Louvre President Henri Loyrette to attend Tsai Ming-liang film premiere
Louvre President Henri Loyrette will attend the Sept. 22 Taipei premiere of prominent director Tsai Ming-liang’s movie about his museum, reports said yesterday. The premiere of the movie, entitled “Face,” will take place at the National Concert Hall, said National Theater Concert Hall Chairwoman Tchen Yu-chiou, adding Taiwan should be proud that the prestigious Paris museum will add movie to its collections.
Tsai expressed enthusiasm at his movie receiving the same treatment as a work of art. Loyrette had told him his movie stood on the same high level as the museum’s art, he added. Tsai was born in Malaysia but is based in Taiwan, where he has turned into a major director, though harvesting more critical plaudits than commercial success.
The Louvre has specialized in collecting art from before the 20th century, so storing a 21st century movie was a new and creative step for which Taiwan should be honored to have been chosen, Tchen said.
Tsai said he hoped high school students would go and see “Face,” and that experiencing film as art would encourage them to pay more visits to places like the National Palace Museum, the National Concert Hall and the National Theater, and fine arts museums.
Nevertheless, his movie will likely be released under an “R” or “restricted” rating, meaning most high-school students will not be allowed to see it. Tsai said he would ask for a lower rating.
The director said he had also registered his movie to compete in the Golden Horse Awards, the most prestigious cinema prizes in the Chinese-language world, hosted by Taiwan at the end of each year. Tsai said he admitted it would be difficult for his kind of movie to win any awards.
“Face” will go in wide release in Taiwan on Oct. 2 and be officially entered into the Louvre collections next May.
The movie, known as “Visages” in France, features several of that country’s top acting talents, including Jeanne Moreau, Laetitia Casta and Fanny Ardant. The story centers on a Taiwanese director, played by frequent Tsai actor Lee Kang-sheng, who shoots the story of Salome, the stepdaughter of Herod who asked for the beheading of John the Baptist, in the Louvre grounds
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Louvre President Henri Loyrette will attend the Sept. 22 Taipei premiere of prominent director Tsai Ming-liang’s movie about his museum, reports said yesterday.
The premiere of the movie, entitled “Face,” will take place at the National Concert Hall, said National Theater Concert Hall Chairwoman Tchen Yu-chiou, adding Taiwan should be proud that the prestigious Paris museum will add movie to its collections.
Tsai expressed enthusiasm at his movie receiving the same treatment as a work of art. Loyrette had told him his movie stood on the same high level as the museum’s art, he added. Tsai was born in Malaysia but is based in Taiwan, where he has turned into a major director, though harvesting more critical plaudits than commercial success.
The Louvre has specialized in collecting art from before the 20th century, so storing a 21st century movie was a new and creative step for which Taiwan should be honored to have been chosen, Tchen said.
Tsai said he hoped high school students would go and see “Face,” and that experiencing film as art would encourage them to pay more visits to places like the National Palace Museum, the National Concert Hall and the National Theater, and fine arts museums.
Nevertheless, his movie will likely be released under an “R” or “restricted” rating, meaning most high-school students will not be allowed to see it. Tsai said he would ask for a lower rating.
The director said he had also registered his movie to compete in the Golden Horse Awards, the most prestigious cinema prizes in the Chinese-language world, hosted by Taiwan at the end of each year. Tsai said he admitted it would be difficult for his kind of movie to win any awards.
“Face” will go in wide release in Taiwan on Oct. 2 and be officially entered into the Louvre collections next May.
The movie, known as “Visages” in France, features several of that country’s top acting talents, including Jeanne Moreau, Laetitia Casta and Fanny Ardant. The story centers on a Taiwanese director, played by frequent Tsai actor Lee Kang-sheng, who shoots the story of Salome, the stepdaughter of Herod who asked for the beheading of John the Baptist, in the Louvre grounds
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anyone noticed the voice of leading actress in " Ashes and blood", so " Jeanne Moreau ???