Right after 'Swimming Pool' got released in the United States, (Hollywood) offered me dozens of parts where I have to get naked in a pool
Los Angeles, New York, West Hollywood, Provincetown — they get a lot of gay entertainment. I decided it was time to take it someplace new ... Dallas already has a lot of gay stuff — Suzanne Westenhoefer was at the Lakewood just before us — but the people there are so friendly and with-it, I had to come there. Dallas is by far is our cherry on the top of the cake.
Each of these artists have made a significant contribution to cinema in their respective professions, and are sure to impress film audiences with the latest additions to their bodies of work this year.
We are excited to have these exceptionally talented artists honored for their outstanding work and creative vision at this year's festival
Jet and Jackie are both getting old ... There needs to be a new generation of Chinese movie stars and some new artistic influences. I look at some Hong Kong directors, particularly people like Stephen Chow [director of Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle and A Hope , aka CJ7 ] and see that they have a future in the US. Hollywood isn't done with China yet.
Those films gave Hollywood a lesson in beautiful cinematography. As of course did Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon .
The balletic action sequences of Hong Kong could be used more readily to retool existing Hollywood cinema ... The other factor is the great mainland-China art movie, whose saturated colours and art direction I really admire.
We wrote a little homage to Singin' in the Rain . Jackie just takes that reference and riffs with it.
An interracial buddy relationship that works: Jackie is so avuncular and Owen, who's playing a southern California surfer dude transposed to the wild west, is such a blast. That film broke Owen and cemented Jackie as a Hollywood regular, even though it was a million miles from what Jackie had done in China. And the second thing, obviously, is Jackie's balletic martial-arts skills.