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Action, HK Style – All the trailers*

August 25, 2013Uncategorized1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, chinese movies, chow yun fat, donnie yen, films, heroic bloodshed, hong kong movies, jackie chan, jet li, kung fu, marrtial arts, qagoma, sammo hungtimchuma

(*) All the trailers I could find in the original language where possible. In some cases there was a clip I liked better than the trailer.

While my personal preference is for the original Shaw Brothers trailers over than the new Celestial Pictures re-release ones, it is a different marketplace so they have a particular style of their own.

A Better Tomorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jOcW3WCeec

A Better Tomorrow 2

A Hero Never Dies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5-Ai-d59cs

Aces Go Places

Ashes of Time Redux

Breaking News

Bullet in the Head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cblP7iqWybY

Challenge of the Masters

City on Fire

Cold War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5d-0VF0LzM

Come Drink With Me

Dangerous Encounters – 1st Kind

Dirty Ho

Drunken Master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk4vHeRiTac

Drunken Master 2

Election
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSFVXd7Rzw

Election 2

Enter the Dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKzaSaQoEuc

Fist of Fury
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_OzfUiRRgY

Full Alert

Full Contact

Whoops, I mean…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhh0IsK3_Y4

God of Gamblers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FlagebnYnc

Golden Swallow

Hard Boiled

Infernal Affairs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIiCTLYt_8s

Infernal Affairs 2

Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWUWErjSYBk

Ip Man

Ip Man 2

King Kong’s Adventures in the Heavenly Palace

Kung Fu Hustle

Last Hurrah for Chivalry

Legendary Weapons of China

Long Arm of the Law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSWFjon6gI

Martial Club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8UW_7ZDPyg

My Young Auntie

Once Upon a Time in China
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CmdeG4De7Y

Once Upon a Time in China II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2aFq4mu_J0

Once Upon a Time in China III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv5gIf64a_0

One Nite in Mongkok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChRmyIWyMaQ

One-Armed Swordsman

Pedicab Driver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWw3maj1oGs

Police Story

Police Story 3: Supercop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQkQogyxqrI

Portland Street Blues

Reign of Assassins

Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlPS1h_LZZI

The 14 Amazons

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

The Big Boss

The Blade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY1pmZQNM5E

The Boxer from Shantung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E02stiJIsRA

The Chinese Boxer

The Five Venoms

The Killer

The Magic Blade

The Man from Hong Kong

The Mission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3kxSVO3gPE

The Prodigal Son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxH-dCrDThg

The Sword

The Way of the Dragon

Throw Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Zr7bCAImQ

True Story of Wong Fei-hung, Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mD3_zMlyBQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VTfpwqLB3Y

Vengeance!

Wong Fei-hung, King of Lion Dance

Wong Fei-Hung’s Battle with the Gorilla

Wu Xia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlD9yKgdh6A

Young and Dangerous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUP3TN_1dsc

Hong Kong cinema season at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) 2013

August 20, 2013Uncategorized1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, chinese movies, chow yun fat, donnie yen, films, heroic bloodshed, hong kong movies, jackie chan, jet li, kung fu, marrtial arts, qagoma, sammo hungtimchuma

Action, Hong Kong Style
6 September – 8 November 2013
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/cinematheque/current/action_hong_kong_style

While the website does have all the films listed, they are not listed by date, which is important to those wanting to come up for a weekend and who need to pick between all the movies.

I have done my best to sort through the movies and list them by date, best to check with the official site before making any plans based on these dates.

Friday 6th September 2013
Once Upon a Time in China
Once Upon a Time in China 2

Saturday 7th September 2013 (election night!)
True Story of Wong Fei-hung, Part One
Wong Fei-hung, King of Lion Dance
Drunken Master
Drunken Master 2

Sunday 8th September 2013
Challenge of the Masters
Martial Club

Wednesday 11th September 2013
Once Upon a Time in China III

Friday 13th September 2013
Come Drink With Me
Golden Swallow

Saturday 14th September 2013
One-Armed Swordsman
Vengeance!
The Boxer from Shantung
The Five Venoms

Wednesday 18th September 2013
The 14 Amazons

Friday 20th September 2013
The Big Boss
Fist of Fury

Saturday 21st September 2013
Once Upon a Time in China
Once Upon a Time in China 2
The Way of the Dragon
Enter the Dragon

Sunday 22nd September 2013
One-Armed Swordsman
Legendary Weapons of China

Friday 27th September 2013
The Five Venoms
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Saturday 28th September 2013 (AFL Grand Final Day)
The Chinese Boxer
The Man from Hong Kong (screening during the AFL Grand Final, might be a bit empty)
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Ashes of Time Redux

Sunday 29th September 2013
The Blade
The Sword

Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
The Magic Blade

Friday 4th October 2013
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow 2

Saturday 5th October 2013
The Big Boss
Fist of Fury
Bullet in the Head
Hard Boiled

Sunday 6th October 2013 (NRL Grand Final Day)
Vengeance!
The Killer

Wednesday 9th October 2013
A Better Tomorrow
The Killer

Friday 11th October 2013
A Hero Never Dies
The Mission

Saturday 12th October 2013
Bullet in the Head
Hard Boiled
Election
Election 2

Sunday 13th October 2013
Throw Down
Breaking News

Wednesday 16th October 2013
The Way of the Dragon
Enter the Dragon

Friday 18th October 2013
Drunken Master
Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow

Saturday 19th October 2013
Aces Go Places
Pedicab Driver
God of Gamblers
Kung Fu Hustle

Sunday 20th October 2013
Dirty Ho
My Young Auntie

Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Election
Election 2

Friday 25th October 2013
City on Fire
Full Contact

Saturday 26th October 2013
Police Story
Police Story 3: Supercop
Dangerous Encounters – 1st Kind
Long Arm of the Law

Sunday 27th October 2013
Full Alert
Cold War

Wednesday 30th October
Young and Dangerous
Portland Street Blues

Friday 1st November 2013
Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs 2

Saturday 2nd November 2013
The Prodigal Son
One Nite in Mongkok
Ip Man
Ip Man 2

Sunday 3rd November 2013
King Kong’s Adventures in the Heavenly Palace
Wong Fei-Hung’s Battle with the Gorilla

Wednesday 6th November 2013
Infernal Affairs
One Nite in Mongkok

Friday 8th November 2013
Reign of Assassins
Wu Xia

What does this mean to me? September already a wash-out unless I go up for the weekend of the Federal Election.

October a better option with the weekend of the 4 – 6th, 18 – 20th and 25th – 27th available. I already have a ticket to the Handsome Family on the 12th in Melbourne. Watching the four movies listed on 12th October is highly recommended. Be aware that if you recently have had an ear infection, Election 2 can cause physical pain to your body.

November looks good for the Melbourne Cup Weekend, but a lot of people are already going away that weekend.

I am well aware of how much it will cost to fly up to Brisbane for the weekend, but these movies are not going to screen again in this format in Australia.

East Side Story (1997)

June 4, 2013Uncategorized1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, communist, East Germany, eastern bloc, eastern european, GDR, iron curtain, movies, musicals, socialist, USSRtimchuma

Director: Dana Ranga

Tagline: Tractor! The Musical!

I had heard rumours and seen some clips of Eastern European communist musicals before, but I never knew that someone had made a documentary about them until my research on tractors turned up this title.

Through as series of clips of the movies, interviews with the people involved in their production, audiences and recreations of party review committees, this documentary attempts to tell the story of a forgotten era of cinema from behind the Iron Curtain.

I have to say after watching this that some of these films look like the best movies ever. It is very frustrating to find out after my own further research that the amount of these movies that are actually available today can be counted on the fingers of one hand. (When I first watched this documentary back in 2005, a lot less of these movies were available.)

It is a bit sad that these films were never considered as ‘art’ when they were released, as it means that many of them were just forgotten after the fall of communism. The people involved had a hard enough time making them in the first place and they deserve recognition for their achievements.

I also liked the funny anecdotes from this movie, such as Stalin liking to laugh it up with funny movies and having a fantasy for ‘boys photographing tractors’. The views of the audience members interviewed were also great to hear as you don’t normally hear their opinions in this sort of documentary.

This documentary comes very highly recommended and I am planning on buying a copy on DVD (along with the movie ‘Hot Summer’) as soon as I am able to so I can watch it again for the great musical clips.

Rating: 9/10

Buy the documentary on VHS (DVD too expensive)
http://www.amazon.com/East-Side-Story-Margarita-Andrushkovich/dp/6304829825/

Full movie now on Youtube!

DEFA Film Library – Cinema of East Germany
http://www.umass.edu/defa/

Hot Summer clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0gO_JighOQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW8mvupM470
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WPh4gUVB-0

No Cheating, Darling! clips

Full list of films in the documentary and availability:

Title	Non-english Title	Country	Year	IMDB entry	DVD	Youtube Clip
Adventure in Marienstadt	Przygoda na Mariensztacie	Poland	1954	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047373/	–	http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=cWjNsB06voo
The Antique Coin	Antike Münze, Die	Bulgaria/GDR	1966	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058911/
AT 6PM at the End of the War	В 6 часов вечера в конце войны	USSR	1944	–	http://vobzor.com/page.php?id=1394	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=qm1e_m23Gks
The Bright Path	Светлый путь	USSR	1940	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215582/	http://www.russiandvd.com/ store/product.asp?sku=47932	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=1WofR0OB9K4
Carnival Night	Карнавальная ночь	USSR	1957	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049397/	http://www.amazon.com/ The-Carnival-Night-Karnavalnaya-Noch/dp/B0002K1SBI	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=6t7SGhEofgY
Cossacks of the Kuban River	Казаки Кубани	USSR	1946	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041562/	http://www.ozon.ru/ context/detail/id/702225/?item=4700979	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=OiCA3Qy2CiA
Ernst Thalmann, Class Leader	Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse	GDR	1962	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048038/	http://www.amazon.de/ Ernst-Th%C3%A4lmann-seiner-Klasse-F%C3%BChrer/ dp/B00006FMFM	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=uajsrOjQdSA
A Handful of Notes	Handvoll Noten, Eine	GDR	1962	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230272/
Hard Work, Happy Holiday	–	GDR	1950	–
Hot Summer	Heißer Sommer	GDR	1968	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061756/	https://defafilmlibrary.com/ product/sku/112	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=jzH3uG9Qqbk
I Don’t Want to Marry	Nu vreau sa ma însor	Romania	1961	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125960/		http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=tWC89FmmD3M
The Jolly Fellows	Веселые ребята	USSR	1934	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025946/	http://www.russiandvd.com/ store/product.asp?sku=49641	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=WoCTDCdnZIA
The Lovable White Mouse	Geliebte weiße Maus	GDR	1964	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058134/	http://www.amazon.de/Geliebte-wei%C3%9Fe-Maus-Der-Reserveheld/dp/B0000AMK3R	http://www.veoh.com/watch/ v19196513dJrJrEHa?h1=+ Geliebte+Weisse+Maus
Midnight Revue	Revue um Mitternacht	GDR	1962	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056411/	http://www.amazon.de/Revue-um-Mitternacht-Christel-Bodenstein/dp/B0012OVDZE	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEeUzf6eq8M
My Wife Wants to Sing	Meine Frau macht Musik	GDR	1958	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051919/	http://www.amazon.de/ dp/B000EFTF4I	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=tgeMNetbs8Y
New Year’s Punch	Silvesterpunsch	GDR	1960	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175168/	http://www.amazon.de/Silvesterpunsch-VHS-Erich-Franz/dp/B00004RXZ3/
No Cheating Darling	Nicht schummeln, Liebling	GDR	1973	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068999/	http://www.amazon.de/ Nicht-schummeln-Liebling-Chris-Doerk/ dp/B000MGTVFM/	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=HRfsz7neM0s
The Swineherd and the Shepherd	Свинарка и пастух	USSR	1941	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034249/	http://www.ozon.ru/ context/detail/id/701897/?item=2973372	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=HxJbbvvxpz4
Tractor Drivers	Трактористы	USSR	1939	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032050/	http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/701881/?item=2396079	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=XVscT8bysKg
Vacation on the Black Sea	Vacanta la mare	Romania	1963	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175289/		http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=sPfGAIIlfrY
Volga, Volga	Волга – Волга	USSR	1938	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030947/	http://www.ozon.ru/ context/detail/id/505792/?item=3576828	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=lYjzfUflFyU
The Wayward Wife	Lots Weib	Czechoslovakia/GDR	1965	http://www.umass.edu/defa/ films/lotsweib.shtml
Woman on the Rails	Dáma na kolejích	Czechoslovakia	1968	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060279/	http://www.csfd.cz/ film/8014-dama-na-kolejich/	http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=jRQpy35lpI0

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Action, HK Style – All the trailers*

Hong Kong cinema season at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) 2013

East Side Story (1997)