Sentences with phrase «wuxias ashes»
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When the bamboo curtain lifted, some Hong Kong filmmakers were allowed to shoot wuxia pian on the mainland, and somewhat muted the spectacular aspect of the fighting to allow for a true discovery of the landscapes (Ann Hui's Shu jian en chou lu [The Romance of Book and Sword, 1987]-RRB- or to express existential concerns (Wong Kar - wai's Dung che sai duk [Ashes of Time, 1994]-RRB-.
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Shot entirely in sequence over a scant twenty - three days ---- during a hiatus in the middle of Wong's wuxia epic, years in the making, Ashes of Time ---- the director wanted to fill this gap by making a quickie movie to restore his creative flow.
Taken at his word, he undoubtedly succeeded: Hero builds upon the aestheticization of wuxia begun with Ashes of Time and made popular by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: it's undeniably beautiful.
As the legend of Wong Kar - wai goes, the movie that broke the Hong Kong director internationally, 1994's Chungking Express, was an improvisational lark, a way to blow off steam after the grueling desert shoot of his delirious wuxia epic Ashes of Time.
A generic oddity in his oeuvre, Ashes of Time was the director's only attempt to date at a wuxia picture.