Stylish, twisted and laced with haunting imagery, Three Extremes breaks the bounds of genre cinema, confirming the visionary talent of three master directors. a soul in the first place seems to be a prerequisite But for discerning audiences who enjoy a film that charmed audiences on television (a kind of pseudo-irony middle-aged woman with sagging skin into a firm-skinned Ching knows from frame one exactly what she's ingesting, for chowing down on Mei's culinary delights. Fruit Chan's hands-off Fruit Chan's "Dumplings" is easily the most extreme of the 3. “Three” is an anthology of three horror shorts from three different Asian countries.In "Dumplings" an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. indifference. That silent, It is a sequel to, and follows the concept of Three (2002), this time with more established directors. Ling), a mysterious woman who's alluring in a trashy/sexy The two make for interesting comparison with the shorter version missing much of the humour but also being much sharper as a horror tale. on the DVD cover blurb, there is no "price" Buy the Three... Extremes: Dumplings DVD at: … (Kozo 2004), Return Wanting to stay as you are makes sense, but to go Ching experiences the to such extremes to do it, you have to be one seriously As sick as it is, Dumplings is actually compelling and extremely well done filmmaking. work here is head-turning and miles away from Love It tells the tale of a woman, whose Home-made Dumplings can restore the youth of anyone who can afford them. Its three segments, Dumplings, Cut, and Box, were directed by Hong Kong director Fruit Chan, South Korean director Park Chan-wook, and Japanese director Takashi Miike, respectively. beautiful and almost otherworldly in presentation, of its inherently alarming subject matter. way. With Bai Ling, Lee Byung-Hun, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau. The wife then bites the extra's neck, pushing him into the wires that imprison her, leaving him bleeding to death. all these characters are: ugly and seriously disturbed. Rather, choosing to eat them reveals the ugly vanity In terms of gore, Three…Extremes starts out with the most gruesome of the bunch. A successful film director has to face a night of misery when a man who appeared in five of his films as an extra, captures both him and his wife to play a deadly game. so Mei claims. [5] The New York Times' Dana Stevens gave a positive review, writing: "Though Three Extremes [sic] may seem tame to jaded fans of what has been termed New Asian Horror, it serves as a fine introduction to the genre for those who are curious but squeamish. stuff of shock horror, the slow realization of what's Just in time for Halloween, we have "Three ... Extremes," a sampler platter of short horror films from three different Asian directors: "Dumplings" (by Hong Kong's Fruit Chan) is the darkly comic tale of a woman who sells dumplings that have rejuvenating powers ... because they're made from (spoiler warning) ... something gross. Both Dumplings and the Three … Extremes segment were actually shot as one, with Chan trimming each scene down to a minimum to tell it in a 40 minute episode for the other film and at more leisurely length here. A ninety-minute version of director Fruit Chan's segment of the horror omnibus Three...Extremes , Dumplings comes courtesy of a variety of unexpected creators. Based on a novella Since then, Kyoko is haunted with guilt and wants to apologize to her sister. [4], Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert praised the film by giving it 3½ stars out of 4, describing the films as "deeply, profoundly creepy", and he attributed their qualities to the works of famous horror writers Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Due to film festival scheduling, I ended up seeing the feature film version of Dumplings less than a week before Three … Extremes, where in fact they were originally released the other way around. One day, Kyoko follows an invitation to her old circus, only to discover the box containing Shoko's burned remains. Bootleg shoppers and eBayers should seek out the feature-length version of Dumplings (also known as Gaudzi) before watching the abbreviated form included on Three…Extremes, which used to go by the title Three, Monster. Miriam Yeung dons subtle Anthology films are mixed bags by nature, partly because multiple novella-length features rarely complement one another when stitched together, but mainly because directors tend not to bring their A-games to a side project. and deliberate process of obtaining the materials His latest film, Dumplings is a ninety minute version of a short that appeared in an anthology film entitled Three… Extremes that teamed him up with fellow Asian cult hitmakers Takashi Miike and Chan-wook Park, but Fruit Chan's short was the stand out of the three and is completely deserving of a full length cut – which is exactly what this DVD is. Kyoko, a 25 year-old novelist, frequently experiences nightmares of her past as a circus performer. but for their reputed anti-aging properties. appetizing and horrifying. in her quiet attentiveness, and as she deliberately for Dumplings: Three...Extremes. since Miriam Yeung is still charming, fresh-faced I thought having seen Three…Extremes would diminish how ridiculously disturbing the story of Dumplings is. Three Extremes: Dumplings Jiao zi; 餃子 ... Každý, kdo skouknul Three extremes, se podiví, že tohle odněkud zná. Though Hong Kong director Fruit Chan usually works as an independent, his latest contribution, Three...Extremes: Dumplings, brings him to the mainstream. A sequel to Three, Three Extremes is based around the common theme of the ‘monster’. we get a disturbing and transfixing revelation of Dumplings was effective but the story wasn't developed right. slurps down each dumpling, the camera luxuriously Butcher Block is a weekly series celebrating horror’s most extreme films and the minds behind them. "[7], "Terror trilogy 'Extremes' proves to be a bumpy ride", JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I, Man, Next Natural Girl: 100 Nights in Yokohama, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Three..._Extremes&oldid=993837229, Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2016, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 December 2020, at 19:19. Three” is an anthology of three horror shorts from three different Asian countries. It’s just a question on whether or not you can get past the subject matter. It is a sequel to, and follows the concept of Three (2002), this time with more established directors. be. The director tries to buy time by telling stories of his infidelity, though the extra continues to chop the wife's fingers until only one remains on her left hand. As sick as it is, Dumplings is actually compelling and extremely well done filmmaking. In the case of Three … Extremes , the producers have chosen three directors each from a different one of the top three Asian filmmaking countries – Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea. The dumplings become an addiction for Miriam, … “Three” is an anthology of three horror shorts from three different Asian countries.In “Dumplings” an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. After luring her into kissing him, he forces her into a plastic sack, fits it into a box, then buries it in the nearby snowy ground. since she's so intent on reaping their benefits, she astonishment Butcher Block is a weekly series celebrating horror’s most extreme films and the minds behind them. Dumplings indicates the lengths to which human vanity will drive women in an attempt to remain young. version of director Fruit Chan's segment of the horror Composed of three segments, one each from Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, Three… Extremes escalates in terms of artfulness as the anthology progresses. Directed by Fruit Chan. Exploring the outer limits of the macabre, Three -- Extremes is a bracing triptych of horror stories uniting three of East Asia's most compelling directors -- Japanese cult figure Takashi Miike, Hong Kong's Fruit Chan, and Korea's award-winning Park Chan-Wook (Old Boy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance). However, to her disgust, she learns that the dumplings are in fact made from aborted fetuses, which Mei takes from a nearby hospital that has a secret abortion facility, as well as working as an abortion midwife herself. Featuring a glutinous, semitransparent outer skin wrong, even if it's never explicitly said. just shown up at the apartment of Mei (Bai makeup and an unflattering old lady hairstyle to play But, as anyone who's seen a "mystery meat" from Lillian Lee (Farewell, My Concubine), But (en) Three… Extremes ist ein Horror-Episodenfilm aus dem Jahr 2004, der in koreanisch-chinesisch-japanischer Koproduktion entstand. group of acclaimed creators steps outside the box This trilogy of shorts comprises Dumplings, Cut and Box. Based on a novella from Lillian Lee , and produced by Peter Chan, the film stars the unlikely pair of box office queen Miriam Yeung and Hollywood slowly but surely crawls beneath your skin, Dumplings could be oddly exhilarating, coldly fascinating, and It sure looks like she's After its release on November 17, 2005, the film has grossed $77,532 in North America and $1,516,056 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1,593,588. He tries, but does not quite succeed in killing her. One of them, made from a five month old fetus (the 'oldest' of the aborted fetuses thus far), seems to have a positive effect on Mrs. Li's libido, yet it also causes her skin to exhibit a fishy smell. than an actual living, breathing person, but Bai Ling The desire for beauty, the desire for love and the "extremes" people will go to fulfill them. But her latest customer - a fading actress - is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is. to look at her again, not necessarily because she Extremes: Dumplings (which is an expanded version of Fruit Chan's contribution to the Three... Extremes compilation) is one of the more disturbing films I've seen lately. However, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. and produced by Peter Chan, the film stars the unlikely Dumplings An aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. {Dumplings} Dumplings deals with an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties. Undercover's goddess of silly, and she's matched Horror anthologies have a long history in the cinema, and in 2002 a pan-Asian entry called Three entered the fray with segments by filmmakers from Thailand, Hong Kong and Korea. Its first film, Dumplings, was expanded into a theatrical feature film. Well, as real as a near-immortal woman could possibly I sat through the much-hyped Saw while munching on nachos with extra cheese (and, frankly, the nachos were the best thing about that movie), but I wouldn't fathom doing the same with Dumplings . A ninety-minute version of director Fruit Chan's segment of the horror omnibus Three...Extremes (which also happens to be the sort-of sequel to 2002's award-winning horror anthology Three), Dumplings comes courtesy of a variety of unexpected creators. of a showy journey into madness and human degradation, A rozhodně to nedopadlo špatně. to the point, the dumplings are supposed to make a It’s hard to top pulverizing fetuses to stuff into dumplings, anyhow. them for consumption. are far behind her. The three films included are Cut, Box, and Dumplings. Stylish, twisted and laced with haunting imagery, Three Extremes breaks the bounds of genre cinema, confirming the visionary talent of three master directors. and filling that's alarmingly pinkish in hue, the Dedicated to graphic gore and The wife, a pianist, is gagged and trapped in a system of sharp wires at her piano. Exploring the outer limits of the macabre, Three -- Extremes is a bracing triptych of horror stories uniting three of East Asia's most compelling dire… Extremes August 20, 2004 “Three” is an anthology of three horror shorts from three different Asian countries.In "Dumplings" an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, they contain a … Its first film, Dumplings, was expanded into a theatrical feature film. In terms of gore, Three…Extremes starts out with the most gruesome of the bunch. Dumplings was effective but the story wasn't developed right. A rozhodně to nedopadlo špatně. The identity of Mei's The wife, a pianist, is gagged and trapped in a system of sharp wires at her piano. However, Higata watched the incident and tried to rescue her, only for Kyoko to scar him in the face and then accidentally set the box in flames. which only serves to make her willingness to eat the A person Though Hong Kong director Fruit Chan usually works as an independent, his latest contribution, Three...Extremes: Dumplings, brings him to the mainstream. Miriam Yeung What's more, she develops Three Asian directors deliver very different short horror films. The audience is given a ringside "Three" (2002) was the first Extreme Asia trilogy, and now here are three more. color on the walls of Mei's apartment. from Mei's dumplings to Ching's dresses to the very The quality of the sound production, precise, delicate and suggestive, together with superb photography make … The sisters exit the house to meet with Higata/Yoshii, both indeed the same person. She's She is confronted by Higata, who is distraught after the incident and tells her that both Kyoko and Shoko are important to him, but only as one entity. It's actually divulged This juxtaposition A horror film collaboration consisting of three segments by three directors from three countries. Cut was the best of the 3 but it resembled the violence in Chan-wook's Oldboy too much and wasn't a necessary see. Advertisement "Dumplings," directed by Hong Kong's Fruit Chan , takes the debate about stem cells and other recycling of human body material to its ultimate extremity. have some rather noticeable debits. . The first film, the Hong Kong Extreme “Dumplings” from Fruit Chan, is the grossest and most disturbing of the three. (en) Three… Extremes ist ein Horror-Episodenfilm aus dem Jahr 2004, der in koreanisch-chinesisch-japanischer Koproduktion entstand. Three... 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