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Thu May 29 - Fri Jun 27

Hong Kong Nocturne: The Films of Johnnie To


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Pacific Film Archive (PFA)
2575 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720 map
cross street: Bowditch
district: Berkeley

Thu May 29 (6:30 p.m. The Mission; 8:15 p.m. Fulltime Killer)
Wed Jun 4 (7:30 p.m. Running on Karma)
Wed Jun 11 (7:30 p.m. Throw Down)
Thu Jun 12 (7:00 p.m. Breaking News)
Wed Jun 18 (6:30 p.m. Election; 8:30 p.m. Triad Election)

Description
If there’s one name that has kept Hong Kong cinema alive from its post-handover hangover to today, it’s Johnnie To. From motormouthed comedies to romantic melodramas, gangster shoot-em-ups to bizarre fantasies, To has made nearly fifty films in his illustrious career, often at a rate of three or four a year. If this were the sixties, Cahiers du cinéma would have put his name up there with Hawks, Mann, or Walsh; he’s living proof that the best genre films are now made in Hong Kong.

This small sampling of To’s work concentrates on his post-1997 films, created after forming his own production company, Milkyway Image, which gave him the freedom and economic security to mix commercial works with more out-there experiments.