2003-01-01 • 0h 47min
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).
Purple Rain
Beach of the War Gods
Back to the Future
Titanic
Joker
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Shutter Island
Raya and the Last Dragon
Avengers: Infinity War
Oppenheimer
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Kung Fu Panda
The Truman Show
Tenet
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
The Godfather
Batman Begins
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Tolkien
