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Brigitte Lin

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The Bride with White Hair (Ronny Yu, 1993)
Ronny Yu

The Bride with White Hair (Ronny Yu, 1993)

All the same comic book mythology elements as so many other post-Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain wuxia films, A Chinese Ghost Story, Swordsman II, and Ashes of Time in particular, but director Ronny Yu slows the pace down, both in plot and editing, which allows more time to take
25 Jun 2014 3 min read
New Dragon Gate Inn (Raymond Lee, 1992)
Tsui Hark

New Dragon Gate Inn (Raymond Lee, 1992)

This was nominally directed by Raymond Lee, a cog in the Film Workshop machine, working as a planner or nominal director for several Tsui Hark and/or Ching Siu-tung projects. Tsui was pumping out movies like a madman in the early 90s, with 18 producer credits between 1990’s Swordsman
24 Apr 2014 4 min read
Peking Opera Blues (Tsui Hark, 1986)
Tsui Hark

Peking Opera Blues (Tsui Hark, 1986)

A great movie, perhaps the best melding of director Tsui Hark’s twin impulses toward subversion and entertainment. The setup follows two plotlines that will come together and intertwine with a third, each focused on a female protagonist. Brigitte Lin plays the daughter of a local warlord. She dresses like
22 Nov 2013 4 min read
Swordsman and Swordsman II (Ching Siu-tung, 1990 and 1992)
Ching Siu-tung

Swordsman and Swordsman II (Ching Siu-tung, 1990 and 1992)

Swordsman II is a film I’ve known for years, having first encountered it during the Jet Li repertory boom of the late 90s (my theatre used to run HK double features all the time, this is where I first saw it, paired I think with Dr. Wai and the
26 Sep 2012 5 min read
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