Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003 · 47 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 201 VOTES · DIR. Ian Taylor
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).
Dialogue Timeline — 917 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:30 head of Hong Kong's biggest film studio...
00:03:11 Everyone agrees she was a superstar.
00:05:31 The beautiful young girl...
00:07:44 She also has a Ionely human aspect
00:10:05 and you have to play it well.
00:11:54 The Love Eterne' shot Ling Po
00:14:23 and the Shaw Studios started churning them out...
00:16:03 but asked us not to go...
00:17:47 in 'The Kingdom And The Beauty'
00:20:20 ...this time, a nightclub singer-
00:22:12 that Yan Jun seemed to like Li Li Hua
00:23:44 the heroine was expected to suffer
00:25:51 I said, "Don't cry you've got everything.
00:27:30 Shaw found a Lin Dai look-alike
00:29:20 Join them and find out what's up
00:31:56 Those 3 actresses Lily Ho Cheng Pei Pei and Chun Ping
00:34:02 a grand Broadway style production number
00:36:14 her performance is very sucessful
00:39:11 It's a Burmese bell
00:41:26 So that it was expressed in such restrained way
00:43:50 to play the lead in King Hu's 'Come Drink With Me'
00:45:34 cross-gender acting.
00:47:32 by him.
00:49:43 It means younger generations...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed917
Dialogue density19.5 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line00:49:43
Production Record
DirectorIan Taylor
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes201