Chance to see King Hu’s martial arts classic, ‘Dragon Inn’
Taiwanese art house filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang’s 2003 tribute to old-time cinema, “Goodbye, Dragon Inn,” is about the last day of operation of a classic Taipei cinema palace, with Hu’s “Dragon Inn” as the final screening.
[...] comes an excellent chance to see a 4K restored version of the 1967 martial arts classic, which was Hu’s first independent film after leaving Shaw Bros. following the success of “Come Drink With Me.”
The colorful costumes and scenery (mountainous Taiwan) is breathtaking, while the martial arts action is exciting and more realistic than was the norm at the time.
The Pacific Film Archive has some swanky new digs at the new Berkeley Art Museum, and there’s a great opportunity for parents to introduce their children to some film classics one Saturday a month.
“MASH”: The Balboa Theatre’s Thursday classics series focuses on the gritty films of the 1970s in May, beginning with Robert Altman’s sarcastic critique of the Vietnam War (played in the film by the Korean War).
[...] screening is a pair of Martin Scorsese films (“Mean Streets” on May 12, “Taxi Driver” on May 19) and Michael Cimino’s Oscar-winning take on the Vietnam War (appearing as itself this time), “The Deer Hunter” (May 26).