| Oct 29 2007 |
Recently everyone here learned all about Hong Kong's adult film classification, Category III. If you read other blogs, like the highly-recommended Twitch, then you've also learned about Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai's new co-directing project, MAD DETECTIVE, the crime drama that reunites them with Lau Ching-wan, possibly the greatest actor to come out of Hong Kong in the late 90's.
Now, look at this MAD DETECTIVE poster (go here for a bigger image) and you'll learn that the movie's rated Category III. This is getting to be a tradition with Johnnie To after ELECTION and ELECTION 2 were both rated Cat III. What's next? A RAPED BY AN ANGEL sequel with Angie Cheung?
(Thanks to HongKongFilms@Sina Blogspot for the news)
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logboy: ... http://www.twitchfilm.net
i've not seen mad detective so i don't know the specific elements of the story, but if i remember correctly there's a nice interview with herman yau's on discoteks recent nice disc of CatIII classic 'ebola syndrome' in which yau explains the ending of the Cat.III as western fans know it being the handover to china in '97, the subsequent shift in considerations of censorship and business / distribution... he talks about how 'election' (which isn't precisely it's original HK title) getting said rating because it uses triad language (in title?) certainly in the film's dialogue. maybe we've the same situation with 'mad detective'?
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October 30, 2007
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