tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post5032351386970074561..comments2024-03-27T20:35:30.401-07:00Comments on Cool Ass Cinema: Neglected Directors of Shaw: Mou Tun Feivenoms5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-74795523342457443362011-11-22T10:41:14.254-08:002011-11-22T10:41:14.254-08:00Well said, Jules. The saddest thing is that he wil...Well said, Jules. The saddest thing is that he will continue to be overshadowed and his work remain in obscurity since some of them have yet to be released, or put out in a superior format. At least us fans know. It's not much, but it's something. But I do agree, he was definitely a unique filmmaker who got glossed over while others like Tsui Hark and Lan Nan Tsai went on to more fruitful careers.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-36854189864485267952011-11-22T00:03:05.477-08:002011-11-22T00:03:05.477-08:00One of the most interesting things about T.F. Mou ...One of the most interesting things about T.F. Mou is that, like I said in the interview, despite Mou's anti-Japanese and Chinese nationalist perspective his films actually look more like Japanese films than nearly any other HK director.<br /><br />The youthful, anarchic rage of Gun and Bank Busters resembles Kinji Fukasaku's films and the mix of sex and politics in Lost Souls really heavily brings a pinku eiga flick to mind. The cold, title-card filled near documentary formats of the two Black Suns also resembles the format and style of many Japanese war films like Okamoto's Battle of Okinawa. Okinawa itself features a lot of similar imagery to Black Sun: Nanking Massacre, like orphaned children wandering around piles of dead bodies and a very powerful finale showing death juxtaposed over simple music (in Nanking its 'Silent Night', Okinawa has a similar death montage over an Okinawan folksong). Also Man Behind was the first HK film to feature incredibly realistic gore which only Japanese films like Guinea Pig had prior to it. It's interesting to think about, especially since Mou no longer enjoys watching films for entertainment and has not seen many films since the early 60s.<br /><br />TF Mou's films are just unique cinematic experiences like few others. They're as eccentric as their creator and deserve more recognition than they get.J.L. Carrozzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465962519891490346noreply@blogger.com