The Last Eve
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 The Last Eve | |
| Directed by | Young Man Kang |
| Written by | Young Man Kang |
| Produced by | Young Man Kang |
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| Edited by | Mark Crutch |
| Distributed by | Vanguard Cinema |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English, Korean |
The Last Eve is a 2005 action film directed by Young Man Kang, a Korean-born filmmaker who made his U.S. directing debut with Cupid's Mistake (2001).
Plot
[edit]The film consists of three tales that combine martial arts action with biblical characters: Eve's Secret, Cain and Abel, and the Snake's Temptation.
Production and release
[edit]The Last Eve was shot in Death Valley, Koreatown in Los Angeles, and South Korea. The Los Angeles filming was executive produced by Kimmarie Johnson. It took 2 years to complete the film.
The film won the Best Action Feature film Award at the 2005 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
Reviews
[edit]The Last Eve was included in Film Threat's Ten Best Unseen Films of 2005.[1]
In his review for Film Threat, Phil Hall described the film as "the world’s first avant-garde theological martial arts love story. Taking the story of Western civilization’s first eviction recipients and spinning it across a bizarre variety of unlikely landscapes, the immensely gifted filmmaker Young Man Kang has brought forth a production which is so astonishing and original than it is impossible to compare it to anything that has ever been made."[2]
This film was released on DVD on August 26, 2008 by Vanguard Cinema.
Awards
[edit]- Won
- New York International Independent Film and Video Festival:
- Best Action Feature Film Award (Young Man Kang)
- New York B Movie Film Festival:
- Best Cinematography (Young Man Kang)
References
[edit]- ^ "THE TEN BEST/WORST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2005". Film Threat. 24 August 2005. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "THE LAST EVE". Film Threat. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
External links
[edit]- The Last Eve at IMDb
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