truly go on.   That said, I have the absolute highest of hopes for this film.   Kar-Wai is a brilliant filmmaker, and both Leung and co-star Ziyi Zhang are really fantastic actors.   The film should be making its way to the festival circuit in the middle portion of 2011, so expect a lot more about this film soon.

Source: Movielicious

Joshua Brunsting

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  • translation of wong kar wai’s the grand masters teaser:

    martial arts (Wu) are transmitted by the noble warriors (Xia).
    the myriads of lineages of the world of martial arts (rivers and lakes, jianghu) write history.
    The path ever remains because there is a connection.
    In each generation of heroes one attains grand master.