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Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs focuses on a police officer named Chan Wing-yan (Tony Leung), who goes undercover into a triad, and triad member Lau Kin-ming (Andy Lau), who infiltrates the police department. Each mole was planted by the rival organisation to gain an advantage in intelligence over the other side. The more the moles become involved in their undercover lives, the more issues they have to cope with.
22nd Annual Hong Kong Film Awards
- Best Picture up against Hero
- Best Director – Andrew Lau and Alan Mak
- Best Screenplay – Alan Mak and Felix Chong
- Best Actor – Tony Leung
- Best Supporting Actor – Anthony Wong
- Best Editing – Danny Pang and Pang Ching Hei
- Best Original Film Song – "Infernal Affairs", sung by Andy Lau and Tony Leung
- Nomination – Best Actor (Andy Lau)
- Nomination – Best Supporting Actor (Eric Tsang)
- Nomination – Best Supporting Actor (Chapman To)
- Nomination – Best Cinematography (Andrew Lau, Lai Yiu-Fai)
- Nomination – Best Costume Design (Lee Pik-Kwan)
- Nomination – Best Action Design (Dion Lam Dik-On)
- Nomination – Best Original Score (Chan Kwong Wing)
- Nomination – Best Sound Effects (Kinson Tsang King-Cheung)
- Nomination – Best Visual Effects
The Departed
The Departed is a 2006 American crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay byWilliam Monahan was based on the 2002 Hong Kongfilm Infernal Affairs.[2] The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, and Alec Baldwin.
The film takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, where an Irish Mob boss plants an informant within the Massachusetts State Police. Simultaneously, the police assign an undercover cop to infiltrate the Irish crew. When both sides realize the situation, each man attempts to discover the other's true identity before his own cover is blown.
Awards
It won several awards, including four Oscars at the79th Academy Awards; Best Picture, Best Director(Scorsese), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. Wahlberg was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Comparison of Emotions
Interviews
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1594998,00.html