Why Two Charlene's.....?

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Why Two Charlene's.....?

Postby j.crawford » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:43 pm

What is the story with this image? It's actually on the back of the DVD slipcase.

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

Is this just symmetry in an advertising campaign or was her "twin" performance edited down to one character?
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Postby Mike Thomason » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:39 am

It was just the publicity campaign, as it was well-known beforehand that Ekin was playing two roles -- the whole "twin" ideology was part of the marketting campaign.
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Postby j.crawford » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:28 pm

part of the marketting campaign


I was definitely influenced by that image on the back of the DVD case.

As I was watching the film, I kept thinking that some twist to the story was going to be that there were TWO Charlene's, which would have explained the swing in the character from being super-cool to being as dumb as a wall. :lol:

I would not be surprised if some early draft of the script had this element.

I liked this film quite a bit. 8)
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Postby Mike Thomason » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:33 pm

j.crawford wrote:I liked this film quite a bit. 8)


So did I! I don't mind saying that I loved it and thought it was greatly entertaining -- but that's my bias, I love the Pangs and Charlene (as well as still harbour a lot of time for Ekin) so it was always going to be a win-win equation for me. :D
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Postby Fan » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:13 pm

A bit off topic...

Before knowing who's the director of this movie, I thought it was Fruit Chan because this:

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reminds me the poster which Fruit Chan shot for "Mother's Choice"

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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:06 pm

Cool. Definitely not a coincidence. Now I wonder if the Charlene poster has a similar antecedent?
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Postby dleedlee » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:39 pm

yes, cool x 2 ! :D
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Postby Fan » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:14 am

Brian Thibodeau wrote:Cool. Definitely not a coincidence. Now I wonder if the Charlene poster has a similar antecedent?


Found this from the old newspaper.

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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:29 pm

Nice work Fan! :D


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