Some Hong Kong and Kurosawa stuff

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Some Hong Kong and Kurosawa stuff

Postby ewaffle » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:00 am

Some Hong Kong stuff, almost entirely for the actresses mentioned:

Money Laundry (2000) --all I know about this one is that Jade Leung is one of the stars.

Leopard Hunting (1998) --and this one has both Jade Leung and Oshima Yukari!

Danger Zone (2003)--Jade Leung and Theresa Mak

Phantom of Snake (2000) Jade and Cecelia Yip plus terrific reviews

Black Cat II (1992) Jade Leung--reviews are universally bad and it probably just misses making the HKMDB "Lowest Rated Films" list but I am sufficiently driven to see all of Jade Leung's movies to spend a few dollars on this one

The Wild, Wild Rose (1960) not sure if it is based largely on the opera (Bizet, libretto by Meilhac and Halvey) or is it uses some of the material/atmosphere of the short novel by Prosper Mérimée, the basis for the opera. Whatever the case it sounds intriguing.

Perfect Match (1991)-- Maggie Cheung

Prince Charming (1984)-- Maggie Cheung's first movie role

The Stewardess (2002)--sounds like a winning dark comedy



plus..

The "Postwar Kurosawa" Criterion Collection/Eclipse arrived:

No Regrets for our Youth

One Wonderful Sunday

Scandal

The Idiot

The Idiot

I Live in Fear
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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:52 am

Safe to assume these were originally destined for the rummage thread? :)

Regardless, some good low-end stuff there. DANGER ZONE and it's sister movies, BRUSH UP MY SISTERS and SOME LIKE IT COOL are a fun DV trilogy, but DANGER is probably the best of the three. Speaking of the criminally underrated Teresa Mak, did you ever find a copy of MY BABY SHOT ME DOWN, Ed?

THE STEWARDESS is definitely an unexpectedly clever little gems. I assumed going it that it was just another cheap-o Sam Lee picture of the period and came away pleasantly surprised.

As for BLACK CAT II, it's got it's moments. I often wonder about the HKMDB's "lowest rated" list, though. There's quite a few movies on that list that actually have favourable reviews. I think one big problem is the lack of coverage/reviews for a lot of the the true bottom-of-the-barrel stuff. There's some real dire material from the 1999-2004 period, mostly DV stuff, but it doesn't earn it's rightful place because we can't "score" a film unless we review it. Perhaps I should ask for that feature over in the ever-expanding "ideas for Bob" thread. :lol:
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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:52 am

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Postby ewaffle » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:48 am

Safe to assume these were originally destined for the rummage thread?


Indeed. :oops: If anyone wants to bother moving it over....
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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:32 pm

ewaffle wrote:
Safe to assume these were originally destined for the rummage thread?


Indeed. :oops: If anyone wants to bother moving it over....



Well, even if they can't, we can always have a Jade Leung/Teresa Mak appreciation thread! :lol:

(also removed my triplicate post above :shock: . Posting was giving me more than a few glitches last night, some of which decided not to show up until this morning! :oops: )
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Postby JohnR » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:28 pm

I second the thumbs up for The Stewardess. It's an overlooked gem if there ever was one.
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