5/15/2023 0 Comments A chinese ghost story 4This genre had grown out of various Shaw Brothers films of the 1970s and was crystallised with Tsui Hark’s Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983), a lunatic film in its own right. Hardcore Wu Xia cinema meanwhile languished unrecognised, apart from a sizeable cult audience, until the remarkable success of Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).Ī Chinese Ghost Story is perhaps the finest example of Hong Kong fantasy cinema. Directors like John Woo and actors like Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Jet Li had much crossover success in the late 90s but that came more out of Hong Kong martial arts/action cinema. Attempting to explain Hong Kong fantasy films to Western audiences often ends up with people scratching their heads.
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