Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. ( Log Out /  Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Made on a budget of S$800,000, it only managed to gross $350,000 during its month-long run. A romance between two opposites, Eating Air follows the lives of two teenagers during the hottest month in the history of Singapore. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Guarda i film Eating Air (1999) Delicious online. “In this world, I walk alone,” he declares. Tagged with Eating Air, Jasmine Ng, Jiak Hong, Kelvin Tong, Rotterdam Film Festival, Singapore.

While it did make a slight ripple on the international film festival circuit for its vivid tones and inventive humour, I believe this remains one of the most underrated Singaporean films of all time. Web. 2000 Bronze Horse (SFF). It must be noted that Eating Air was one of the films to premiere amongst the influx that came with the renaissance of Singapore cinema, and it was also one of the many that fell flat, failing to break even. Runtime: 100 minutes Abbiamo raccolto da molte fonti legali di film di alta qualità, limonate, che in realtà hanno a guardare qualsiasi sito Web su Internet per guidare film veramente buono.

Eating Air is former film critic Kelvin Tong’s debut feature film foray, albeit a joint collaboration with another directorial upstart Jasmine Ng. We don't have any reviews for Eating Air. Ciò che sembra impossibile fino a poco tempo fa è ora auspicabile da fonti ufficiali. For Boy, breaking into bridal shops under the moonlight is as wildly exciting as Girl on her first motorcycle spin through the binding fluorescent tunnels of the CTE. 2000 Silver Screen Award for Young Cinema (SIFF) – Kelvin Tong, Jasmine Ng A motorcycle kungfu love story. The scene ends with another car with troublemakers chasing them, which eventually gets into a chain collision, the comedic tone set when the hooligans get out of the car ready to start a brawl and they realize their motorcycles simply would not start; they then sit by the kerb, bloodied (03:21). The punk rock track in the background lends credence to this mood in the opening sequence. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Original title: Chi feng (Eating Air). Further, it bears a stark contrast to the gang chase that ensues. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXsP1vE9qTs. 6 Apr 2011. This scene is further contrasted with. The anime influence of the movie is further expounded through the emphasis on the blow of punches and faces hitting the wall, through close-up shots utilized at 30:40 for instance. Starring: Benjamin Heng, Alvina Toh, Joseph Cheong, Mark Lee, Michelle Chong, Film Festivals: Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Ratings: IMDB: 4.9/10.

Further, the anime emphasis on color is evident in the scene at 35:30, where a black-white, good-evil dichotomy is omnipresent through their attire. Such instances are peppered throughout the film, and his opponents range from his parents (04:50), geishas (26:51) and even the elevator (06:09). Can't find a movie or TV show? Eating Air perhaps failed on this count, aside from its poor timing that pushed it into the shadows of other more prominent commercial releases such as Jack Neo’s Liang Po Po: The Movie (1999) and the Fann Wong-helmed The Truth About Jane & Sam (2000). Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Change ), Media Representation and Records of Singapore Film, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXsP1vE9qTs. Kelvin Tong, however, boasts subsequent box office hits like The Maid (2005), Rule No 1 (2008) and Kidnapper (2010) to his filmography. “Eating Air (1999).” Internet Movie Database.

( Log Out /  2000 Rotterdam International Film Festival (RIFF) Eating Air is a film directed by Kelvin Tong, Jasmine Ng Kin Kia with Benjamin Heng, Alvina Toh, Mark Lee, Joseph Cheong .... Year: 1999. ( Log Out / 

First, we have Ah Boy (the protagonist) on a motorcycle spinning left and right (despite keeping within his lane) along the virtually deserted roads along Bugis.

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. 2000 FIPRESCI Prize – Honorable Mention (SFF), “for its sense of escapism and youthful dreams through visual metaphors, special effects and inventive humour.”, Nominated: ( Log Out /  About the joys and pangs of teenage love, Eating Air seeks the delirious madness that makes 18-year-olds invincible to low fuels, fists and oil-puddles on the road. ( Log Out /  2000 Tiger Award (RIFF) Eating Air (1999) 05/21/2000 (US) Action, Romance 1h 40m User Score. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account.
Name (required) 2000 Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Feature (SIFF) The rhythmic scans of the machine is remixed with steady drum beats, marking the begin of a full two-minute long sequence that leads to other rhythmic actions. For it manages to capture the root and essence of the Singaporean culture (the next film that manages to do that, in my opinion, is Singapore Dreaming (2006)), whilst seamlessly marrying elements of Japanese manga anime within. Click here to login or here to sign up.
The punk, proletariat tone of the film is set right from the start through the use of stereotypical clichés. ( Log Out /  Leave a comment, Country: Singapore Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Synopsis: You need to be logged in to continue. Language: English, Mandarin, Hokkien Topless, he stretches as he stands by the doorway and gives his crotch a gentle scratch (04:25). We then see Ah Boy entering the expressway when another motorcycle pulls up beside him. Filed under Singapore Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 2000 Stockholm Film Festival (SFF), Awards: Amazon.com, 10 Aug 2005. 13/10/2010 Leave a comment. Abbiamo raccolto da molte fonti legali di film di alta qualità, limonate, che in realtà hanno a guardare qualsiasi sito Web su Internet per guidare film veramente buono. For Boy, breaking into bridal shops under the moonlight is as wildly exciting as Girl on her first motorcycle spin through the binding fluorescent tunnels of the CTE.

Login to create it. A romance between two opposites, Eating Air follows the lives of two teenagers during the hottest month in the history of Singapore. The symbolic act of sharing a smoke cements their relationship as good friends. A significant feature of Eating Air is its heavy use of visual metaphors and special effects, a tone set right from the start through the use of bright, sharp, vivid colors throughout the film that sometimes border on psychedelic. Director: Kelvin Tong & Jasmine Ng Film Festivals: 2000 Rotterdam International Film Festival (RIFF) 2000 … Overview. We see Ah Girl playing with her purple pen, a man walking by the shop, a lady ironing clothes, a man playing with coins, a man swinging the plastic bag, an athlete bouncing a ball, a man lifting weights, a hostess banging on her mike etc. Filed under Eating Air, Film, Kelvin Tong ← 12 Storeys by Eric Khoo. 13/10/2010 ( Log Out /  Theme: Crime/Gangsterism. A romance between two opposites, Eating Air follows the lives of two teenagers during the hottest month in the history of Singapore. Eating Air (1999) Jiak Hong / 吃風 . The main difference between Eating Air and Royston Tan’s seminal 15 (2003) – which also deals with similar themes of gangsterism – is that the latter came under heavy scrutiny by the film censors, and thus was thrusted into the public limelight. ( Log Out /  Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public). 2000 Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) A key scene (and a very clever one, I must add, in terms of aesthetics and technique that all film students really should study) of the movie begins in the photocopying shop at 27:34, which captures the menial, repetitive nature of the job. Guarda i film Eating Air (1999) Delicious online. It remain the latter’s sole feature film work, having went on to documentary direction with credits in Lonely Planet Six Degrees and Invisible City.

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The Day A Pig Fell Into The Well (1996) 돼지가 우물에 빠진 날, San Sebastian International Film Festival. Chinese/Japanese martial art comic impressions (04:19) are visible through Ah Boy’s surrealist dream sequences that start off with a clap of thunder in the background and him wielding a sword to fight with a ninja (04:12). Further establishing the uncouth nature of the movie is Ah Boy’s first actions after waking up from bed. Country: Singapore Language: English, Mandarin, Hokkien Director: Kelvin Tong & Jasmine Ng Runtime: 100 minutes Starring: Benjamin Heng, Alvina Toh, Joseph Cheong, Mark Lee, Michelle Chong. This smooth rhythm creates a prominence of menial Singaporean tasks that many have taken for granted and not paid much attention to.