MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE - New 4K Restoration!
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*2 Shows Only - Saturday October 3rd & Sunday October 4th at 11:30am*
Brand-new 4K Restoration by Severin Films!
Severin Films Pop Up Shop in the Lounge before and after the film, celebrating their 20th anniversary!
10/3 screening introduced by Aja Essex
Dubbed in English
After becoming the face of the martial-arts sword-fighting movie (wuxia pian) craze with his legendary performance in Chang Cheh’s The One Armed Boxer (1967), and paving the way for Bruce Lee by igniting kung-fu fever with The Chinese Boxer (1970), Jimmy Wong Yu went on to create a grindhouse masterpiece with Master of the Flying Guillotine, in which a blind lama assassin employed by the Qing Emperor goes after the righteous “One-Armed Boxer” (played by the director). Featuring extravagant choreography by brothers Lau Kar-leung and Lau Kar-wing, this film set the template for martial-arts video games with its centerpiece kung-fu tournament full of freaky contestants, and the fireworks of its final showdown (set in a booby-trapped coffin shop) have yet to be equaled.
Brand-new 4K Restoration by Severin Films!
Severin Films Pop Up Shop in the Lounge before and after the film, celebrating their 20th anniversary!
10/3 screening introduced by Aja Essex
Dubbed in English
After becoming the face of the martial-arts sword-fighting movie (wuxia pian) craze with his legendary performance in Chang Cheh’s The One Armed Boxer (1967), and paving the way for Bruce Lee by igniting kung-fu fever with The Chinese Boxer (1970), Jimmy Wong Yu went on to create a grindhouse masterpiece with Master of the Flying Guillotine, in which a blind lama assassin employed by the Qing Emperor goes after the righteous “One-Armed Boxer” (played by the director). Featuring extravagant choreography by brothers Lau Kar-leung and Lau Kar-wing, this film set the template for martial-arts video games with its centerpiece kung-fu tournament full of freaky contestants, and the fireworks of its final showdown (set in a booby-trapped coffin shop) have yet to be equaled.
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