Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu (2003)
• January 1st, 2003 • 0h 47min
Documentary, TV Movie
Overview
Filmmaker Ian Taylor examines the impressive legacy of Hong Kong cinema -- specifically, how martial arts crossed borders and become an international phenomenon -- with the help of footage and interviews with the stars who made the genre what it is today. Director Lau Ka Leung (who helmed The 36th Chamber of Shaolin) joins in, sharing his thoughts on how certain cinematic technologies have improved martial arts films and expanded their appeal, on the set of Drunken Monkey (2003).
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Graham Meets Olly
Released on: 2024-03-01
Documentary
Olly Alexander is preparing to fulfil one of his biggest life ambitions - to represent the United Ki...
Heart Murmurs
Released on: 2023-12-01
Documentary
Heart Murmurs is a poetic dialogue between the filmmaker and Dean, a young man living in Hong Kong. ...
A Room Nearby
Released on: 2003-11-07
Animation, Documentary
Paul Fierlinger's unique animation captures five individuals from diverse backgrounds as they descri...
The Howard Stern Interview: Bruce Springsteen
Released on: 2022-11-27
Documentary
Over two hours of intimate, in-depth conversation between Howard Stern and Bruce Springsteen, taking...
Stillness in the Wave
Released on: 2022-09-08
Documentary
The documentary portrayed one of the most established dance companies in Hong Kong which has a histo...
Kids On Ice
Released on: 2014-10-21
Documentary
Quiet towns across rural Australia are in the grip of an Ice epidemic. Major international drug cart...
J Is for Junkie
Released on: 2011-10-04
Documentary
In the 1980s and 1990s, an epidemic of crack cocaine addiction ravaged African American communities ...
Cracked Not Broken
Released on: 2005-09-12
Documentary
Lisa is a middle-class white woman from Toronto, Canada. She's also addicted to crack cocaine. To ma...
The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Interviews
Released on: 2007-04-24
Music, Documentary
This film contains interview material and archival footage presented all on one film. It begins with...
Etugen
Released on: 2023-01-04
Documentary
What is the purpose of our existence ? What is the soul ? Which are the power of mind, of conscience...
Fellini, confidences retrouvées
Released on: 2023-10-29
Documentary, TV Movie
Federico Fellini died on October 31st, 1993. Thirty years later, he is still considered as one of th...
Things That Go Bump in the Night: Tales of Haunted New England
Released on: 2009-10-29
Documentary
Things That Go Bump in the Night: Tales of Haunted New England takes you on a journey throughout his...
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Released on: 2020-02-15
Documentary, TV Movie
Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but also...
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
Released on: 1984-12-31
Documentary
This documentary / fund raiser film was produced in 1984 by the Hong Kong Salvation Army to raise sp...
A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story
Released on: 2020-03-20
Documentary
Juan Manuel Fangio was the Formula One king, winning five world championships in the early 1950s — b...
Ritratti: Luigi Meneghello
Released on: 2002-09-01
Documentary
Marco Paolini interviews Luigi Meneghello about growing up under fascism, his involvement with the I...
