Film Screenings / Programs / Series
OLD SCHOOL KUNG FU FEST 2014 / LAU KAR-LEUNG TRIBUTE
April 18 – April 20
Lau Kar-leung is the soul of kung fu. A genius of mayhem, this action auteur is as philosophical as Kubrick and as kinetic as Chan, a Godzilla-sized talent who towers over the martial arts movie landscape. If ever a director/oeuvre was ripe for re-discovery, re-evaluation, and resurrection it’s Lau Kar-leung and his classy, epic, thoughtful, ass-kicking martial arts movies.
The first director to treat kung fu realistically, pitting style against style (Northern Fist vs. Southern Leg! Monkey Boxing vs. Drunken Boxing!), he made movies where martial arts were a philosophy, training elevated the soul, virtue was more important than survival, and invincible enemies were stabbed in the eardrums. LKL passed away last year at 78 years old, so we’re unleashing five of his greatest movies, plus his show-stopping appearance in Sammo Hung’s rarely-screened classic, PEDICAB DRIVER, and his unstoppable action choreography in MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE, to pay tribute to the first true master of the martial arts film.
Organized and curated by Subway Cinema/New York Asian Film Festival. Lau Kar-leung tribute and exhibition co-presented with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York. CANTON VIPER co-presented with The Korea Society.
Screening materials provided by the American Genre Film Archive, Celestial Pictures, the Korean Film Archive, Pathfinder Pictures, and Warner Brothers. Additional support by Epic Proportions, Dragon Dynasty, Well Go USA, and Yum Cha Studios.
Special thanks to all the artists who have created kick-ass poster designs for the films in this series: Larry Hama, Bernard Chang, Ken Knudtsen, Jef Castro, Glenn Urieta, John Jennings, and Jerry Ma.
A limited number of advance tickets are available at: http://oldschool14.brownpapertickets.com
Members: call (212) 505-5181 x20 to reserve your tickets!
For more info visit the Old School Kung Fu Fest 2014 website: subwaycinema.com/oldschool14/
