<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681</id><updated>2012-01-18T20:04:00.727-08:00</updated><category term='Reviews'/><category term='Short Films'/><category term='Articles'/><category term='Theatre'/><category term='Feature Films'/><category term='Filmography'/><category term='Festivals'/><title type='text'>Doghouse73 Pictures</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>57</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-8802066829053377104</id><published>2011-11-21T08:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T08:32:40.435-08:00</updated><title type='text'>COMING SOON AND NEXT CHANGE!</title><summary type='text'>James Lee's indie flick "If It's Not Now, Then When?" is awarded a grant by Krishen Jit Astro fund. It is the latest film of James Lee produced by Da Huang Pictures. The story relates to the relationships in a family. Although a simple theme, James intends to present an alternative to what is normally offered by Malaysian cinema. The film has been shot and this grant is to support the post </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/8802066829053377104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/11/james-lees-indie-flick-if-its-not-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8802066829053377104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8802066829053377104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/11/james-lees-indie-flick-if-its-not-now.html' title='COMING SOON AND NEXT CHANGE!'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-595146642713702297</id><published>2011-10-23T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T05:06:35.865-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>PETALING STREET WARRIORS</title><summary type='text'>



Company: JE Pictures



Martial Arts Action Comedy
Language: Mandarin
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: RedCam
Duration: 108 mins
2011






Synopsis




Set in Petaling Street in 1908, it tells of a hokkien mee seller (Mark Lee) who finds himself entangled in deadly battles with skilled fighters. Little did he know that he is in possession of a lost treasure map linked to the Qing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/595146642713702297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/10/petaling-street-warrior.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/595146642713702297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/595146642713702297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/10/petaling-street-warrior.html' title='PETALING STREET WARRIORS'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yCGUDL3j8Rg/TpKmtaIjmlI/AAAAAAAACYI/3vH5zCEmZp0/s72-c/psw_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-5404996732609258205</id><published>2011-10-13T09:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T10:15:42.511-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>THE COLLECTOR</title><summary type='text'>



Company: Tayangan Unggul
Production: Asia Tropical Film


Martial Arts Action Comedy
Language: Chinese
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: RedCam
Duration: 95 mins
2011






Synopsis




Sunny is a kind-heart debt collector assisted by Mohan, they have a very good record rate in their collections, no one dares not to pay up. One night Sunny decided to have his palm read by a side-walk </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/5404996732609258205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/10/collector.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/5404996732609258205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/5404996732609258205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/10/collector.html' title='THE COLLECTOR'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lAgnN1rwbGg/TpKklrP_gEI/AAAAAAAACYE/YGw0rJ4KUN8/s72-c/collector_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-5981859927860034733</id><published>2011-10-10T01:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T09:36:10.402-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>IF IT'S NOT NOW, THEN WHEN?</title><summary type='text'>


Company: Dahuang Pictures


Family DramaLanguage: ChineseDirected by: James LeeShooting format: Canon EOS 5DDuration: 83 mins2011Status: Post Production


This movie is produced with the support of:Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival RotterdamPost production grant support from:Krishen Jit Astro Fund









Synopsis






MEE is living with her widowed mother MRS.TAN since the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/5981859927860034733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/10/company-dahuang-pictures-drama-language.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/5981859927860034733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/5981859927860034733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/10/company-dahuang-pictures-drama-language.html' title='IF IT&apos;S NOT NOW, THEN WHEN?'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pDWStpUFTac/Tow7HzgsMTI/AAAAAAAACYA/JOaIcgeFTpQ/s72-c/nnw_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-4553807115471285872</id><published>2011-02-26T20:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T09:37:07.356-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>TOLONG! AWEK AKU PONTIANAK! (HELP! MY GIRLFRIEND IS A VAMPIRE!)</title><summary type='text'>


Company: Tayangan Unggul


Romantic Comedy
Language: Malay
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: 35mm
Duration: 95 mins
2010


Release date: 7 July 2011










Synopsis





Bob and his best friend forever Pian moved into an old rundown apartment after Bob being dumped by his snobbish girlfriend Ina. Bob and Pian befriends their mysterious neighbors two beautiful sisters Maya &amp; Liyana. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/4553807115471285872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/02/tolong-awek-aku-pontianak-help-my.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4553807115471285872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4553807115471285872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2011/02/tolong-awek-aku-pontianak-help-my.html' title='TOLONG! AWEK AKU PONTIANAK! (HELP! MY GIRLFRIEND IS A VAMPIRE!)'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-z8O7b8IDny8/TWnRAr5RjLI/AAAAAAAAB4M/RinVZHx-kJg/s72-c/taap.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-6706625697624990284</id><published>2010-11-24T09:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T09:38:28.132-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>SINI ADA HANTU! (HERE GOT GHOST!)</title><summary type='text'>







Company: Astro Shaw / Double Vision
 Horror Thriller
Language: Malay / Chinese
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: HD
Duration: 95 mins
2010
Release date: February 2011





Synopsis


The movie starts with Rama, a supervisor of a delivery &amp; transport company looking for drivers for a last minute delivery out of town at night. Rama manages to get Ah Meng and Bakri to do the task which</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/6706625697624990284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2010/11/sini-ada-hantu-here-got-ghost.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6706625697624990284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6706625697624990284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2010/11/sini-ada-hantu-here-got-ghost.html' title='SINI ADA HANTU! (HERE GOT GHOST!)'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/TOuVdOhxdSI/AAAAAAAABzA/pXo3XNcHXQw/s72-c/sini_ada_hantu.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-3032284194151663502</id><published>2010-06-27T19:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T03:04:54.372-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theatre'/><title type='text'>SEE WHAT YOU WILL</title><summary type='text'>
By ROUWEN LIN

Aware that viewers are often anxious to understand what they see, a dance group aims to help them relate.




WHAT do you get when you cross a filmmaker with a choreographer? It sounds almost like a riddle and the funny thing is, they don’t seem too sure of the answer themselves.

But why should words matter when there is a stage todance your worries away? Or is it a stage to act </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/3032284194151663502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2010/06/see-what-you-will.html#comment-form' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3032284194151663502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3032284194151663502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2010/06/see-what-you-will.html' title='SEE WHAT YOU WILL'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-je437t4XW7E/TNk7Obgf6LI/AAAAAAAAAfc/aniC3muAmFU/s72-c/10+8%253A15%253A40+PM' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-2397078040326276472</id><published>2009-09-07T19:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T09:47:41.129-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>GERHANA</title><summary type='text'>
Drama

Language: Malay
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 04:25 

2009





Synopsis
 A dark take on media manipulation and political situation in Malaysia. The idea is to convey how normal citizens eventhough sometimes they know what they read and heard are absurds and not right but still with not much options to react but to accept them in order to maintain their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/2397078040326276472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2010/01/gerhana.html#comment-form' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2397078040326276472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2397078040326276472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2010/01/gerhana.html' title='GERHANA'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1PSCBDxtdI/AAAAAAAAAKs/B8BvJq_xaug/s72-c/gerhana_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-9187725304807818079</id><published>2009-04-02T09:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T09:47:56.355-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Festivals'/><title type='text'>"CALL IF YOU NEED ME" WON THE DIGITAL SILVER AWARD</title><summary type='text'>
The Juries of the Asian Digital Competition, from left: Erika Gregor, Xie Fei, Emily Tan (Gold Award Winner), Sandrine Pinna (Actress), James Lee and Cheng Yu-Chieh (Director)



James Lee’s Call if You Need Me won silver digital prize in the Asian Digital Competition at the 33th Hong Kong International Film Festival. There are eight digital feature films from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/9187725304807818079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/9187725304807818079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2009/04/call-if-you-need-me-won-digital-silver.html' title='&quot;CALL IF YOU NEED ME&quot; WON THE DIGITAL SILVER AWARD'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/SdVlvL2ZnNI/AAAAAAAAAIg/3YsnsoEVjSg/s72-c/HKIFF+Award+Gala+_+9708.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-7118124207223984254</id><published>2009-03-28T23:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T10:09:08.184-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>CALL IF YOU NEED ME</title><summary type='text'>
 Da Huang Pictures
Drama
Language: Mandarin and Chinese dialects
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 105 mins 

2009






Synopsis




Gentle, easy-going Or Kia moves from the countryside to Kuala Lumpur to work for his cousin and best friend Ah Soon, a mid-level gangster and enforcer. While Or Kia works hard to put a sister through school, Ah Soon cares for an unstable </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/7118124207223984254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2009/03/call-if-you-need-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7118124207223984254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7118124207223984254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2009/03/call-if-you-need-me.html' title='CALL IF YOU NEED ME'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QPWlUfH3I/AAAAAAAAAOc/47prVFEnq-Q/s72-c/call_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-8049779717250797753</id><published>2009-03-28T21:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T10:23:44.228-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Festivals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Articles'/><title type='text'>JAMES LEE IN HKIFF 2009: OF GHOSTS AND GANGSTERS</title><summary type='text'>
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Horror Creature Thriller
Language: Malay
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: 35mm
Duration: 90 mins
2007

SynopsisHisteria is a horror film about six female students attending a supposedly haunted school. As part of a prank, they pretend to be hysterical and are so convincing that the school calls in a witch doctor to “cure” them. However, they soon find themselves </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/1427472937618265224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2008/12/histeria.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1427472937618265224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1427472937618265224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2008/12/histeria.html' title='HISTERIA'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QMsQj6mcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/tFQp-0U8SW0/s72-c/histeria_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-7017852279519456806</id><published>2008-12-12T21:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:10:49.733-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Articles'/><title type='text'>GORE FEST</title><summary type='text'>By RIZAL JOHAN
Independent filmmaker James Lee heads for the mainstream with the horror ride Histeria, his first Malay movie.
                Local independent director James Lee has taken the next step in his career by directing his first Malay-language mainstream horror film, Histeria, which will open in theatres nationwide next Thursday.
After making short and feature length films for almost </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7017852279519456806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7017852279519456806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2008/12/gore-fest.html' title='GORE FEST'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa4WysFga3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/n-ALEJcy9nw/s72-c/f_06histeria1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-3660441284000224023</id><published>2008-12-11T21:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T10:37:22.371-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Articles'/><title type='text'>GETTING HYSTERICAL OVER JAMES LEE</title><summary type='text'>December 11, 2008 Malay Mail
By ANGIE TAN

Honestly speaking, I had a panic attack when I realised I had to interview James Lee. After all, he is the award-winning director for that art house film The Beautiful Washing Machine.

Would I be able to hold an intellectual discourse with him?  

But Lee proved me wrong. In person, he was very down-to earth and chatty. I found out, in just a few months</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3660441284000224023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3660441284000224023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2008/12/getting-hysterical-over-james-lee.html' title='GETTING HYSTERICAL OVER JAMES LEE'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa4VSNPkJMI/AAAAAAAAAFY/5_TJHt_WDM0/s72-c/Getting_hysterical_over_James_Lee_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-79829510414404617</id><published>2008-10-03T01:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:30:13.945-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>VARIETY ON BERNAFAS DALAM LUMPUR (Bangkok International Film Festival 2008)</title><summary type='text'>   
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It's a gentle, slowly twisting drama about Azman, a driving instructor who is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4582775347665153562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4582775347665153562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2008/04/bernafas-dalam-lumpur-breathing-in-mud.html' title='BERNAFAS DALAM LUMPUR - Singapore International Film Festial 2008'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X-G6Ke1iLTA/TNkwQ0M-XrI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/cTyA_qdAkrE/s72-c/10%2525207%25253A28%25253A46%252520PM.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-9098807513352177088</id><published>2007-09-05T04:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:08:50.102-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theatre'/><title type='text'>VIGNETTES OF LIFE</title><summary type='text'>By E.N. De SILVA                              
From bright bunga manggar to brutal snatch theft, Marion D’Cruz’s latest show examines life in Malaysia.
Bunga Manggar Bunga Raya is a piece of performance art with no storyline or definable form, and a script that is not set in stone. Through a series of vignettes, the performance aims to investigate multicultural life in Malaysia. 
 As the show’s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/9098807513352177088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/9098807513352177088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2009/03/five-arts-centre-presents-bunga-manggar.html' title='VIGNETTES OF LIFE'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa3moinf1wI/AAAAAAAAAEg/fEKtzyDIeVA/s72-c/f_20manggar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-5754394615890874272</id><published>2007-07-17T22:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T10:43:12.007-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>WAITING FOR LOVE</title><summary type='text'>Love DramaLanguage: Mandarin and Cantonese
Directed by: James Lee  Shooting format: MiniDVDuration: 70 mins2007
SynopsisThree scenes about three couples with each portraying maybe the turning point of their relationship.

First scene, Lim &amp; Amelia are a couple who had been together for almost five years. While he works as a salesman and trying to save up for marriage, the girl are not sure if he’</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/5754394615890874272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/01/waiting-for-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/5754394615890874272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/5754394615890874272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/01/waiting-for-love.html' title='WAITING FOR LOVE'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QA5TD5-gI/AAAAAAAAANc/b5aplKS1DgA/s72-c/waiting_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-7373949792226779313</id><published>2007-04-18T00:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T10:47:17.424-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>BERNAFAS DALAM LUMPUR</title><summary type='text'>Company: Red Films
Drama
Language: Malay
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 78 mins
2007

Synopsis
7 years ago, small-time gangster Meor went missing. His wife Nina eventually re-married, to his best friend, Din. Din is a loving husband and doting father to their daughter, Mina, 5, and Rosli, 10, Nina's son with Meor. Despite this, he is having an affair with Liza, his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/7373949792226779313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/04/bernafas-dalam-lumpur.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7373949792226779313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7373949792226779313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/04/bernafas-dalam-lumpur.html' title='BERNAFAS DALAM LUMPUR'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QV3v3-5_I/AAAAAAAAAO0/95E02T2IWyw/s72-c/bernafas_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-661173597009466188</id><published>2007-04-04T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:50:48.754-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE - 9th Deauville Asian Film Festival 2007</title><summary type='text'>Difficult to imagine a film title at the same time also not very poetic and really intrigant. And yet, it is true that it is pretty, this washing machine green apple! And how much intrigant is this bond woven between this usual object and each character. A so powerful relation that it takes some, during these two hours, forms human.


When his/her girl friend leaves it by carrying with it all her</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/661173597009466188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/661173597009466188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2009/03/review-beautiful-washing-machine-9th.html' title='THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE - 9th Deauville Asian Film Festival 2007'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa0NVcodBYI/AAAAAAAAACQ/0B1p4hCpIPc/s72-c/bwm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-7678675728122058553</id><published>2007-04-04T18:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:39:24.106-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>AH BENG RETURNS - 9th Deauville Asia Film Festival 2007</title><summary type='text'>Whereas an absence - that of certain Ah Beng - planes on the whole of the human configurations of a small Chinese gang - this one declines its antagonisms and individualities with a total absence of dialogue... thus one could summarize Ah Beng Returns, the second film of James Lee, singular realizer malaysien to which the 9th Festival of Asian film of Deauville devoted a homage. Experimental work</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7678675728122058553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7678675728122058553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2009/03/review-ah-beng-returns-9th-deauville.html' title='AH BENG RETURNS - 9th Deauville Asia Film Festival 2007'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa0Gnl8vtcI/AAAAAAAAAB4/eKt0pTyburc/s72-c/ahbeng_returns_pic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-1480657296799710850</id><published>2007-03-28T19:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:16:53.538-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Festivals'/><title type='text'>Special Focus on James Lee 9th Deauville Asian Film Festival 2007</title><summary type='text'>The 9th edition of the Deauville Asian Film Festival 2007, France had a special focus on the movies of Malaysian director James Lee, as a talent to watch.  This focus was to acknowledge Lee’s status as one of the pioneer digital filmmakers of the region, who has amassed a promising body of work since his debut in 2001. This is the first time that a French festival devoted such a focus to a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1480657296799710850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1480657296799710850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/03/special-focus-on-james-lee-9th.html' title='Special Focus on James Lee 9th Deauville Asian Film Festival 2007'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa398w9rIqI/AAAAAAAAAFA/SmVa_OBb_eI/s72-c/focus01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-2443901437376834623</id><published>2007-01-31T22:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:26:03.016-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>THINGS WE DO WHEN WE FALL IN LOVE</title><summary type='text'>Da Huang Pictures &amp; Doghouse73 Pictures
Love Drama / Road Movie
Language: Mandarin
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 89 mins 
2007
SynopsisThe movie follows two unfortunate secret lovers who are constantly looking for a solution to their situation. Both of them are always arguing over their relationship. One day they went to a trip out of the city, into the outskirt. They </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/2443901437376834623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/01/things-we-do-when-we-fall-in-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2443901437376834623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2443901437376834623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/01/things-we-do-when-we-fall-in-love.html' title='THINGS WE DO WHEN WE FALL IN LOVE'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QESa40K3I/AAAAAAAAANs/bxva405fkFw/s72-c/things_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-3413354760945160765</id><published>2007-01-09T18:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:07:51.125-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theatre'/><title type='text'>IN THE HOT SEAT</title><summary type='text'>By SHEELA CHANDRAN
  Award-winning film director James Lee talks about directing Harold Pinter’s stage play Betrayal.

 If one had to name one of James Lee’s greatest passions, it would be directing. 

  After the success of his 2004 award-winning feature film The Beautiful Washing Machine (TBWM), the talented 33-year-old is returning to his roots to direct Harold Pinter’s sardonic stage play </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/3413354760945160765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/01/tuesday-january-9-2007-in-hot-seat-by.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3413354760945160765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3413354760945160765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/01/tuesday-january-9-2007-in-hot-seat-by.html' title='IN THE HOT SEAT'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa3u7zlFX8I/AAAAAAAAAE4/YiedrR3eFNY/s72-c/17bernice.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-3334656546994959849</id><published>2007-01-08T18:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T09:26:36.659-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theatre'/><title type='text'>KLPAC PRESENTS HAROLD PINTER'S BETRAYAL</title><summary type='text'>The Edge (Options), January 8, 2007
Local filmmaker James Lee does a Pinter-esque twist with his play on adultery  Guessing the question to a given answer isn't actually as convernent as it seems. For example, people who go straight to the last pages of a novel to find out the ending in order to ease the suspense will tell you it doesn't always work. Halfway through, the book ceases to have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/3334656546994959849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/01/klpac-presents-harold-pinters-betrayal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3334656546994959849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3334656546994959849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2007/01/klpac-presents-harold-pinters-betrayal.html' title='KLPAC PRESENTS HAROLD PINTER&apos;S BETRAYAL'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HZe5vrTTLE4/TDcqY1oMZ5I/AAAAAAAAARA/aM6v2f_canA/s72-c/bernice.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-3524528924362242188</id><published>2006-10-10T19:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:35:53.777-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>WALL</title><summary type='text'>Experimental Dance Drama
Language: Mandarin
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Screening Format: BETACAM
Duration: 13 mins 
2006
SynopsisBetween the Man and his love one lies a wall. Between the Man and his country lies another wall. It's just a matter of dialogue and monologue.

This short was inspired by Amy Len's dance choreography "Wall" and colloborated with Loh Bok Lai. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/3524528924362242188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2006/10/wall.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3524528924362242188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3524528924362242188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2006/10/wall.html' title='WALL'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1PXOyD70HI/AAAAAAAAAK0/r7RWUnM6MiI/s72-c/wall_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-2399747632659517014</id><published>2006-03-18T00:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:27:06.600-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>BEFORE WE FALL IN LOVE AGAIN</title><summary type='text'>Love Drama
Language:Mandarin/Cantonese 
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 100 mins 
2006
SynopsisIt has been a month Chang's wife Ling Yue has been missing. With no reasons one fine day she went to work as usual and then never returns. No one knows where she went or what had happened to her. Chang could not figure out why she disappears out of the sudden. She left no </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/2399747632659517014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2006/03/before-we-fall-in-love-again.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2399747632659517014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2399747632659517014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2006/03/before-we-fall-in-love-again.html' title='BEFORE WE FALL IN LOVE AGAIN'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QX3STi4FI/AAAAAAAAAPE/6Qrra2wEmWs/s72-c/b4wfl_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-8816330490686623242</id><published>2005-07-23T19:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:36:30.853-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>SOMETIMES LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL</title><summary type='text'>Drama
Language:Mandarin
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 12 mins 
2005
SynopsisThe laundry girl &amp; motorcycle girl are best friends since childhood. Over the years their relationship has slightly changed. The laundry girl is two-timing her boyfriend, the motorcycle girl continues to help keep it a secret. The motorcycle girl remains single and the laundry girl continues her</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/8816330490686623242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2005/07/sometimes-love-is-beautiful.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8816330490686623242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8816330490686623242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2005/07/sometimes-love-is-beautiful.html' title='SOMETIMES LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1Pck-sLUYI/AAAAAAAAALc/6Jv3Zzrb5j8/s72-c/sometimes_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-1247092645142186090</id><published>2005-06-12T20:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:37:26.636-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>BERNAFAS DALAM LUMPUR</title><summary type='text'>Drama
Language:Malay
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 18 mins 
2005
SynopsisAzman, a photographer, likes the strong and quiet Lina. But he knows they can’t be together. Lina’s heart is still with Meor, who has been in prison these last five years. Meor’s release is set to change the directions of all their lives. Will Meor’s meeting with his old partner in crime, Din, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/1247092645142186090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2005/06/bernafas-dalam-lumpur.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1247092645142186090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1247092645142186090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2005/06/bernafas-dalam-lumpur.html' title='BERNAFAS DALAM LUMPUR'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1Pj3VeS3OI/AAAAAAAAAMU/sB73ldk7sKs/s72-c/bernafas_short_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-3244002701452979339</id><published>2005-03-08T20:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:38:04.100-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>A MOMENT OF LOVE</title><summary type='text'>Drama
Language:Mandarin
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 10 mins 
2005
SynopsisLiving in the faceless city of modern day Kuala Lumpur, Amy and Lai tries to make ends meet. Like everyone else in this city, they work, they dream, they argue about bills. As the price of city life rises, they find that their fragile love may be the only thing they can afford.

Festivals
Hong </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/3244002701452979339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2005/08/moment-of-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3244002701452979339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/3244002701452979339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2005/08/moment-of-love.html' title='A MOMENT OF LOVE'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1PddOqSguI/AAAAAAAAALk/wUwx6fz34jw/s72-c/moment_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-4545996316840740813</id><published>2005-01-25T20:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:53:25.355-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>DESTRUCTIVE ALIENATIONS</title><summary type='text'>By NENAD DUKIC
A developed film language, a sophisticated film expression and a stylistically established approach to the film material - is something which, a few years ago, in the case of Asian film, we could have expected only from Japanese, Chinese/Taiwanese, Iranian and Indian directors. When it seemed that we would have to wait long to see the flourishing of another Asian filmmaking country</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4545996316840740813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4545996316840740813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2005/09/beautiful-washing-machine-bangkok.html' title='DESTRUCTIVE ALIENATIONS'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa9cT7tHWwI/AAAAAAAAAGY/4WOImdiEUXU/s72-c/Beautiful---pic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-1679761498542759442</id><published>2004-11-20T05:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T08:02:26.711-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE - 22 Torino Film Festival 2004</title><summary type='text'>FILM IS LANGUAGE
by Heike Hurst
The absence of language and words as an approach between beings is also the main subject of The Beautiful Washing Machine, by the Malaysian James Lee. The men speak only at work and say nothing to each other. The women are mute or else animated by sentiments of vengeance and resentment. Solitude and dehumanization. With humor and much comedy, Lee depicts the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1679761498542759442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1679761498542759442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2009/03/beautiful-washing-machine-torino-film.html' title='THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE - 22 Torino Film Festival 2004'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-1417152195348827855</id><published>2004-10-15T21:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:57:37.301-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE - 9th Pusan International Film Festival 2004</title><summary type='text'>We were talking about Malaysian films, well here is one. And filmed on video, by a James Lee true to his slow and paced style. The Malaysian Tsai Ming Liang is back with "The beautiful washing machine". An original scenario which offers wild interpretations to adventurous spectators. Adventurous because in the chock a block Busan Theater, tens of Koreans went to see a film by James Lee, probably </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1417152195348827855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1417152195348827855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2005/10/beautiful-washing-machine-9th-pusan.html' title='THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE - 9th Pusan International Film Festival 2004'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-4354608509827359068</id><published>2004-08-08T22:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:28:18.407-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>VISITS: HUNGRY GHOSTS ANTHOLOGY</title><summary type='text'>Company: Red Films
Horror Drama
Language: Mandarin
Directed by: Low Ngai Yuen, James Lee,
Ng Tian Hann, Ho Yuhang
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 110 mins 
2004
SynopsisVISITS is a culmination of four interwoven ghost stories set during this festival. The stories are linked together by one theme. Each half-hour story features a range of interesting characters.

Ngai Yuen’s 1413 opens the movie </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/4354608509827359068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/08/visits-hungry-ghosts-anthology.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4354608509827359068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4354608509827359068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/08/visits-hungry-ghosts-anthology.html' title='VISITS: HUNGRY GHOSTS ANTHOLOGY'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QDH44uh8I/AAAAAAAAANk/APWBj2HcdyE/s72-c/visits_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-8384656109571074698</id><published>2004-07-30T21:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T08:04:08.965-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>VARIETY ON THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE</title><summary type='text'>by RONNIE SCHEIB
Latest, intriguingly titled black comedy by James Lee, "The Beautiful Washing Machine" is as sparely composed and quietly ironic as last year's "Room to Let," but far bleaker and more unsettling in tone. Moving through vast sterile environments of cubicled offices, supermarkets and underground parking lots, Lee's cigarette-puffing characters exploit a mute girl who may or may not</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8384656109571074698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8384656109571074698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/07/variety-on-beautiful-washing-machine.html' title='VARIETY ON THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa9ouK3sd5I/AAAAAAAAAGw/fd4VPr7q49w/s72-c/Beautiful---pic3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-8700451184739101197</id><published>2004-07-06T21:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:55:53.664-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>BETTER LUCK TODAY: Asian Fest Imagine There's No Countries</title><summary type='text'>By DAVID NG
Tuesday, July 6th 2004
How much Asian cinema can one city take in a single summer? Last month's New York Asian Film Festival placed some of the continent's edgier output (Vibrator) alongside its most expensive blockbusters (Infernal Affairs, Hero). An even more miscegenated congregation of talent, budgets, and nationalities, this week's Asian American International Film Festival </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8700451184739101197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8700451184739101197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/06/beautiful-washing-machine-new-york.html' title='BETTER LUCK TODAY: Asian Fest Imagine There&apos;s No Countries'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa9jWQLuZpI/AAAAAAAAAGo/GY7GSDU6uE4/s72-c/Beautiful---pic2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-1114490807484517745</id><published>2004-05-08T20:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:38:39.442-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>GOODBYE TO LOVE</title><summary type='text'>Experimental Drama
Language:None
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 16 mins 
2004
SynopsisA man waits. He longs for and mourns for, his increasingly disconnected and disparate love for a person. Goodbye to Love is an epilogue of a romance, contemplative of a protagonist who meditates on the forking ways his liaisons have left him. Suspended in that final, desperate </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/1114490807484517745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/05/goodbye-to-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1114490807484517745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1114490807484517745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/05/goodbye-to-love.html' title='GOODBYE TO LOVE'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1PfNxqKEDI/AAAAAAAAAL0/SvEw8pGSUns/s72-c/goodbyetolove_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-8615840782916216622</id><published>2004-03-13T22:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:29:00.310-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>SANCTUARY</title><summary type='text'>Drama
Language: Mandarin
Directed by: Ho Yuhang
Shooting format: DVCAM
Duration: 80 mins 
2004
SynopsisLai is a perpetual gambler who whiles away his days at a pool hall. See’s days are monotonously spent at a photocopy center with its endless duplication. The Old Man has found peace and comfort taking care of a sick partner in his old age home. See would like to mend a rift created long ago </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/8615840782916216622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/03/sanctuary.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8615840782916216622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8615840782916216622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/03/sanctuary.html' title='SANCTUARY'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QGn_nwSpI/AAAAAAAAAN8/zIQFrs2FTHo/s72-c/sanctuary_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-2937775568646041296</id><published>2004-01-17T23:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:29:50.276-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE</title><summary type='text'>Drama
Language:Mandarin/Cantonese
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 113 mins
2004
Synopsis Teoh’s second hand washing machine has a life of her own: she washes when she wants to and stops when she feels like it. When Teoh discovers the secret soul of this temperamental slave, he exploits her for all his other household chores. And then he pimps her out to strangers. When </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/2937775568646041296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/01/beautiful-washing-machine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2937775568646041296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2937775568646041296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/01/beautiful-washing-machine.html' title='THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QQdU9lz5I/AAAAAAAAAOk/mngOIA53TMU/s72-c/bwm_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-890743523161254863</id><published>2004-01-01T22:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:31:13.034-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>TOKYO MAGIC HOUR</title><summary type='text'>Experimental Drama
Language: Malay
Directed by: Amir Muhammad
Shooting format: miniDV
Duration: 60 mins 
2004
SynopsisTOKYO MAGIC HOUR is an experimental romance between two men, narrated against digitally manipulated imagery of that city.

The narration consists of passionate verses that form a heightened, chronological record of a love affair, arranged in distinct sections, which can be termed
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/890743523161254863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/01/tokyo-magic-hour.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/890743523161254863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/890743523161254863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2004/01/tokyo-magic-hour.html' title='TOKYO MAGIC HOUR'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1P_uK5st_I/AAAAAAAAANU/guJtFS6EmgU/s72-c/tokyo_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-6822208433579382779</id><published>2003-07-28T21:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:34:45.195-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>ROOM TO LET- New York Asian Film Festival 2003</title><summary type='text'>by RONNIE SCHEIB
A boarding house in Kuala Lumpur offers a temporary nesting place for an out-of-work reflexologist in Malaysian DV maestro James Lee's marvelously deadpan third feature "Room to Let." With its long static takes, minimal action and understated humor, "Room" recalls Tsai Ming-laing, except that Lee's hero doesn't shut himself off as much, drifting in and out of his fellow boarders'</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6822208433579382779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6822208433579382779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2003/07/variety-room-to-let-new-york-asian-film.html' title='ROOM TO LET- New York Asian Film Festival 2003'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa9q7cVw_dI/AAAAAAAAAG4/jJPHF5Jxrv0/s72-c/Room---pic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-1856005237263961334</id><published>2003-07-09T19:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:39:30.557-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>TEATIME WITH JOHN</title><summary type='text'>Drama
Language:English
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: DVCAM
Duration: 8.30 mins 
2003
SynopsisGena is selling off her apartment in the middle of the city. Sally, one of her potential buyers, comes to see the place. Gena shows Sally the apartment, and as they progress Gena feels something is not quite right with Sally. 

After a weird request from Sally to see the master bedroom; a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/1856005237263961334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2003/07/teatime-with-john.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1856005237263961334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1856005237263961334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2003/07/teatime-with-john.html' title='TEATIME WITH JOHN'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1PaATinyII/AAAAAAAAALE/O9GNmUUmBdU/s72-c/teatime_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-6867911303467993420</id><published>2003-04-22T20:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:44:18.083-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>GOODBYE</title><summary type='text'>Drama
Language: Mandarin
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: DVCAM
Duration: 33 mins 
2003
Synopsis
Yoong in her late 20s, works in a routine office environment. Like most urbanites, caught in the rat race, she spends most of her time focusing on her work. While still trying to cope with the breakup with her live-in boyfriend Wei, on 1st April 2003 she learns of Hong Kong pop legend Leslie </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/6867911303467993420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2003/04/goodbye.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6867911303467993420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6867911303467993420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2003/04/goodbye.html' title='GOODBYE'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1Pg92uhcdI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Ex7ZoeY0dv8/s72-c/goodbye_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-2778904602934542180</id><published>2003-01-17T23:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:31:48.916-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>THE BIG DURIAN</title><summary type='text'>Docu-Drama
Language:Malay/English
Directed by: Amir Muhammad
Shooting format: DVCAM
Duration: 75 mins 
2003
SynopsisOn 18 October 1987, a soldier went on a murderous amok with an M-16 in Kuala Lumpur's Chow Kit district. Due to circumstances peculiar to the time and place, this became the trigger for a citywide panic amid rumours of racial riots. Nine days later marked the start of an infamous </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/2778904602934542180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2003/01/big-durian.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2778904602934542180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2778904602934542180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2003/01/big-durian.html' title='THE BIG DURIAN'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QUmEf4H-I/AAAAAAAAAOs/kp-fvMZJeaA/s72-c/bdurian_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-4873953436032418031</id><published>2002-03-13T20:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:43:49.455-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>EMU KWAN'S TRAGIC BREAKFAST</title><summary type='text'>Experimental Drama
Language:English
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 25 mins 
2002
Synopsis
On a beautiful morning, a nice breakfast setup. A woman, Emu Kwan and her lover(s)' relationships are explored in this fully improvised film. Whatever the consequences, it will be a memorable and tragic breakfast.

This film is an extended project from an experimental video "Le </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/4873953436032418031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2002/03/emu-kwans-tragic-breakfast.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4873953436032418031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/4873953436032418031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2002/03/emu-kwans-tragic-breakfast.html' title='EMU KWAN&apos;S TRAGIC BREAKFAST'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1PiEY7TyGI/AAAAAAAAAME/VimRReBtcyM/s72-c/emu_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-1072203833410223116</id><published>2002-02-02T23:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:32:28.277-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>ROOM TO LET</title><summary type='text'>Drama
Language:Mandarin/Cantonese
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 108 mins 
2002
Synopsis
Berg arrives in Kuala Lumpur and by chance meets Andrew. Andrew offers to share his bed in a rented room in an old bungalow. Berg stays and befriends the other occupants of the bungalow. An artist occupant is missing and as Berg explores this mystery, we learn how the other occupants</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/1072203833410223116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2010/01/room-to-let.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1072203833410223116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/1072203833410223116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2010/01/room-to-let.html' title='ROOM TO LET'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QIAbg1ejI/AAAAAAAAAOE/s9gakD2ZvGY/s72-c/room_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-6258998392258203567</id><published>2001-05-18T00:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:33:44.311-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>AH BENG RETURNS</title><summary type='text'>Experimental / Drama
Language: Chinese dialects
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 75 mins 
2001
SynopsisAn experimental feature that is deliberately "artsy" and takes a highly stylised anti-narrative, plotless approach to filmmaking. About a group of Chinese gang members dealing with abuse, disillusionment, betrayal and the absence of love.

"It's easier to kill than to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/6258998392258203567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2001/05/ah-beng-returns.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6258998392258203567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6258998392258203567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2001/05/ah-beng-returns.html' title='AH BENG RETURNS'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QbA9FbDgI/AAAAAAAAAPU/xCNIkIq0wb8/s72-c/ahbeng_returns_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-2483523814551252027</id><published>2001-03-23T04:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:08:24.070-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theatre'/><title type='text'>WAITING FOR JIMBO</title><summary type='text'>By DARYL GOH (The Star / Section 2 / Friday March 23 2001)
 James Lee is in a trigger-happy mood and he is prepared to take all comers these days. From renegade filmmaker to contemporary theatre activist, the man is going great guns while firing warning shots to state his intent that he is to stand his ground in pursuit of change in the movie and theatre business.

"I'm really not all about guns.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2483523814551252027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2483523814551252027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2009/03/directors-workshop-3-dumb-waiter.html' title='WAITING FOR JIMBO'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/Sa3kNlp2Q9I/AAAAAAAAAEY/lafePeU8R4Y/s72-c/dumb_waiter_play.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-2847530351580381424</id><published>2001-03-03T17:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T11:19:57.853-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Filmography'/><title type='text'>Filmography</title><summary type='text'>Director
Shorts:
1. Ah Yu’s Story (1999)
2. Man from Thailand (1999)
3. Think Positive! (1999)
4. Survivor (1999)
5. Sunflowers (2000)
6. Beautiful Man (2001)
7. Emu Kwan’s Tragic Breakfast (2002)
8. Teatime with John (2003)
9. Good-bye (2003)
10. Goodbye to Love (2004)
11. A Moment of Love (2005)
12. Bernafas Dalam Lumpur (2005)
13. Sometimes Love is Beautiful (2005)
14. Wall (2007)
15. I’ll </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2847530351580381424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/2847530351580381424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2009/03/filmography.html' title='Filmography'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-546495300365082516</id><published>2001-01-23T20:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:43:03.155-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>BEAUTIFUL MAN</title><summary type='text'>Experimental Dance Drama
Language:none
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV B/W
Duration: 14 mins 
2001
Synopsis
A short which deals with the image of masculinity, machismo and conventional ideas about Asian manhood. In the film, the roles are reversed and it is the man who is in bondage. Yet he remains just a fetish and the object of sexual fantasies.

Cast: Loi Chin Yu and Lee Yoke </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/546495300365082516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2001/01/beautiful-man.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/546495300365082516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/546495300365082516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2001/01/beautiful-man.html' title='BEAUTIFUL MAN'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1PiuHmVFOI/AAAAAAAAAMM/KWKVray67r4/s72-c/bman_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-6278188212151097746</id><published>2001-01-17T22:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:33:08.785-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feature Films'/><title type='text'>SNIPERS</title><summary type='text'>Thriller/Drama
Language:Chinese/English
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 90 mins 
2001
SynopsisSet in recession-era Kuala Lumpur, this plot revolves around an ex-military sniper turned hitman, a retrenched middle class chinese man and a debt ridden mamak restaurant owner searching for and expressing themselves with a prototype suppressed sniping rifle.

Screenplay by: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/6278188212151097746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2001/01/snipers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6278188212151097746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/6278188212151097746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2001/01/snipers.html' title='SNIPERS'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1QF84Zy_nI/AAAAAAAAAN0/b8sxLRoO3eU/s72-c/snipers_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-487569903352275631</id><published>2000-01-13T19:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:42:27.177-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>SUNFLOWERS</title><summary type='text'>Experimental Drama
Language:Mandarin/Cantonese
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: MiniDV
Duration: 8 mins 
2000
Synopsis
Set on a beach in a cafe. A man and a woman decides on the fate of their relationship. The only link between the two characters is the picture of Van Gogh's Sunflower and the colors of the scene. A fully improvised piece with the actor playing both roles.

Festivals
Thai </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/487569903352275631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2000/01/sunflowers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/487569903352275631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/487569903352275631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/2000/01/sunflowers.html' title='SUNFLOWERS'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1PbSNdPOdI/AAAAAAAAALU/We-9G9Mkajw/s72-c/sunflowers_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-7523125292855570673</id><published>1999-12-23T19:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:41:55.035-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>SURVIVOR</title><summary type='text'>Experimental Drama
Language: none
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: Video 8
Duration: 12 mins 
1999
Synopsis
A film study of the power struggle between two factions represented by the dancers and the consequences that will lead to a stylised violent solution.

Cast: Lee Swee Keong and Loi Chin YuScreenplay by: James Lee
Director of Photography: J. Ishmael
Editor: Johnny Kok
Based on a stage</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/7523125292855570673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/1999/12/survivor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7523125292855570673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/7523125292855570673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/1999/12/survivor.html' title='SURVIVOR'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1Pate6QZMI/AAAAAAAAALM/FNpbP_UDyUc/s72-c/survivor_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-8664045463169137388</id><published>1999-12-17T20:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:41:24.453-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>MAN FROM THAILAND</title><summary type='text'>Gangster Drama
Language: Cantonese
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: Video8
Duration: 25 mins 
1999
Synopsis
A man from Thailand arrives in Kuala Lumpur for a hit. His target is a corrupt cop who owes a lot of money to some local thugs due to his gambling habit. At home the cop beats his wife as the killer awaits.

Cast: Loi Chin Yu, Steve Ng and Yoke Peng
Screenplay by: James LeeSupported </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/8664045463169137388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/1999/01/man-from-thailand.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8664045463169137388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/8664045463169137388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/1999/01/man-from-thailand.html' title='MAN FROM THAILAND'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1Peb1xNRQI/AAAAAAAAALs/lv_hcuUQVyg/s72-c/man_thai_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-634246222755270310</id><published>1999-06-17T19:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:40:46.240-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>THINK POSITIVE!</title><summary type='text'>Experimental Drama
Language: None
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: Hi8
Duration: 13 mins 
1999
Synopsis
An AIDS awareness short. A man is disillusioned after receiving a letter and becomes suicidal. The letter is the result of his HIV blood test. An exploration of modern Malaysia society’s perception of the disease.
Cast: Joe Law
Screenplay by: James Lee</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/feeds/634246222755270310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/1999/06/think-positive.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/634246222755270310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5295910722081459681/posts/default/634246222755270310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doghouse73pictures.blogspot.com/1999/06/think-positive.html' title='THINK POSITIVE!'/><author><name>James Lee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDQU9eOostQ/TxeWBanyPMI/AAAAAAAAC8c/j_IHCeWjx9E/s220/Grey%2BWolf%2B2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gpt4uSpMn-o/S1PYSX2VU4I/AAAAAAAAAK8/nHKHEcv_u9U/s72-c/think_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295910722081459681.post-4061761339981201208</id><published>1999-01-18T20:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T06:40:06.295-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Films'/><title type='text'>AH YU'S STORY</title><summary type='text'>Gangster Drama
Language:Cantonese
Directed by: James Lee
Shooting format: Video8
Duration: 25 mins 
1999
Synopsis
Ah Yu and Ah Jo are partners. They work for Mr.Chun, a triad boss on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Ah Yu wishes to quit after dancing with a school teacher. When Mr.Chun finds out that Ah Yu wants to quit he ordered Ah Jo to kill him.

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