DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS with Tsui Hark
However all was not lost! As the film ended and the lights came up on a rather shell shocked crowd, the Broadway Cinematheque's Director of Programming Gary Mak grabbed a microphone and promptly introduced Tsui Hark, who appeared from the back of the cinema. I fumbled for my phone and hit record. What followed was over an hour of insightful, informative and damn entertaining Q&A between the director and the audience. I managed to capture the whole thing which I present to you below for your viewing pleasure.
Please excuse my less than perfect vantage point as nobody was expecting this event to occur at all, and over the course of the hour my arm did get a little tired from time to time so it does shake a little. But it's the audio that is important and that has come through pretty damn clear. The majority of the talk is predominantly in Cantonese, but Gary Mak offers fine interpretation throughout and when asked questions in English (yup, that's me asking the first one!) Tsui slips effortlessly into rather impressive English. There is a brief edit at around the 47 minute mark when my phone deemed the video too long and insisted I stopped it and started again, but the information lost during those few seconds is negligible.
And with that, may I present Mr. Tsui Hark:
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