Dangerous Encounter – 1st Kind《第一類型危險》
1980 | 1hr 35min | In Cantonese and English with English subtitles | Dir. Tsui Hark
West Coast Premiere of brand-new 2K restoration
Content warning: severe animal cruelty
After his first two films – The Butterfly Murders (1979) and We’re Going to Eat You (1980) – failed at the box office, New Wave icon Tsui Hark turned to a gritty tale of teenage rebellion and crime. The story follows a group of teenage bomb makers who find themselves tangled up with arms dealers, gangsters, corrupt cops, and a menacing girl named Wan-chu. Their subsequent crime spree pits them against international gun smugglers, pushing them into grave danger. Despite heavy censorship of the original explosive scenes, the film's intense and unflinching depiction of violence, including shocking moments such as animal cruelty and a graveyard showdown, left audiences stunned. It received critical acclaim upon its release and has since become a landmark film in the Hong Kong New Wave movement. Despite censorship battles and preservation issues that still exist, it remains a scathing look at colonialism and corruption through a wild, darkly humorous adventure.
在首兩部電影《蝶變》和《地獄無門》票房仆直後,新浪潮領導人物徐克轉移至青少年叛逆犯罪的故事。《第一類型危險》講述一群專門研製炸彈的青少年,遇上了軍火商、黑幫、貪污警員,以及令人不寒而慄的少女奀珠。雖然港英政府大力修改了爆破場面,但仍不改此片的血腥暴力,尤其是令人驚嚇的虐待動物和墳場場面。《第一類型危險》推出已備受吹捧,之後更成為了新浪潮代表作。雖然此片至今仍然面對審查和保存的挑戰,但徐克對殖民主義及貪腐的嚴厲審視歷久常新,並且平衡了瘋狂可笑的娛樂性。
Director’s bio
Known for his wicked genre-hopping and state-of-the-art spectacles, Tsui Hark is one of the forefathers of the Hong Kong New Wave. His four-decades-long career has seen him jump between social critique, period fantasies, martial arts epics, and propaganda war films. His most notable directing works include Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain, Peking Opera Blues, Green Snake, and the Once Upon a Time in China and Detective Dee series. He also has a prolific producing career and has birthed many iconic Hong Kong film series such as A Better Tomorrow and A Chinese Ghost Story, leaving an indomitable legacy in Chinese-speaking culture.
導演簡介
徐克是香港新浪潮的領導人物之一,以「鬼才」類型片和尖端科技的大場面見稱。在他橫跨四個十年的生涯裏,他嘗試過社會批判、古裝奇幻、武俠,以及樣板戰爭片等類型。他最著名的導演作品包括《新蜀山劍俠》、《刀馬旦》、《青蛇》,以及《黃飛鴻》和《狄仁傑》系列等。他亦曾經監製無數標誌性的香港電影系列,例如《英雄本色》和《倩女幽魂》,在華語世界家喻戶曉、影響深遠。
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Aug 24, 2024 (Sat)
7:30 PM
Eastwood Performing Arts Center
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