SFBG. SFIAAFF 08.

The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival opens March 13, runs through the 23rd, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian has a preview package. Besides the eight capsule reviews:

Johnny Ray Huston on the two films in the lineup by Brillante Mendoza: " The differences in pace and look between Foster Child and Slingshot demonstrate that Mendoza is capable of sculpting widely contrasting true visions of Manila's streets, which in turn shows that the exact same setting can take on widely varying characteristics based on one's perspective at any given moment."

For Kimberly Chun, the highlight of the tribute to Edward Yang is A Brighter Summer Day for "its unseen but subtly telegraphed depths, referential richness, and the sheer breadth and long-shot scope of its four-hour running time."

The fest is screening Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay, also slated for SXSW, and Marke B talks with screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who also wrote Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, and John Cho (Harold).

Posted by dwhudson at March 5, 2008 1:43 AM