Thanks for the link Fiona!
Many articles on the roll out of his directorial debut at Cannes continued to appear late last night and today. Here is a list for those who just like to read them or for those who keep an article collection. Money quotes or other interesting tid bits will be highlighted where appropriate.
MailOnline has an updated piece on the yacht party that Keanu attended on Sunday that has more photos from the event. Thanks Fiona!
The Inquisitr has a piece up on the promotion of MOTC. The plot is summarized:
Man of Tai Chi tells the story of a delivery guy who also happens to be an accomplished martial artist. After getting involved with a shady businessman portrayed by Reeves, the hero soon finds himself engulfed in an underground fight tournament.
In the News.Yahoo’s piece,Keanu Reeves says the following:
“I loved the responsibility of telling a story,” said the Canadian-born Reeves. “I hope I get the chance to do it again.”
The Washington Post’s write-up contains the following quotes from Keanu:
“The first day of that was not too much fun,” he laughed during an interview.
“As an actor you are concerned with your role, you are concerned with your story,” he said. “The director’s side is much more other, it is looking out. … The first day I just didn’t quite have it. It wasn’t pleasurable.”
“For me, it was attractive in the sense of the physical-ness of it, maybe the independence, maybe the community,” he said. “For the Kung Fu it is the right and wrong, or the struggle that the characters often face, like ‘They’re going to shut down the temple’ or ‘They have killed your brother’ or ‘You’re being attacked’ and you have to defend or explore. And the exoticness of it, and they look cool.”
Winsford Guardian MOTC post contains the following tid bits:
“It was the story I felt I could tell and wanted to tell and didn’t want anybody else to tell. It was about four or five years ago that I started to think about directing. But I always said I would only direct if I had a story to tell,” he said.
“I had to listen. The process was very collaborative, and I had great support in terms of translators. I wanted the fighting sequences to tell the story. I saw them as acting scenes,” he said.
Kentucky’s article contains the following quotes from Keanu:
“As an actor you are concerned with your role, you are concerned with your story,” he said. “The director’s side is much more other, it is looking out. … The first day I just didn’t quite have it. It wasn’t pleasurable.”
“For me, it was attractive in the sense of the physical-ness of it, maybe the independence, maybe the community,” he said. “For the Kung Fu it is the right and wrong, or the struggle that the characters often face, like ‘They’re going to shut down the temple’ or ‘They have killed your brother’ or ‘You’re being attacked’ and you have to defend or explore. And the exoticness of it, and they look cool.”
The Guardian’s post covers the basic on MOTC.