Since March 2016, around the edges of my day job, I have been writing a book about Shaw Brothers studios and some of their directors, framed against the theme of innovation. As you can imagine, this has been a lot of hard work but also highly enjoyable. It has been particularly interesting to track down…
The first fight between Wong Fei Hung and General Lam in OUTIC 2: choreography and character definition
The following blog contains a discussion of one of my favourite fight scenes – the first fight scene between Wong Fei Hung and General Lam in Once Upon a Time In China 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRsifLFqdyk In Once Upon A Time In China 2 (OUTIC 2) the hero Wong Fei Hung (played by Jet Li) finds himself…
OUTIC 2 Wong versus Lam: Blog 2 – Sets
This blog focuses on the fight scenes in Once Upon A Time In China 2 (OUTIC 2) between the characters of General Lam (Donnie Yen) and Wong Fei Hung (Jet Li). These were mainly choreographed by Yuen Wu Ping with some input from Donnie Yen. An excerpt from the second fight can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_BGy9jGcuw&feature=related A…
General Lam versus Wong Fei Hung in Once Upon A Time In China 2: Blog 1
(This is part of my blogging series about some of the choreography in OUTIC 2. My previous blog was about Wong Fei Hung’s first fight scene against the White Lotus sect.) Once Upon A Time In China 2’s (OUTIC 2's) plot is structured around the action scenes. This movie has, for a kung fu film,…
Blogs about the Choreography in Once Upon A Time In China 2
Recently I have been working on blogs about one of my favourite movies – Once Upon A Time in China 2. I am nearly ready to start posting them. A little while ago I posted a blog that was a transcription of an interview with Donnie Yen, who plays an important character in this film.…
Donnie Yen Interview about OUTIC 2
I am currently writing posting blogs about one of my very favourite movies – Once Upon A Time in China 2 (OUTIC 2). This movie stars Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Rosamund Kwan, Xiong Xin Xin, and legendary Shaw Brothers star David Chiang in an important supporting role. It was directed and produced by Tsui Hark,…
Yam Sai Kwun as Iron Robe Yim in Once Upon A Time in China – Blog 2
(In which I discuss how this character is portrayed) (Part 1 of this blog was concerned with a character analysis of Iron Robe Yim.) As masters of Chinese kung fu, antagonist Iron Robe Yim and protagonist Wong Fei Hung are both characters who represent China and its traditions. The threats they both encounter during Once…
Yam Sai Kwun as Iron Robe Yim in Once Upon A Time in China – Blog 1
(This blog contains mostly a character analysis of Iron Robe Yim – a discussion of Yam's performance is in Part 2) (This blog follows on from one I just wrote about the romance between Aunt Yee and Wong Fei Hung in this film.) One of the most satisfying elements of Once Upon A Time in…
Fu Thoughts 