When I was in Japan last year, along with ads for the Da Vinci Code, I kept seeing ads and posters for a visually stunning black and white movie, which I thought was titled Angela, but it turns out it's actually titled Angel-A, and directed by Luc Besson (Leon, The Fifth Element). Because I had been searching for Angela and not Angel-A, my searches were turning up blank. One should not underestimate the necessity of that dash, considering how many Angel-somethings exist on the internet.
I still want to see it, but it seems that it hasn't been released theatrically in the United States yet -- nearly 18 months after its release in France, and a full year after its release in Japan. Truly, this says something about the sad state of American theaters regarding foreign cinema.
Here's another movie by Wong Kar Wai (My Blueberry Nightsthat makes its debut in France today, but has an unknown release date for the US, even though it stars Jude Law, Norah Jones, Rachel Weisz, and Natalie Portman.Yes, my friends, French can subtitle American movies much faster than we can subtitle French ones. Wong Kar Wai is a Hong Kong director, and this is his first English language film.
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