Time on Hero:



Expectations are sky-high for director Zhang Yimou's ambitious star-studded martial-arts flick



On the shoulders of Hero ride the hopes of all Asian cinema. Did Crouching Tiger's popularity portend a huge global market for Asian movies, or was it a fluke? That uncertainty—and Hero's $30 million budget—has piled pressure on everyone on the set. It's palpable, but rarely mentioned, like the wire propelling an actor through an action sequence that gets computer-erased in the final print.



Time link from nic at Dazed in Hong Kong.