BEHIND THE 36th CHAMBER: Some notes on the creation of a martial arts masterpiece (part one).
“Teen ha mo gung; yoon chut Siu Lam: Every martial art under heaven comes from Shaolin” ...MORE ›
BEYOND THE CUTTING EDGE:
Why a Last Hurrah For Chivalry feature took so many years to create.
When it comes to putting together bonus features for our older kung fu releases, we often have to apply an extra dose of imagination. Fans often ask me: why don’t you just interview so-and-so? The answer,...MORE ›
KOREA MOVES 2: Meeting the Seoul men (and women) behind ‘City Of Violence’
A two hour drive from central Seoul takes you to what must surely be one of the city’s most extraordinary suburban developments. It’s a government-sponsored artist’s village consisting of a dozen...MORE ›
KOREA MOVES: Meeting the Seoul men behind ‘City Of Violence’
I took the redder than red eye to Korea, taking off from Hong Kong at midnight, landing at Seoul in the early hours, sleep-walking through immigration and customs, sleeping on the airport bus, sleeping...MORE ›
KIRK’S ENTERPRISE: Crime Story remembered.
Director Kirk Wong and I had a blast recording a DVD commentary for Jackie Chan’s Crime Story. It was the second such venture for him (his first was for his Hollywood debut, The Big Hit) and, for me,...MORE ›
