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Trailer for Zhang Yimou's 三枪拍案惊奇 (Amazing Tales: Three Guns) is Out
We recently mentioned Zhang Yimou's latest adaptation of Blood Simple , 三枪拍案惊奇 (Amazing Tales: Three Guns) . The film stars Sun Honglei and Yan Ni of the lovely 斗牛 (Cow) , and the peculiarity here was that one half of the film would be a comedy, the second a thriller. Not exactly an easy feat ...
Zhang Yimou’s Baffling Blood Simple Remake Trailer
Zhang Yimou’s Baffling Blood Simple Remake Trailer
rowthree.com — Not exactly what one would expect, and a little context may help on this one. Earlier this... year the news broke that after producing the spectacle of the Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, Chinese auteur, Zhang Yimou was already shooting a loose ... (more) Zhang Yimou’s Baffling Blood Simple Remake Trailer
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Indie Trailer Sunday: Zhang Yimou's Amazing Tales: Three Guns
FirstShowing.net — ... (Hero, House of Flying Daggers) and those who don't need any English subtitles! Twitch has dug up the first trailer for Zhang Yimou's Amazing Tales: Three Guns, his remake of the Coen Brothers' first film Blood Simple. It may not have subtitles yet, but it looks quite fun anyway. And its got everything you'd expect from a Coen Brothers remake - double-crossings, cheating, lying, death, and plenty of good humor. I'm actually looking forward to this, even if it looks a bit wacky, primarily because it's Zhang Yimou and he always ...

Zhang Yimou’s Amazing Tales: Three Guns
Awards Daily — From Twitch via FirstShowing, the remake of the Coen brothers’ Blood Simple by Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers). Maybe more of a take-off than a remake, Three Guns is to Blood Simple as Kurosawa Yojimbo is to Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest. Asian Fusion Noir?

Twitch Video Player Top Ten (Oct 28 - Nov 4)
Twitch — ... down.  Uwe Boll delivers a mighty one-two punch in the Video Player Top Ten this week, not just taking the top two spots but more than doubling the total plays of spot number three and coming pretty damn close to matching four through ten combined.  Go Uwe! 1.  Final Storm Trailer (8428) 2.  Darfur Trailer (7602) 3.  Tucker And Dale Versus Evil Promo (2994) 4.  Journey To Promethea Trailer (970) 5.  Amazing Tales: Three Guns Trailer (963) 6.  True Legend Teaser One (925) 7.  ...

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