The Knight of Knights
Written by Chang Cheh
Directed by Sit Kwan
Hong Kong. 1966
Among the many amusing commonalities between Shaw Brothers studio films are kinetic nature of the scripts which so often have their characters venture from place to place in a series of episodic adventures whose connective tissue is, all too often, a bit vague. Political uprising, heists, warring schools, clans or families vying for sense of ‘regional supremacy,’ the stories do become familiar once a fan watches a certain number of these movies. It is really the smaller pieces that make up the whole which stand out. Chang Cheh, as one of the most prolific filmmakers the studio ever had, was certainly no stranger to films that dealt slightly schizophrenic plots. Best known for his efforts while sitting in the director’s chair in the 1970s, in the 1960s he had not quite attained the lofty status...
Written by Chang Cheh
Directed by Sit Kwan
Hong Kong. 1966
Among the many amusing commonalities between Shaw Brothers studio films are kinetic nature of the scripts which so often have their characters venture from place to place in a series of episodic adventures whose connective tissue is, all too often, a bit vague. Political uprising, heists, warring schools, clans or families vying for sense of ‘regional supremacy,’ the stories do become familiar once a fan watches a certain number of these movies. It is really the smaller pieces that make up the whole which stand out. Chang Cheh, as one of the most prolific filmmakers the studio ever had, was certainly no stranger to films that dealt slightly schizophrenic plots. Best known for his efforts while sitting in the director’s chair in the 1970s, in the 1960s he had not quite attained the lofty status...
- 4/28/2013
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
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