The Return of the Old School Kung Fu Fest
art by Jerry Ma
April 19-21, 2013 at Anthology Film Archives
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the movie theater… the Old School Kung Fu Fest is back! Subway Cinema’s wildly popular celebration of kung fu movies from the 70s and 80s that pop your lock, rattle your chops, and put the pain inside your brain has returned after a 10-year absence to send your kung fu knowledge back to school. This time the spotlight shines on some of the biggest stars in some of their rarest movies.
We’ve got Gordon Liu (36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN), Sammo Hung (Jackie Chan’s “big bother”), Kara Hui (Lau Kar-leung’s female star of choice), Bruce Leung (KUNG FU HUSTLE), and even Bruce Lee (after a fashion). With prints loaned from the vaults of the American Genre Archive and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office New York, prepare to earn your Masters Degree in Kick Ass-ology!
Films
ANGEL TERMINATORS (1990)
B-movies always have to try harder, and this forgotten girls-with-guns flick starring Kara Hui, Dick Wei, and Carrie Ng is a stunt-a-second grindhouse joyride. A++ for effort. (subtitled live!)
THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN (1977)
Bruce Lee died in 1973. In 1977 this legendary cash-in flick sent him to Hell where he fought Dracula, Clint Eastwood, and the Excorcist to live again! Crammed with copyright violations and completely bizzare, this movie is a sign of the Apocalypse.
THE ODD COUPLE (1979)
Allergic to kung fu? Too bad! Sammo Hung and Lau Kar-wing are gonna send you into shock with this weapons-tastic facebomb of comedy kung fu and blistering old school action, guaranteed to blow your mind.
RED SPELL SPELLS RED (1983)
Prepare to have the Red Dwarf kick out your guts in this ultra-rare stomach-churner that makes BOXER’S OMEN look like Walte Disney. Black magic! Dead pigs! Killer trees! Scorpions! Oozing pus-filled blisters! It’s the most insane, most surreal, most disgusting horror movie ever made in Hong Kong.
SECRET SCREENING! - one show only!
On Saturday, April 20 at 8pm we are unleashing a beautiful print of a forgotten flick you have NEVER seen before full of gothic dungeons, human face frisbees, swinging swordplay, and naked demon ladies having king fu freak-outs. Prepare to have your head explode.
SHAOLIN AND WU-TANG (1983)
Gordon Liu directs and stars in the movie he considers the “real” sequel to his classic 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN. A brutally authentic ode to Shaolin Fist and Wu-Tang Sword, this is a sumptuous showcase for some seriously sleek technique.
SHAOLIN TEMPLE AGAINST LAMA (1980)
Ambitiously acrobatic and never content to show two men fighting when it could show 20, this psychedelic face-breaker from Taiwan pulls out all the stops in a war between the iron-knuckled Shaolin monks and the funky Black Lamas.
