Human Lanterns
Directed by Sun Chung
Written by Kuang Ni and Sun Chung
Hong Kong, 1982
There is an exciting element of risk whenever creative minds willfully choose to go against the grain. Directors, writers and actors, when feeling adventurous, can attempt to defy the expectations by involving themselves in a picture that few would have expected them to ever partake in. Occasionally an entire studio may see fit to shake things up a bit in order to give audiences a fresh outlook on their image. Shaw Brothers certainly was not entirely limited to creating strictly martial arts and wuxia adventure films set in historical Chinese periods. There are a few examples of more drama and horror-centric efforts, but genre blending as exercised by director Sung Chung in his 1982 film, Human Lanterns, was certainly uncommon from the famed studio.
Lung Shu Ai (Liu Yung) and Tan Fu (Chen Kuan Tai) are long standing rivals.
Directed by Sun Chung
Written by Kuang Ni and Sun Chung
Hong Kong, 1982
There is an exciting element of risk whenever creative minds willfully choose to go against the grain. Directors, writers and actors, when feeling adventurous, can attempt to defy the expectations by involving themselves in a picture that few would have expected them to ever partake in. Occasionally an entire studio may see fit to shake things up a bit in order to give audiences a fresh outlook on their image. Shaw Brothers certainly was not entirely limited to creating strictly martial arts and wuxia adventure films set in historical Chinese periods. There are a few examples of more drama and horror-centric efforts, but genre blending as exercised by director Sung Chung in his 1982 film, Human Lanterns, was certainly uncommon from the famed studio.
Lung Shu Ai (Liu Yung) and Tan Fu (Chen Kuan Tai) are long standing rivals.
- 2/5/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
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