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Hong Kong film director honored in New York City
Hong Kong director Patrick Lung Kong, who has inspired other Chinese contemporary directors like John Woo and Tsui Hark, will be honored by the Museum of the Moving Image in New York with a nine-film screening series. The series, which feature some of Lung Kong's rare films imported from Hong Kong, will start screening on Friday with The Story of a Discharged Prisoner, which was remade by Tsui and Woo in 1986 as A Better Tomorrow, starring Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung.
Outcomes:
"Patrick Lung Kong's fervent personal convictions as a filmmaker and the body of work in which they are actualized deserve a commemoratory re-examination. For many, this series will also serve as an important introduction to a greatly underappreciated auteur," Aliza Ma, assistant film curator at the Museum of Moving Image who organized the series, said in a statement.
Government?:
No
Type of Exchange:
culture
media
Partners:
Museum of the Moving Image in New York
Sponsor(s):
Hong Kong Economic Trade Office New York
Participants (Types):
film makers
Exchange Date:
Friday, August 15, 2014
Continuing:
No
Image:
Location:
New York City
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