Overview of articles
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Cross-Harbour Tunnel
Influenced by Taiwanese art films, Quentin Tarantino, the ridiculous comedies of Chiau and Filipino melodramas, four stories, each with an infectious,Published on: -
The Longest Summer
Ga Yin loses his job as a soldier in the British army after Hong Kong is handed back to China. Without his comfortable job he…Published on: -
Away With Words
Directing début by brilliant cameraman Christopher Doyle (e.g. Chunking Express) about a man with a phenomenal memory. Any word he has ever heard, hePublished on: -
Old Woman
The old woman has had enough. She is lonely and has nothing to live for. Then suddenly there is a baby on the doorstep.Published on: -
1979
All on his own, a man come to terms with news that is much too much. Very meticulously dressed and filmed. A minor masterpiece.Published on: -
4F (the Fourth Floor)
Atmospheric portrait of a staircase. To everyone else, just a staircase, but not to the director. He has his own memories. Nominated for the Tiger…Published on: -
[:nv:s:b/e peop/e]
Video film investigates the term ‘invisibility’ in human relationships, using cyber-identity and real interhuman communication.Published on: -
In the Mood for Love
There is no more elegant film. Hong Kong, in the 1960s: a man seeks contact with the woman next-door to join forces in confronting their…Published on: -
Zhan Tai
The political and social upheavals in the 1980s, as a consequence of Deng Xiao-ping’s ‘open-door policy’, have their effect on the members of a theatrPublished on: -
All The Way
The chaos of contemporary Chinese society encapsulated in a gangster film in which the lives of ordinary people are turned upside down by a chance…Published on: