Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA 20th Century warlord in China named Pang Ta Fu sells out his country so that he can take a chance at being the Emperor.A 20th Century warlord in China named Pang Ta Fu sells out his country so that he can take a chance at being the Emperor.A 20th Century warlord in China named Pang Ta Fu sells out his country so that he can take a chance at being the Emperor.
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- AnecdotesAlthough Tina Ti starred in many movies in the 1960s, it was her role -- and onscreen nudity -- in this film that etched her sultry image indelibly into Hong Kong's collective memory. But she regretted that scene her entire life because she said director Li Han-hsiang tricked her into appearing nude. He told her the scene would be veiled by gauze and that the camera would be placed far away from her and would only reveal her waist. But it turned out another camera was placed in an unlighted position out of her view that got a panoramic view of the bedroom, filming her naked body as she stepped out of a bath. The director included footage from that camera in the film. When she saw it at the premiere, she was embarrassed and angry at being lied to, but there was nothing she could do about it.
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Feature film debut of later comedy star Michael Hui, who already was quite famous at TV and worked with director and author Li Han Hsiang on 3 more films after this. Story is about Pang Ta-fu [ Hui ], who becomes warlord of Shantung at the beginning of 1900 and his strange view of law and governance and also his addiction for pomposity and extravagance. Till he goes too far....
Expecting a comedy is quite wrong, there are some funny moments, but mostly with a dark tone right after them, is rather a pure dramatic history pic. The movie is episodic, some of the episodes are quite useless for the plot, dragging down the whole pic.
It starts with a 20min lasting court hearing of a possible rape case, even with back-flashes; after the verdict you'll get the next episode, and the former ones has no relation to the rest of the story. That goes on and on, and is mostly simply uninteresting [ a BIG party, his 4th wife does it with another guy,.... ] , so you'll never get the feeling of a clearly arranged direction, or that Li Han Hsiang really knows, what to tell and why. On the other side the movie is really beautiful, full-plugged pictures with excellent setting and decors; and the womens are quite nice and revealing. Michael Hui play his Pang very demonstrative and fancy, a little bit like Jack Lemmon in THE GREAT RACE, so that the death serious moments simply doesn't fit the otherwise loose representation. The movie could have been very well, you see the possibilities everywhere, but a good script is missing and the light and serious moments doesn't fit.
Expecting a comedy is quite wrong, there are some funny moments, but mostly with a dark tone right after them, is rather a pure dramatic history pic. The movie is episodic, some of the episodes are quite useless for the plot, dragging down the whole pic.
It starts with a 20min lasting court hearing of a possible rape case, even with back-flashes; after the verdict you'll get the next episode, and the former ones has no relation to the rest of the story. That goes on and on, and is mostly simply uninteresting [ a BIG party, his 4th wife does it with another guy,.... ] , so you'll never get the feeling of a clearly arranged direction, or that Li Han Hsiang really knows, what to tell and why. On the other side the movie is really beautiful, full-plugged pictures with excellent setting and decors; and the womens are quite nice and revealing. Michael Hui play his Pang very demonstrative and fancy, a little bit like Jack Lemmon in THE GREAT RACE, so that the death serious moments simply doesn't fit the otherwise loose representation. The movie could have been very well, you see the possibilities everywhere, but a good script is missing and the light and serious moments doesn't fit.
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- 27 janv. 2005
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