The Grandmaster, starring Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi, is the latest historical drama to spin the legend of martial arts master Ip Man, the man who taught Bruce Lee. It's also the much-anticipated new film from famed Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-wai. Typical to the director's beloved style, it's slow, gorgeous, and at times incomprehensible. I really liked it. Here's the theatrical trailer:
With fight choreography by Yuen Wo-Ping and exquisite cinematography by Philippe Le Sourd, The Grandmaster is a beautiful, slow-burning tale of love, longing and asskicking. Who wants to see it?
GIVEAWAY
If you live in the Los Angeles area, I'm giving away a three pairs of tickets to a screening of The Grandmaster happening next week on Tuesday, August 13 at 5:00pm at the Aidikoff Screening Room in Beverly Hills. If you'd like to attend the screening, here's how to enter:
Step 1: Follow @angryasianman on Twitter.
Step 2: Tweet this message:
I want to win tickets to see #TheGrandmaster from @angryasianman and @WeinsteinFilms! http://bit.ly/aam-grandmaster
Step 3: From the entries, I'll randomly pick three lucky film fans, who will each get two passes to next week's screening of The Grandmaster.
Please, only one entry per person/Twitter account. Cheaters will be publicly shamed. The giveaway ends on Friday, August 9, 2013 at 11:59am PST. Winners will receive a Direct Message with further information. Please only the enter the giveaway if you truly plan on attending. Don't be a flake.
For the rest of you, The Grandmaster opens in the select theaters on August 23 from The Weinstein Company. For further information, head over to the film's official website.