Dylan Cheung
@Futurhythm
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Writer and Cantonese–English translator. Hong Kong cinema and other niche interests. Contact: dylan.ym.cheung at gmail bsky: dylancheung
Sydney
Joined October 2008
Haven't been online much lately because I've been hammering away at the audio commentary for Sex Beyond the Grave in which I get into all the mysticism and spiritualism, obscure cultural references, spooky Hong Kong history, and the movie's surprisingly complicated production.
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HK peeps go soak in the massive Yi Yi 4K restoration poster hanging over the McDonalds at Broadway Cinematheque for me.
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Before making City on Fire, Ringo Lam went to Japan to try and get Yusaku Matsuda to play the lead in his next film, an action comedy shot across Hong Kong and Japan.
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Spent the 4th of July beginning my journey into Clint Eastwood.
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RT @js_film_nyc: Kinji Fukasaku's birthday being celebrated on the set of BATTLE ROYALE—note the cookies given to him at the very end of th….
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RT @FrankYan2: Took me a while but I’m glad my interview with Tsui Hark is finally out! It’s not every day that you get the chance to talk….
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RT @blackzerodisc: Just launched! Three new Blu-ray releases from Black Zero, celebrating classic and contemporary Canadian underground cin….
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RT @the_cloud_door_: ☁️🚪The day has arrived! We are live with the Kickstarter and so are pre-orders for Om Dar-B-Dar. We are very excited t….
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badge of honour there might be people out there who've pirated my work from dodgy link sites
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RT @films_chameleon: Johnnie To came late to the blood-splattered hero film which ignited a golden age of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s, bu….
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RT @js_film_nyc: Asahi Shimbun’s regular interview series would photograph celebrities in their homes, capturing the decor and interior des….
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"It's been a while".Love how every few years, Chang Chen catches up with A Brighter Summer Day co-star Lisa Yang.
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Holy shit! Kumiko, Chua Lam's girlfriend when he was in Japan, is THE Koumiko of Chris Marker's The Koumiko Mystery (1965).
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I've been very contemplative over Chua Lam's passing, not that I was a huge fan or anything. As the last of the Four Great Talents, whose work spanned the written word, music, and cinema, it's symbolic of Hong Kong's iconic postwar cultural renaissance coming to a close.
His life as a gourmand tends to eclipses his work in film, but Chua Lam was a pivotal figure at both Shaw Bros and Golden Harvest. He helped introduce Japanese technical know-how to the industry, and was first to exploit the mainstream commercial possibilities of category III.
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His life as a gourmand tends to eclipses his work in film, but Chua Lam was a pivotal figure at both Shaw Bros and Golden Harvest. He helped introduce Japanese technical know-how to the industry, and was first to exploit the mainstream commercial possibilities of category III.
Renowned food connoisseur Chua Lam has died at the age of 83, according to an announcement on his Facebook page on Friday. Born in Singapore, Chua spent most of his life in Hong Kong, where he built a career in the city's entertainment and culinary scene as a movie producer and
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That's David Chiang and Lau Kar-wing (I think) who grab her at the start. Lau Kar-leung's the one who socks her. The guy in the pantyhose is Li Ying. Johnnie To directed episodes of a TV series adaptation of this same story in the '80s.
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The Black Musketeer 'F' (1966), based on a series by Wisely creator Ni Kuang, and one of the inspirations behind The Heroic Trio. Starring Suet Nei in the titular role with action choreography by Lau Kar-leung and her future husband Tong Kai.
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Tong Kai took his own life. It's believed he was depressed due to his wife Suet Nei's battle with pancreatic cancer. He had mentioned to his son that he wanted to die together with her.
Tong Kai with partner in crime Lau Kar-leung were the original HK action guys, predating Shaw Bros and establishing the action choreographer as we know it today. Especially good at choreographing women, his more fanciful Yuen Clan training balanced out Lau's hard-hitting kung fu.
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