Posts from — March 2007

Of course, it’s not surprising that a country such as Hong Kong that is so fond of toys, gadgets and cute stuff has an abundance of Hello Kitty merchandise. But Hello Kitty sushi?! Tasted good apparently.

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Check out this website for Korean director Park Chan-wook’s film “I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK“. Its a brilliantly conceived bit of Flash work, depicting a pop-up book with charmingly animated structures which inflate as you turn each page.

Park Chan-wook is a South Korean director and screenwriter who is internationally renowned for what has become known as his “vengeance trilogy”, consisting of 2002’s Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy in 2003 and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance in 2005.

“I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK”

from Patricia Wong

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A long chain of firecrackers were set off one night in Ting Kok village, during several days of entertainment. Firecrackers are set off to scare away evil spirits and attract the God of Wealth.

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Lisa Katayama says - Bruce Lee lives on! As much as Bruce fans would like, its still only in terms of making more movies about him and his life however. Filmmaker Justin Lin has a new film called Finishing the Game which takes a humorous look at the period after Bruce’s untimely death with the search for a replacement star that could fill the void.

There are a few video clips to watch, of the man himself and his inferior imitators. Lisa also mentions a project by director Rob Cohen (Dragon : The Bruce Lee story) which plans to bring back the master with computer graphics. More disappointment? No… this time, we have CGI to wow us… apparently.

Bruce Lee lives on, on Wired.com

Update: See a clip of Finishing the Game on TokyoMango.com, previously missing on the Wired article above.

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UK lion dancers have nothing on these guys (well, not that I’ve seen yet, unless of course, Health and Safety rules are holding them back on their public displays). I came across them training near Ting Kok village in Tai Po.

They start at the short end of these poles, and then dance and hop almost simultaneously to the highest poles on the end (imagine them with the lion head and tail linking them together). And you can see that all they have is the mattress on the end to break their fall! I like the way that the guys sitting in the chairs seem relaxed, obviously trusting the skill of the dancers.

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The SENI 07 London Wushu Open competition - see poster below for more info. Sounds like there’s alot to see at SENI whether you want to compete or not.

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Download pdf details on a seminar with Jet Li’s former instructor, Wu Bin

More info at senishow.com

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The British Film Institute on the Southbank, London are putting on their second Heroic Grace Chinese Martial Arts film festival from the 5th to the 29th April. The festival focuses on Hong Kong genre classics from the 70s and 80s, with 10 long-unseen titles from the vaults of Shaw Brothers and the two best Bruce Lee films from Golden Harvest - all screened in their original versions for the first time in the UK. See the weblink below for film and date details.

Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film Part II

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A visit to Hong Kong isn’t complete without a tribute to the man himself. But it really made me cringe when everyone else had their photo taken with the statue and tried to strike a lame Bruce Lee pose.

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