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A Quick Word On Multiplexes

leomonkey — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:23:46 GMT

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Morning Tea With The Mayor!

leomonkey — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:50:40 GMT

Reblogged from Darebin Overseas Students Association:

To celebrate National Volunteer Week (14-20 M

Ginji the Slasher

leomonkey — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:42:37 GMT

I recently rewatched a Japanese film, Ginji the Slasher, which is a film I like very much. It made me think about what constitutes a martial arts film, as opposed to a film that belongs to another genre and which just has a bit of martial arts in it. I

Chow Yun Fat on the set

leomonkey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:53:15 GMT

In this excerpt from my transcrīption of the commentary to The Replacement Killers, director Antoine Fuqua talks about Chow Yun Fat’s attitude to his work.

You don’t always need 100 million dollars to make something exciting. You just n...

Great Quote No. 11

leomonkey — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:49:40 GMT

“Jet Li’s ‘aura’ is quieter, but no less compelling – in Once Upon A Time in China‘s ladder fight, he dominates a fight scene in which he actually took little combative part. The camera gives as much as it takes away – Li pos...

Another excerpt from Directors commentary on The Replacement Killers

leomonkey — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:41:43 GMT

This is a brief excerpt from a transcrīption I made of Director Antoine Faqua’s commentary for his movie, The Replacement Killers, which starred Chow Yun Fat. In this excerpt he discusses the approach of Asian film makers to film making.

Great Quote No. 10

leomonkey — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:43:28 GMT

“(Critic David) Bordwell… points out that the rythmic pulse of Hong Kong action requires stasis as well as movement, with ‘lightning switches between quick, precise gestures and punctuating poses’ ”. Leon Hunt, Kung Fu Cult Masters...

Nature in samurai Films

leomonkey — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:54:37 GMT

Recently I came across a book on Samurai films in my local library. Entitled ‘Stray Dogs and Lone Wolves: The Samurai Film Handbook’ and written by Patrick Galloway, it seems to be pitched at newcomers to the genre. I wonder if any of my online frien...

geungsi, mama hung, shopping

leomonkey — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:20:28 GMT

I have been having good luck with my shopping lately. I was poking about in a DVD shop in Melbourne’s Chinatown recently when I found, on sale and literally gathering dust on a bottom shelf, a boxed set of Vampire themed kung fu movies: Mr Vampire 1-4...

Casting Asian actors in American action movies

leomonkey — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:54:58 GMT

Below is a brief excerpt I made from a transcrīption of director Antoine Fuqua’s commentary from The Replacement Killers. Fuqua was a big fan of the work of John Woo and Chow Yun Fat, and this movie was Chow’s first role in an American mo