Anita Mui dead
Anita Mui has passed away. She was 40 and suffering from cancer. According to this article, she died peacefully after saying her goodbyes to her loved ones.
Anita was one of the old-school greats in the annals of Hong Kong cinema, the Big Sister who matched wits with Jackie Chan's Big Brother figure. I'll remember her best for her scene-stealing performances alongside Jackie in Miracles, Drunken Master 2 and Rumble in the Bronx. And for her roles in Johnnie To's The Heroic Trio, Corey Yuen's Saviour of the Soul, Stanley Kwan's Rouge.
Rest in peace.
December 30, 2003 at 01:53 PM in Cinema | Permalink | Comments (1)
2003 review
Movies
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Kill Bill Volume 1
American Splendor
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Albums
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
Four Tet - Rounds
Manitoba - Up in Flames
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
Ellen Allien - Berlinette
Radioactive Man - Booby Trap
Broadcast - Haha Sound
Songs
Manitoba - Jacknuggeted
The Go! Team - Ladyflash
Erlend Oye - A Sudden Rush
Plaid - B Born Droid
Lali Puna - Together in Electric Dreams
Prefuse 73 - Storm Returns
Sun Kil Moon - Gentle Moon
Disappointments
Mystic River
Demonlover
Cremaster
Johnny Marr and the Healers - Boomslang
Massive Attack - 100th Window
DK2: The Dark Knight Strikes Again - Frank Miller and Lynn Varley
Discoveries & Rediscoveries
24 Hour Party People
Ping Pong
Cowboy Bebop
Herbert - Bodily Functions
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Guided by Voices
Talk Talk
John Tejada
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
H2 - Mitsuru Adachi
I Still Don't Get It
Coldplay
Rest in Peace
Steve Benton
Leslie Cheung
Anita Mui
Gregory Peck
Katharine Hepburn
Stan Brakhage
Kinji Fukasaku
Elia Kazan
Jean-Yves Escoffier
Elliot Smith
December 23, 2003 at 02:23 AM in Books, Cinema, Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
