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A day after receiving a Career Leopard award at Locarno, the Hong Kong and global film icon said that studios’ focus on financial returns make it “very difficult to make a good movie.” Source: Jackie Chan on Becoming “Asian Robert De … Continued
The government-endorsed initiative, revealed at the Shanghai Film Festival, will involve 100 martial arts classics undergoing an AI “revitalization.” Source: Chinese Studios Reveal Plans for AI-Powered Remakes of Classic Kung Fu Movies from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li
The Locarno Film Festival will honor Jackie Chan with a lifetime career award honoring the martial arts master who helped define Hong Kong action cinema before becoming a Hollywood mainstay. Source: Jackie Chan to Be Honored With Locarno Film Festival … Continued
The 1970s are usually defined by the phenomenal success of Bruce Lee at the start of the decade, and the Hong Kong New Wave at the end. But a lot happened in between. Here we take a look at the “other” 1970s. … Continued
Anita Yuen’s breakout role came playing a cancer patient in C’est La Vie, Mon Cheri. She was a natural quite unlike other Hong Kong actresses, one critic said. She also had a reputation for being difficult to work with and … Continued
Jackie Chan tried to imitate Lee even down to using his famous shriek. Legendary martial arts director Chang Cheh respected Lee for using ‘brawn and brain’ Wong Kar-wai believed Lee ‘came at the right time, with the right talents’, while … Continued