Scene from “Chungking Categorical” —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Whereas QCinema is devoted to screening the latest and most enjoyable movies of the yr, the competition additionally believes that there’s room within the lineup for an appreciation of what has come earlier than. So yearly, the competition picks a few of its favourite traditional movies, significantly ones which have just lately gone below digital restoration.
This yr encompasses a double invoice of Wong Kar-wai movies: his mirror picture masterpieces “Chungking Categorical” and “Fallen Angels.” Whereas “Chungking Categorical” performs out the loneliness of Hong Kong within the daylight, “Fallen Angels” works within the shadow of evening, finding out how that very same loneliness and isolation can lead to extra violent ends. Initially designed to be one movie, the 2 complement one another in making a fuller image of what Hong Kong was within the ’90s.
Influential, controversial
Bruce Lee in “Enter the Dragon” —WARNER BROS.
If loneliness and desperation aren’t within the festivalgoer’s bag, there may be additionally a distinct product of Hong Kong: legendary martial artist Bruce Lee. A restored model of Robert Clouse’s “Enter the Dragon” locations Lee in the course of a combating match organized by against the law lord. The 1973 movie is extensively thought of some of the influential motion movies of all time, combining parts of the kung fu movie, spy films and the blaxploitation style, creating a singular stew of very entertaining parts.
Finishing the lineup is a piece from one of many true masters of cinema, Stanley Kubrick. The 1971 movie “A Clockwork Orange” stays one in every of his most controversial movies. Based mostly on the Anthony Burgess novel of the identical identify, Kubrick’s movie questions the very definition of goodness within the societal sense because it follows Alex, a younger hooligan who will bear behavioral remedy on the behest of a nation that wishes to manage him and curb his impulses.
All movies shall be screened in lovely 4K on the QCinema Worldwide Movie Competition, happening this yr from Nov. 17 to 26 at Gateway Mall, Robinsons Magnolia, UP City Middle, Shangri-La Plaza and Energy Plant Mall.
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