WHAT'S VENICE'S SECRET?

Marco Muller, the director of the Venice Film Festival, has said he will reveal in a few days the last-minute addition of a major Chinese film to the Venice Film Festival competition section this year. What on earth could it be? Johnnie To's EXILED and Tsai Ming-liang's BLACK-EYED are already in competition and BANQUET and PROJECT BB are there, but out of competition, so what is it? CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER? I'm guessing it's either the Anthony Wong/Edward Norton movie THE PAINTED VEIL (slated for a December 15 release in North America) or the Wen Jiang/Anthony Wong movie THE SUN RISES AGAIN which we haven't heard from in a while.

Whatever movie it is, Muller better hurry since the festival has already begun.

(Thanks to the sharp-eyed reader who translated this article)