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Oct
07
2008

REAL SHAOLIN Trailer!

Posted by Todd Brown at 2:48pm.

Posted in Trailer Alerts , Documentary, Martial Arts, USA & Canada, Toronto Film Festival 2008.

If you’re thinking you’ve seen a post about this trailer before, you are correct.  The director of the film provided an early, rough version of the trailer a while back so that something would be out there prior to the Toronto International Film Festival.  But he was never happy with that one, asked to have it taken down shortly thereafter and has now replaced it with a brand new, extra shiny version.  Enjoy.

The Shaolin Temple.  Just naming the place immediately conjures up images in the minds of any martial arts fan, the legendary birth place of Chinese kung fu featuring large in scores of films.  Even casual fans know of it, and yet it’s easy to forget that the Shaolin Temple is a real place, populated by real people learning the ancient arts.  Just announced as part of the Toronto International Film Festival, Alexander Lee’s The Real Shaolin tracks the lives of four people entering the temple to train, following the demands of the ancient way of life.  It’s compelling stuff, fascinating both as history in action and human drama and it’s amazing to see the lengths people are willing to go in pursuit of their dreams.  Check out the trailer for the film below the break.

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Reader Comments

  1. verisimilitude 07/30/2008 @ 1:05am

    This looks great.

  2. Froggy 07/30/2008 @ 3:50am

    I presume this is doc. since I see footage of other movies (Shaolin Temple with Jet Li) and I regonize lots of other OST from other movies as well?

  3. Papigiulio 10/07/2008 @ 4:39pm

    Looks great indeed.

  4. Tshingis 10/07/2008 @ 11:09pm

    this is just modern shaolin that has near to nothing to do with the original martial art. nowadays almost everything of that is just acrobatics.

  5. concretearts 10/08/2008 @ 4:55pm

    Anybody know the name of the beat in the second half the trailer?

  6. realshaolin 10/09/2008 @ 11:53am

    Hi concretearts,

    All the music in this film is original.  The beats in the 2nd half are from a rapper named Lui Liu.  Lui’s myspace is:

    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=145744069

    Best,
    Alexander
    http://www.realshaolin.com

  7. realshaolin 10/09/2008 @ 12:00pm

    Hi Tshingis,

    I hope that you can watch my film.  Most people who expect Shaolin to have no traditions have never even been there, and even if you go there you have to look hard to find it, but it DOES EXIST.  Acrobatics have a tradition in China for thousands of years and have been intertwined with the martial arts, it all depends on the reasons why each individual practices the martial arts.  Since the invention of the gun, martial arts are not really used in warfare anymore, so the motive behind the practice of martial arts has changed.

    Best,
    Alexander

  8. Tshingis 10/11/2008 @ 9:01am

    the motive behind real martial arts has never changed.

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