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HONG KONG FEATURE IN FOCUS
WRITER-DIRECTOR
WONG KAR-WAI
BRINGS THE STORY OF LEGENDARY IP MAN TO THE SCREEN IN HIS LATEST THE GRANDMASTERS
wo years in the making, The Grandmasters looks set to be Hong Kong cult director Wong kar-wai’s most ambitious film
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Photo main: Zhang Zyi in The Grandmasters; above: the poster image with Tony Leung who plays Ip Man; right inset: Director Wong Kar-wai; far right: a publicity clip
to date. Set in the Fifties, it tells the story of Ip Man, perhaps best known in martial arts circles as the trainer of one-time kung fu king, Bruce Lee.
Kar-wai’s 10th feature – and his first since 2007’s My Blueberry Nights, which also marked his US debut – actually started production towards the end of 2009.
Reasons for various delays have been availability of casting and, reportedly, an injury to leading man, Tony Leung, a Kar-wai regular,
who plays Ip Man, not to mention the 52-year-old director’s own meticulous shooting methods.
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