A while back on the Movie Blog I posted a link to a trailer for Chan Wook Park's submission to the anthology film Three: Monster - known as Three: Extreme in Hong Kong - and was mighty happy to do so. This is Park's first film following his powerhouse effort in OldBoy and the trailer - still available here - seemed to be a chilling continuation of the style he'd developed so strongly in that earlier film. Adding to the excitement was the fact this film was part of a three part anthology with the other submissions coming courtesy of Japanese shock-master Takashi Miike and Hong Kong's Fruit Chan.
My early assumption was that Park's would be the strongest of the three submissions, followed closely by Miike with Chan - who is not at all known for this sort of genre fare - bringing up a distant third. Then the reviews started to hit and, frankly, Chan's looks to be pretty easily the most disturbing concept of the three. Yeah. The trailer for his section - titled Dumplings - is out now. Shudder. You'll never look at Chinese food the same way again ... check it out here.
the first dvd news has started to leak through. apparently "dumplings" will make its extended-cut release right at the end of the year. the first dvd of the anthology version (combines all 3 in their short version) will be at the end of january. from what i can tell theyre both HK dvds but yesasia.com doesnt go as far as to include any info stating "english subtitles" so we will have to wait and see...
still confused as to what she's cookin.. I have an idea.. if I'm right, that's messed up.
If you're thinking 'dumplings made of foetal tissue to prolong her youth' then you are correst, sir.