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Title: When Miramax ate a 'Tiger'
Post by: LostInTime on March 02, 2007, 08:01:28 AM
Post by: LostInTime on March 02, 2007, 08:01:28 AM
Wisit Sasanatieng was thrilled when Miramax nabbed his film, but a showdown followed. It lasted six years. (http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-et-tears2mar02,0,5654277.story?coll=cl-movies)
Since "Iron Ladies," the 2001 comedy about a transgender volleyball team that was the first Thai film to open theatrically in the U.S., several more have followed. The Chicago-educated Apichatpong Weerasethakul is an established art-house favorite with structural enigmas such as "Blissfully Yours" and the Cannes prize winner "Tropical Malady." There has also been more mainstream fare, notably the martial-arts action movie "Ong Bak," starring the muay thai expert Tony Jaa.
But "Tears of the Black Tiger" went unseen (which only increased its cult standing among cinephiles).
Since "Iron Ladies," the 2001 comedy about a transgender volleyball team that was the first Thai film to open theatrically in the U.S., several more have followed. The Chicago-educated Apichatpong Weerasethakul is an established art-house favorite with structural enigmas such as "Blissfully Yours" and the Cannes prize winner "Tropical Malady." There has also been more mainstream fare, notably the martial-arts action movie "Ong Bak," starring the muay thai expert Tony Jaa.
But "Tears of the Black Tiger" went unseen (which only increased its cult standing among cinephiles).