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Web-only Exclusives November 30, 2000 From Our Correspondent: Hirohito and the War A conversation with biographer Herbert Bix From Our Correspondent: A Rough Road Ahead Bad news for the Philippines - and some others From Our Correspondent: Making Enemies Indonesia needs friends. So why is it picking fights? |
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By Alexandra A. SenoDeath-defying Action
HIGH-PROFILE MOVIE ROLES SEEM to be fatal to the Lee family: Bruce Lee died under mysterious circumstances in 1973 while The Game of Death was in production; and in 1993, his son Brandon was killed in a gun accident while filming The Crow. But that has not stopped daughter Shannon Lee from giving filmdom a try. She is to star in a project by Golden Harvest Films, the Asian studio that built her dad into the original Hong Kong action hero. "Bruce Lee made a major contribution to Hong Kong cinema. I am very happy to welcome Shannon as part of that legacy," says producer Raymond Chow. Shooting begins in July in the U.S.
"I suppose, very simply, that the film is about text and sex," says British director Peter Greenaway. "Both words have an X-factor, so there is a suggestion of sensitivity, taboos and maybe dangerous subject matter." He was recently in Tokyo to promote The Pillow Book, a film loosely based on the diary of a 10th-century Japanese noblewoman. Never one to worry about crossing the line, the controversial film-maker worked in memorable body-painting scenes of Chinese starlet Vivian Wu. The result is a rather liberal version of the ancient Japanese work. "I'm constantly looking for metaphors to reinvent cinema," says Greenaway.
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