editorials
Video interview: Patrick Leung
Cinemasie offers you the sound and the image, with an interview with director Patrick Leung. Four chapters,
Good Times Bed Times,
Demi Haunted,
Beyond Hyporthermia, and HK cinema/Patrick Leung news. 24 minutes of video interview, in english with french subs, in Real Video format. Enjoy!
Composer Interviews, part 1
The first part of our soundtrack composers file is online, the full interview with Henry Lai, composer of most of Daniel Lee's movies. Francois and Henry talk about the work of composer, Star Runner, Fat Cats, and even more.
DVD reviews: a mix of old and new
Three Fox Z1 DVDs are reviewed this week, with the surprisingly excellent Duel to the Death, the typical HK1941, and the disappointing Heart of Dragon. Three recent HK editions are reviewed also, the excellent Running on Karma and Turn Left Turn Right, and the decent Floating Landscape.
Duel to the Death: the french DVD
The Megastar DVD for this famous Wu Xia Pian was not really convincing, with an average image and a strange 5.1 remix. The french edition features a very impressive image and the original mono soundtrack, with nice menus and packaging. If only it has english subtitles...
Shaw Brothers Mania
It's not always easy to make up your mind when it comes to buy some Shaw Brothers movies. With all the new editions made by IVL, it goes from bad to excellent movies, in many different genres. Vincent tries to help you a bit, with several reviews, as well as VCD and DVD tests.
