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Richard Trombly Shanghai Repertory Theater stages its first show. Repertory theater is a company that presents several different plays, operas, or pieces usually alternately in the course of a season at one theater or is a theater housing such a company. Hard to be a repertory theater on your first try but the actors are good so we can give the produce ...Read more
Director (Andy) Fan YuMing kicks off filming the short trailer-style film "Huo Guo" ("hot pot") today. This modern gangster comedy film presents a satyric look at modern China as local and Italian forces struggle to gain a piece of art from China's heritage. Mix all the ingredients and wait until it comes to a boil. A typical spicy hot-potI feel...Read more
Westview Films announced its new feature film project, DARK WATERS.Like Trombly's other Mandarin language films in China, this story centers on the struggle Chinese youth face in balancing 5000 years of tradition and the crashing wave of modern society and western culture. Even as the modern world should offer endless freedom of choice, there seem to be so few options to many young Chinese. It is like being on a boat and seeing so many possible destinations in the distance around you while being restrict...Read more
Richard Trombly to head new film company to bring Chinese films to the international marketWestview Films is founded to make international films within the China market. Few foreign filmmakers can successfully navigate the governmental restriction, take advantage of the cost savings in China or produce stories that resonate within the Chinese culture. Few Chinese filmmakers can make films that are accessible to an international audience. That is our niche.We will be shortly announcing our first project.Contact : Read more
"Meatspace" short film selected at ChongQing film festival Nov 21-29Director/producer Gianpaolo Lupori's intriguing short film follows the theme of lost youth in modern China. Many young Chinese spend so much time online that they never talk about being in "cyberspace." Instead, their "real" lives are referred to as spending time in "meatspace." This presents a vision reminiscent of Clockwork Orange but with the director's keen insig...Read more
Former Hanna Barbera animation artist Pierre DeCelles joined on the creative team of Father John : Into The Shadows. Pierre is an accomplished animator, artist and educator. We are honored to have him working on storyboards and key art.
Why Father John?First of all, this is the archetypal hero’s quest. A flawed hero is thrust out into the greater world where he faces and overcomes great challenges. He also learns about himself, faces his faults, grows stronger and then brings this knowledge, maturity and strength back home to solve problems there. And Father J...Read more
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It has been several months since I have written. I have been devoting myself to developing the Feature film production of the international spy film : FATHER JOHN : Into The Shadows.This is a neo- film noir spy story about a spy who is a true gentleman perfectly suited for London but has his cover blown in London and finds himself thrust "into the shadows" of Shanghai, in a w...Read more
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In the soon-to-be-infamous Meiwenti Global Film Contest, all entries have just one month to write, shoot and edit a short movie, is a natural progression from our very successful and popular Shanghai Short F...Read more
Richard Trombly richard@trombly.com www.obscure-productions.com is an American writer, journalist and filmmaker who has been living in China since 2003 and has