More details on Lady From Shanghai, Posted by foxy Options

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More details on Lady From Shanghai

Posted by foxy on 26 January 2005

This little article lets us in a bit more in to this film AT LAST!!! Wong Kar-wai loves mystery by the looks of it.


Nicole Kidman to star in Wong Kar-wai's film
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2005-01-25 09:05


When Wong Kar-wai held a press conference for his 2046 in Bangkok over the weekend, he began to disclose news he was preparing to cooperate with Hollywood star Nicole Kidman.


This time the Hong Kong director plans to put Kidman on center stage of his new production Lady from Shanghai, which begins shooting in June.

Wong said Kidman did not request to see the screenplay, which fully reflected her trust in Wong.

It seems Kidman has already prepared to adapt to Wong's trademark directing style, which focuses less on script and more on on-spot shooting.

Wong also revealed Kidman already knew the major plot line of the story.

The story is inspired by a lady in danger and mixes love with espionage. The movie will be produced in Shanghai but features an international cast.

Therefore, selection of the working language to be employed during shooting attracted plenty of attention.

"The movie will mainly feature English, but it is not decided yet, as the whole script has not been finished yet," said Wong.

Some news sources have reported that Kidman plans to commit one year to the movie, as Wong is famous for his slow process of shooting.

However, Wong responded it would take only a few months.

[lillyfroggiegirl]

Is this a re-make of the 1947 movie, "The Lady from Shanghai"? I didn't think it was, but as they have identical titles, I simply wanted to confirm.

I hope that Nicole takes this role. I am a student of Chinese and have visited there numerous times, especially Shanghai --- it would be a fantastic place for Nicole to work at.

I hope this follows through.

[friendlyfox]

Hi lillyfroggiegirl

Apparently the name is the same but not the story.

The story may still be in Wong Kar-Wai's head.

See this page for some details


Link to NKU Lady From Shanghai

[iluffnicole]

THANKs fOr THE LiNKS AND STUFF!!!

[RedSatinDoll]

This is not the first time Nicole has been reported (or self-reported) to have committed to a film without seeing a script -- Moulin Rouge and, if I'm not mistaken, Dogville are two recent examples. The results can be mixed of course, sometimes it turns out well, and sometimes it leads I think to that quality of Nicole's to commit to projects that in hindsight seem to have been not the best choices. But she seems more interested in committing to working with particular directors and playing particular roles than in the stories themselves. (I may be overgeneralizing, of course, but it does require a great leap of faith to commit to a project sight unseen, as it were.)