32 years ago:
Casino Raiders II (HK)
Original title: 至尊無上II之永霸天下
Chicken Feet assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan and his son Kit. Having previously tried to shut down the gambling den and take over by paralyzing Fan and framing Kit for another man's murder, ruthless local Triad boss, James goes a step further by murdering...
1991-06-13
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/59292
#CasinoRaidersII #JohnnieTo #AndyLau #DaveWong #WuChienLien #ClassicMovies

30 years ago:
The Bare-Footed Kid (HK)
Original title: 赤脚小子
A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his dead father.
1993-04-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/136303
#TheBareFootedKid #JohnnieTo #AaronKwok #MaggieCheung #TiLung #Movies

34 years ago:
All About Ah-Long (HK)
Original title: 阿郎的故事
Chow Yun-fat plays Ah-Long, a father living a low-class lifestyle, while trying to raise his son, Porky. The strong bond between father and son is tested when a chance encounter from Ah-Long's ex-girlfriend changes the course of their lives.
1989-03-16
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/76257
#AllAboutAhLong #JohnnieTo #ChowYunfat #SylviaChang #WongKwanYuen #Film

🎥 #JohnnieTo|s perfekt choreographiertes Polizeidrama #PTU (Polive Tactical Unit) aus dem Jahr 2003 (Hongkong) zeigt, wie Filme aussehen können, wenn mensch die Ästhetik dieses Mediums ernst nimmt und dazu auch noch handwerklich kompetent ist. Sehr sehenswert auf #arte
🌀 https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/109791-000-A/ptu-police-tactical-unit/

Both TD and IA are almost flawless and pretty much equally good.

BUT!

The two follow-up films to IA, though not as good in themselves, add something that makes the three films so much better than The Departed. More sprawling and messy but more ambitious too.

@cinephile #Cinema #Cinemastodon #MartinScorsese #JohnnieTo

Finalising my screening list for a #film class focused on #Goncharov:

First film is obvious: Mean Streets, the actual #MartinScorsese film from 1973.

For the second #movie, what did Scorsese release around 2008, the year when Gomorrah was released?

2010's Shutter Island or 2006's The Departed? Oh wait, I can show Infernal Affairs!

But if we're going 2000s Asian crime film, why not go full epic/tragic gangster instead?

Oho! #JohnnieTo's Election it is then!

#Cinema #Cinemastodon
@cinephile

No spoilers, but I was left stunned & shattered by the dramatic & explosive ending of ALL ABOUT AH-LONG (1989), a heartfelt & heartbreaking drama about a father & son dir. by #JohnnieTo.

Struggling single dad Ah-Long (#ChowYunFat) must choose between his happiness & what's best for his son when the boy's well-off mum (#SylviaChang) unexpectedly shows up in Hong Kong after a 10-year absence & asks to take her son to live with her in the US.

Moving from start to finish.

#HongKongCinema #Movie

Starting a Johnnie To film. Because Johnnie To is great. I just can't a pick a favorite film, too many are great. #johnnieto #movies