When writing about the new trailer for Teddy Chen's Bodyguards And Assassins just a couple days ago I commented on how it was, frankly, a little bit underwhelming. Could this be why?
According to published reports, after clashing with producer Peter Chan, director Teddy Chen walked off set for two weeks and was replaced for that period by Andrew Lau Wai-Keung. Chan and Chen would later patch up their differences with Chen eventually returning to the helm, but this sort of conflict - particularly in the middle of photography - never bodes well.
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Don't see it looking like that myself and don't want to pass judgement on cinematography only seeing it on small media player screen. DOPS Arthur Wong and Peter Ngor both have long credits and worked with Chan on Warlords. It looks very much like Wong's work on the martial arts films from the early 90s. Eager to see it!
Yeah, I really hope I'm wrong, there's so much potential here. Maybe I was just expecting too much but that teaser really left me feeling blah ...