Obviously I've not every film on this list (not even heard of some of them!!) of the 100 Best HK/Chinese films (chosen by HK filmmakers) but I was surprised by some of the entries.
A Better Tomorrow is no.2! 8) Fist of Fury high up as well and nice to see Touch of Zen there as well, good piece of filmmaking.
I'd love to see some of the older films to see what theyre like. Is King Hu's Dragon Inn on DVD?
Great to see Days of Being Wild at number 3, as it is my all-time fave movie (although My Sassy Girl comes pretty damn close), and very suprising to see it that high as well, since it was a big flop when it was released, and among most WKW fans it is usually not top-rated among their fave WKW flicks...
I'm surprised Fist of Legend isnt on the list, as it's probably the best HK martial arts movie of the last .... well... maybe EVER...
Also surprised that Sammo Hung's Painted Faces isnt on the list...
What's the difference between China and China Mainland? What happened in 1949? Did China officially see itself as having different territories?
Weren't non HK Chinese film-makers allowed to vote?
I've never heard of "Springtime in a Small Town", looking it up on IMDB finds a newer Chinese film by the same name. It's good to see a WKW film high up there.
2 A Better Tomorrow 1986 Hong Kong John WOO 3 Days of Being Wild 1990 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai
6 Long Arm of the Law 1984 Hong Kong Johnny MAK 7 Dragon Inn 1967 Taiwan King HU
9 A Touch of Zen 1971 Taiwan King HU 10 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Taiwan / Hong Kong Ang LEE
13 The Private Eye 1976 Hong Kong Michael HUI
14 The Mission 1999 Hong Kong Johnnie TO 15 One-Armed Swordsman 1967 Hong Kong CHANG Cheh 16 Fist of Fury 1972 Hong Kong LO Wei
19 A Chinese Odyssey 1995 Hong Kong Jeffrey LAU 21 Rouge 1988 Hong Kong Stanley Kwan
22 Chungking Express 1994 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai 28 Comrades: Almost a Love Story 1996 Hong Kong Peter CHAN 32 Infernal Affairs 2002 Hong Kong LAU Wai-Keung / MAK Siu-Fai
33 Drunken Master 1978 Hong Kong YUEN Wo-Ping
34 The Butterfly Murders 1979 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
35 Ashes of Time 1994 Hong Kong Wong Kar-Wai
36 Made in Hong Kong 1997 Hong Kong Fruit CHAN 40 Zu Warriors 1983 Hong Kong TSUI Hark 42 The Killer 1989 Hong Kong John WOO 43 Once Upon of Time in China 1991 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
49 An Autumn's Tale 1987 Hong Kong Mabel CHEUNG 50 A Chinese Ghost Story 1987 Hong Kong CHING Siu-Tung 54 City on Fire 1987 Hong Kong Ringo LAM 60 Police Story 1985 Hong Kong Jackie CHAN 61 C'est la Vie, Mon Chéri 1993 Hong Kong YEE Tung-Sheng
62 The Wedding Banquet 1993 Taiwan Ang LEE
67 Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind 1980 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
75 92 Legendary La Rose Noire 1992 Hong Kong Jeffrey LAU
76 Shaolin Soccer 2002 Hong Kong Stephen Chow
87 God of Gamblers 1989 Hong Kong Wong Jing
88 As Tears Go By 1989 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai
89 Happy Together 1997 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai 90 In the Mood for Love 2000 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai 97 Shanghai Blues 1984 Hong Kong TSUI Hark 98 Eight Diagram Pole Fighter 1984 Hong Kong LIU Chia-Liang
And I've highlighted the one's I would deem worthy of consideration in bold...
2 A Better Tomorrow 1986 Hong Kong John WOO
10 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Taiwan / Hong Kong Ang LEE
19 A Chinese Odyssey 1995 Hong Kong Jeffrey LAU
22 Chungking Express 1994 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai
32 Infernal Affairs 2002 Hong Kong LAU Wai-Keung / MAK Siu-Fai
33 Drunken Master 1978 Hong Kong YUEN Wo-Ping
35 Ashes of Time 1994 Hong Kong Wong Kar-Wai
36 Made in Hong Kong 1997 Hong Kong Fruit CHAN
(39 A Better Tomorrow (?) 1967 Hong Kong John WOO ) What's this one?
40 Zu Warriors 1983 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
42 The Killer 1989 Hong Kong John WOO
43 Once Upon of Time in China 1991 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
50 A Chinese Ghost Story 1987 Hong Kong CHING Siu-Tung
60 Police Story 1985 Hong Kong Jackie CHAN
76 Shaolin Soccer 2002 Hong Kong Stephen Chow
87 God of Gamblers 1989 Hong Kong Wong Jing
90 In the Mood for Love 2000 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai
Above are the only ones from that list I've seen, with the exception of the highlighted one. Even from just the HK films I think I am missing quite a few good ones!!!
grim_tales wrote:Wasn't ABT Woo's unofficial remake of a 1967 HK or European film? Maybe thats what it means? Woo didnt make ABT in '67
I think our Grim is on the right track. My hunch is that it's "Story of a Discharged Prisoner" - the 1967 upon which A Better Tomorrow is based. Both have the exact same Chinese title which translates to "True Colours of a Hero". The earlier film was directed by Patrick Lung.
Mark have you ever seen SoADP or is it on DVD?
It might be interesting to see, I think Woo must really admire that era of cinema, consider his classic The Killer is based partly on (or at least influenced by) Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 film "Le Samourai" (which I've also seen).
It was interesting to see where John Woo got his ideas for that film from.
grim_tales wrote:Brad, I think so. In 1949 didnt Chinese communists take power in China?
Didnt it always have 2 terrortries (if you include HK)?
I don't know about the former but no the latter is incorrect. Hong Kong was only a separate entity really in 1897 when it was decided Britain would rule it for 100 years. Before that it was very much part of China. The British afaik wanted to colonise China and a compromise was decided or something like that.
You could be right about the Chinese communists. I still find it odd it makes any difference to the film list but there you go.
and nice to see Touch of Zen there as well, good piece of filmmaking. 
Maybe thats what it means? Woo didnt make ABT in '67
