watched life without principle last night (on hulu) - really enjoyed it
― 龜, Monday, 4 July 2016 12:05 (seven years ago) link
still great
― 龜, Saturday, 8 July 2017 03:31 (six years ago) link
is this the only Johnnie To thread? a few of his movies are on Canadian Netflix but it doesn't seem to be a great selection. I did watch Don't Go Breaking My Heart and found it handsomely shot but ruined by its utterly psychotic characters
― Simon H., Friday, 6 September 2019 19:59 (four years ago) link
revisiting drug war and it rules as much as I remembered
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
Watched Trivisa - a Milkway production, not directed by To but it could as well have been. Crazy plot twists, cynicism, quirk. Whole thing's a pretty explicit metaphor for the Handover, kind of a farewell letter to the vanishing Hong Kong film industry. Film's super explicit about corruption amongst the mainland authorities - basically one of the gangsters tries to go semi-legit and gets frustrated by the fact that Chinese officials are less dependable and more demanding than previous authorities, who also had to be bribed but only once while these guys just keep pushing it again and again. Film's from 2016, perhaps they couldn't get away with portraying something like that now. Or perhaps they could, I won't fake deep knowledge of the Chinese censorship system.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 09:58 (two years ago) link
It's on Shudder, for some weird reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2EuZ4bngqE
― MaresNest, Friday, 29 July 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7UCUlcE0A0
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zksKhwBZljY
― MaresNest, Friday, 23 June 2023 18:14 (nine months ago) link