As my only source of Asian films are the premium cable channels and Facets Multimedia [I need English subtitles] - and local film festivals, I spend most of my weeknights watching dvr'd K-dramas. The latest 'newish' film that I now have taped is Typhoon [very cool, same driving pace as Shiri, I thought] and from Facets I was able to see the complete 'Vengeance' trilogy, Lies, Attack the Gas Station, Save the Green Planet [my vote for 'Citizen Kane' film of the last decade] recently.
For the K-dramas I'm watching Jumong & White Tower [their back to back on Comcast AZNTV], and just before Jumong I caught 'Samsoon' for the third time. Their only watchable taped, so I can fast forward through the 5 minute commercials.
I currently have stored on my DVR Fulltime Killer, A Snake of June, H, Last Life in the Universe, 3-Iron, Howl's Moving Castle, and Blind Beast, Robots, Memories [Japanese anime]. I've seen them all at least twice, [3-Iron maybe 5 times by now], but like to keep them around like good books you want to reread.
I had a ton more stored, but started to run out of space, and now I regret removing them. I had most of Hayao Miyazake's films saved, 3 other Kim Kiduk films, a lot of the Tartan horror films, At least 10 classic Samurai films from the 50's, the complete 5 film series of Japanese Yakuza 'docudramas' from the early 70's, etc.
And finally, I saw the 'Host' 3 times when it was released in April, after catching it twice at the film festival. [running guy flinging molotov cocktails. exquisite action shot]
What have you been watching lately??
MJE [Marietta]
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I have to say there's been a marked improvement in Asian programming on IFC, Sundance and even Encore. IFC has "Samurai Saturdays" and "Asia Extreme" on Sunday evenings and has included many of the titles you've just referenced. Harakiri and Quitting are coming up this weekend.
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