Tai Kwun Movie Steps (Sep-Oct 2022): Hong Kong Flicks in the Multiverse of Madness
From September to October, Tai Kwun Movie Steps challenges your imagination and explores the mad multiverse of Hong Kong cinema.
In Hollywood's movie Everything Everywhere All At Once released in May this year, we can see Michelle Yeoh transforming from a laundromat owner into an action star, a rock, a human with hot dog fingers...showing infinite possibilities with changing identities.
The Hong Kong film market has always been dominated by commercial films, yet there were still unconventional filmmakers using hectic Hong Kong as the backdrop to stage various kinds of bizarre situations. This time, we present "Hong Kong Flicks in the Multiverse of Madness" with five curious comedies to stimulate your reverse thinking –
All Night Long depicts four girls who want to take away a large sum of loot, revealing the dark side of some Hong Kong people when it comes to money;
Mortuary Blues puts together elements of ghost, action, Cantonese opera and treasure hunting, pushing further the unique wacky comedy style of Jeffrey Lau;
Legend of the Owl combines random crazy jokes and makes fun of local and foreign blockbusters such as Bruce Lee, Alien, Mission: Impossible and Star Wars;
Strange Bedfellow presents three fictional worlds that beyond time and imagination where three couples struggle with each other for their offsprings and desires;
Keep On Dancing is about a pair of twin sisters swapping their identities with each other, causing misunderstandings for those who are in the dark but bringing complex feelings for those who know the fact.
Though not blockbusters, these peculiar movies will make you see Hong Kong cinema in a new light.
Date |
Screening |
04.09 & 16.10.2022 |
All Night Long (1989) |
11.09 & 30.10.2022 |
Mortuary Blues (1990) |
18.09 & 09.10.2022 |
Strange Bedfellow (1986) |
25.09 & 23.10.2022 |
Legend of the Owl (1981) |
02.10.2022 |
Keep On Dancing (1988) |
In October, post-screening sharing will take place at Laundry Steps to share the context and behind-the-scene stories of the films selected in “Hong Kong flicks in the Multiverse of Madness”. Stay after the screenings and let us know your thoughts after watching the films.
* All post-screening sharings will be conducted in Cantonese
Post-screening sharing of Strange Bedfellow
Date: 9 October 2022
Time: 5:30pm (after the screening of Strange Bedfellow)
Guest speakers: Mr. Alexander Chan Mong Wah and Mr. Chan Wing Chiu, Assistant Directors of Strange Bedfellow
Post-screening sharing of All Night Long
Date: 16 October 2022
Time: 5:30pm (after the screening of All Night Long)
Guest Speaker: Mr. Ma Chi Ming, Art Director of All Night Long
Talk: Man Gor's flicks in the Multiverse of Madness
Date: 30 October 2022
Time: 5:30pm (after the screening of Mortuary Blues)
Guests: Manfred Wong (Man Gor), Film critic and veteran and William Yuen, curator of Tai Kwun Movie Steps
The talk will be conducted in Cantonese