[SkateDC] Made in Hong Kong Film Festival [Off Topic]

[George Marinkovich]

If the unimaginable happens tonight and the Friday Night Skate gets rained out, never fear, there is a great film being shown tonight at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery (Meyer Auditorium).  The movie is free but you need tickets which can be obtained in the Freer starting at 6 PM.  This is part of the "Made in Hong Kong Film Festival" and if last week's film is any indication the films are splendid and the showings will sell out.  Tonight's film, from one of my favorite directors, is:

Ashes of Time Redux (Made in Hong Kong Film Festival)Friday, July 17, 7 pm
Fourteen
years after it was originally made, Wong Kar-wai (Chungking Express, In
the Mood for Love) recut this swordplay classic into a new,
"definitive" version. A desert fantasia of misty pastels, it stars the
late Leslie Cheung as a disenchanted swordsman for hire, but his
clients are motivated by the same longings and desires as the
contemporary lovers in Wong’s more well-known films. 2008 / 93 min. /
Cantonese and Mandarin with English sub…
If you miss tonight's screening, there is another on Sunday (7/19/09) at 2 PM.

Ticket Info:  http://www.asia.si.edu/events/ticketInfo.asp

Visitor Info:  http://www.asia.si.edu/visitor/default.htm

More Freer Film Series Info:  http://www.asia.si.edu/events/films.asp

Enjoy,
George