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The New York Asian Film Festival
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June 20, 2008 – July 6, 2008
Daily (schedule)
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Various prices
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Note: For the first 14 days of the festival, screenings are held at the IFC Center. The final four days take place at the Japan Society.
Booming and busting economies, political upheaval, and a newfound global influence has created no shortage of Asian filmmakers. This year, Chinese director Feng Xiaogang makes a sharp departure from his commercial comedies and melodramas with Assembly, a gritty examination of the 1948 Chinese Civil War that birthed the People's Republic. The creators of Ong-Bak deliver a one-two punch from Thailand with Bodyguard and Bodyguard 2 (which feature the legendary Tony Jaa kicking people across the room). Korea's Kim Jin-Won offers his low-budget but shockingly brutal horror flick The Butcher, while an uncharacteristically tame Japan represents with artsy films like Accuracy of Death and Sad Vacation.
