Shaw Brothers Saturdays: ‘The Sword and the Lute’ ends its trilogy, but is also one chapter too many
The Sword and the Lute
Directed by Hsu Tseng-Hung
Written by San Kong
Hong Kong, 1967
After Temple of the Red Lotus and The Twin Swords both emerged onto the Hong Kong cinema scene in 1965, showcasing several brand new, soon to be insanely popular actors moulded by Shaw Brothers studios, among them Lo Lieh, Jimmy Wang, Ivy Ling Po and Chin Ping, director Hsu Tseng-Hung and writer San Kong removed themselves for 2 years from the world of Scarlet Maid, the Gan family and the fantastical poisonous lute before finally concluding the trilogy of films in 1967. By this time Jimmy Wang was a powerful name in the industry, appearing in numerous films and having starred in one of the studio’s most famous adventures, The One Armed Swordsman, with Golden Swallow to come shortly thereafter, which may in part explain why in this third and final chapter he is more of a...
Directed by Hsu Tseng-Hung
Written by San Kong
Hong Kong, 1967
After Temple of the Red Lotus and The Twin Swords both emerged onto the Hong Kong cinema scene in 1965, showcasing several brand new, soon to be insanely popular actors moulded by Shaw Brothers studios, among them Lo Lieh, Jimmy Wang, Ivy Ling Po and Chin Ping, director Hsu Tseng-Hung and writer San Kong removed themselves for 2 years from the world of Scarlet Maid, the Gan family and the fantastical poisonous lute before finally concluding the trilogy of films in 1967. By this time Jimmy Wang was a powerful name in the industry, appearing in numerous films and having starred in one of the studio’s most famous adventures, The One Armed Swordsman, with Golden Swallow to come shortly thereafter, which may in part explain why in this third and final chapter he is more of a...
- 3/10/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Lumiere Pavilions, one of China's best-known upstart theater brands, said it scored during the recent World Cup as the only national exhibitor to broadcast several final matches in 3D for the nation's soccer-mad fan base.
Owned by Beijing-based ChinaPlex, whose CEO is industry veteran Jimmy Wu, Lumiere screened a series of soccer matches in 3D -- including the final Sunday when Spain beat Holland, 1-0 -- on its "No. 2" screen at the InTime Lumiere Pavilion cinema in the eastern city of Hangzhou.
In an earlier match, when Germany defeated Argentina, 3-0, Lumiere's staff took the pulse of the crowd and quickly downloaded, then blared the Broadway hit "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" on the Pa system, Lumiere said in its newsletter Tuesday.
Wildly underscreened, China is adding nearly two screens a day and is expected to reach 6,000 screens by the end of the year as real estate developers and exhibitors...
Owned by Beijing-based ChinaPlex, whose CEO is industry veteran Jimmy Wu, Lumiere screened a series of soccer matches in 3D -- including the final Sunday when Spain beat Holland, 1-0 -- on its "No. 2" screen at the InTime Lumiere Pavilion cinema in the eastern city of Hangzhou.
In an earlier match, when Germany defeated Argentina, 3-0, Lumiere's staff took the pulse of the crowd and quickly downloaded, then blared the Broadway hit "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" on the Pa system, Lumiere said in its newsletter Tuesday.
Wildly underscreened, China is adding nearly two screens a day and is expected to reach 6,000 screens by the end of the year as real estate developers and exhibitors...
- 7/13/2010
- by By Jonathan Landreth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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