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My 2007 HKIFF viewing experiences (3)

April 16th, 2007 Mad Dog

談及數齣電影:

Love Massacre (Hong Kong, 1981) - 愛殺 (非HKIFF電影)

this 1981 effort whose screenings weren’t officially part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival is the better as well as more interesting work.
The first cinematic production out of Hong Kong to employ an art director (and what an art director he turned out to be in William Cheung Suk Ping!), there’s much in this artistic slasher horror that’s seriously beautiful to behold

One Way Street on a Turntable (Hong Kong, 2006) - 唱盤上的單行道

I did pay to attend the world premiere of this 74 minute piece that purportedly is a “contemplative portrait of Hong Kong past and present” and all. Alas, however, the truth, plain and simple, is that I think that this is precisely the kind of work that gives film festival and/or independent fare a bad name.

Half Moon (Iran/Iraq, 2006) - 月半之歌

this gem of a road movie that takes its viewers through scenic landscapes in borderlands which are rarely captured on film. In turns funny, sad, absurd, moving, dream-like and — above all else — haunting, this fourth feature film from Kurdish director Basman Ghobadi centers on an aging musician named Mamo who’s intent on performing for the first time in over 30 years in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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作者: YTSL
刊於: WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE

Entry Filed under: 2007, 作者風, 自主新潮, 香港電影面面觀2006-2007