Breaking Language Barriers: Famous Foreign Directors Who Crossed Over to English-Language Films - Yahoo! Movies

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Upon hearing that South Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park will get his English-language film debut with "Stoker," I was thrilled, as I'm such a big fan of his. From "Oldboy" to "Thirst," his films speak with such power and energy. How much of a fan am I? I get excited by even the simple memory of my encounter with a Korean-American DJ in Seoul, while I was there for a film training program. She asked me to join a radio contest for foreigners who were asked about something related to Korean culture.

Hollywood Remakes of Asian Films: What Makes Them Work? - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

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There is a thin line separating remakes that work and those that don't. In the case of Asian films remade by Hollywood, they have been a varying mix of masterpieces, mediocre stuff, and dismaying flops.