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	Ringo Lam
		HK New Wave directors such as Lam were less concerned with showing glamorized Manchu-era heroics as shown in the kung-fu films of the '70's as with showing the gritty reality of modern Hong Kong.
		Lam's tight schedule (Lam made the movie -- from scripting to final edit -- in about three weeks) saw Lam having several temper tantrums and outbursts, as well as imposing tight restrictions on the cast and crew.
		The film broke somewhat with Lam's more traditional style, concentrating more on pyrotechnics and stylized bloodshed than relationships (one memorable sequence has a gunfight shown from the bullet's point of view) and seems to have given Lam a "clean slate" with Hong Kong audiences, as well as gaining a large international cult fanbase.
	www.hkfilm.net /ringo.htm (1195 words)

	Ringo Lam - Biography - Moviefone
		Following a brief acting stint, Lam decided that his skills were better behind the camera, and he emigrated to Canada, studying film at York University in Toronto.
		Lam returned to Hong Kong in 1981, where Cinema City approached him with his first film assignment.
		Lam's breakthrough hit came in 1987 with the gritty City on Fire, earning him the Best Director award at that year's HK Film Awards.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/ringo-lam/98521/biography (469 words)

	Amazon.ca: Full Alert: DVD: Ringo Lam,Ching Wan Lau,Francis Ng,Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko,Amanda Lee,Monica Chan,Siu-Kei ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ringo Lam 's Full Alert is the kind of edge of your seat, modestly budgeted but utterly action-packed film, U.S. film-makers seem unable to make.
		Lam's, City on Fire was the primary source of inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.
		Lam somehow manages to show the similarities between the cop and the thief without violating the integrity of the cop or making a hero of a crook.
	www.amazon.ca /Full-Alert-Ringo-Lam/dp/6305845670 (1586 words)

	Ringo Lam - Moviefone
		One of Hong Kong's most respected film-makers, Ringo Lam was born in 1955.
		Ringo Lam (Traditional Chinese: ???; Simplified Chinese: ???; pinyin: Lín L?ngd?ng, Cantonese: Lam Leng-tung; born 1955) is a film director known for...
		Ringo Lam - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Ringo Lam Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/ringo-lam/98521/main (122 words)

	Chinese Movie Review \| Victim (1999) Ringo Lam, Tony Leung Ka Fai
		The film is very much an exercise in suspense, and Lam throws in a fair bit of narrative trickery in his attempts to stay one step ahead of the viewer, and generally succeeds, although some of the plot elements seem to be thrown together a little haphazardly.
		Lam uses the horror elements of "Victim" chiefly to generate atmosphere, particularly through some locations which would be clichéd in their original genre, but which give a thriller such as this a different slant.
		Although the pace of the film is slow, Lam does throw in a fair bit of violence, though this is generally in the form of torture and isolated acts of brutality rather than the shootouts which fans may expect.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/victim.htm (998 words)

	CV of Ringo Lam
		Lam and C. Li, "Rotated texture classification by improved iterative morphological decomposition", IEE Proc.
		Lam and C. Li, "Classification of rotated and scaled textures by local linear operations", IEEE ISCAS’95, vol.1, pp.243 - 246, 1995.
		Lam, C. Li and I. Lo, "Optimal multichannel Gabor-filter bandwidth for rotation and scale invariant texture classification", M2VIP’95, Proc.
	icg.cityu.edu.hk /ICGers/Ringgo/ringo.htm (571 words)

	About Ringo Lam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For those who are unfamiliar with his films, Ringo Lam in my opinion is one of the best directors to come out of Hong Kong, largely contributed to the fact that he is one of the most original directors in Hong Kong.
		Ringo Lam may be best known for his On Fire series which has earned recognition for being some of the most realistic films ever made.
		The reason this webpage took so long to materialise is because there was never enough information on Ringo Lam and his films on the internet, thus making it difficult for me to get insides on his latest films and pictures.
	members.tripod.com /~ringolam/about.html (642 words)

	HKCuk.co.uk - Ringo Lam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Director Ringo Lam (Lam Ling Tung) began his career with Hong Kong Television in the mid-seventies, where he first met rising star Chow Yun Fat.
		Ringo Lam is best known for his gritty portraits of HK crime figures.
		Ringo Lam’s film soundtracks are head and shoulders above the HK norm.
	www.hkcuk.co.uk /people/ringolam.htm (326 words)

	Amazon.com: The Suspect: Video: Ringo Lam,Simon Yam,Iris Chai,Eric Moo,Ray Lui,Ada Choi,Julian Cheung,Marcus Fox,Mike ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is a dark thriller with a somber look, and though Lam still subscribes to the romance of the gangster code of debt and honor, he takes the sheen off the armor.
		Ringo Lams "The Suspect" revolves around a recently released hit man whose only desire is to go straight, but the day after he gets out of prison, he is seemingly set up by a former partner for the attempted assasination of a local politician.
		Speaking from a westerners point of view, one of the attractions of Ringo Lams films is that his characters don't have the giddy silliness and don't become involved in petulent adolecent confrontations that are so specifically common in most other Hong Kong productions and all action films in general.
	www.amazon.com /Suspect-Ringo-Lam/dp/B00004REFR (1441 words)

	Ringo Lam Ling-tung Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lam's films are noted for the grim realism of their violence and their gritty surfaces.
		Whereas violence in the films of John Woo is often aestheticized and balletic, similar acts in Lam's world are brutal and brutalizing.
		Lam followed in the footsteps of John Woo by making his US directorial debut with a Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle, "Maximum Risk" (1996).
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/187236 (583 words)

	Amazon.ca: Victim (1983): DVD: Ringo Lam,Tony Leung Ka Fai,Ching Wan Lau,Amy Kwok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Master Hong Kong director Ringo Lam spins this wild genre-bending flick that is equal parts psychodrama, action thriller, caper movie, and ghost story.
		The plot summation I had read led me to expect a film of ghostly possession and one man's fight against such otherworldly forces, but the whole ghost sub-plot never worked for me and only got in the way of my appreciation for everything else that was going on.
		The Victim once again proves that Ringo Lam is perhaps Hong Kong's greatest director's with a stylish and gripping film that is on par with Lam's Full Contact.
	www.amazon.ca /Victim-Ringo-Lam/dp/B00004TX06 (1177 words)

	ArtandCulture Artist: Ringo Lam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		You might not know it, but you've already watched one of his movies: "Reservoir Dogs" is a note-perfect rendition of the Chow Yun-Fat vehicle that was Ringo Lam's first big hit, "City on Fire." The original thriller is the story of an undercover cop who finds honor among jewel thieves.
		All of this might explain why Lam hasn't been able to follow John Woo into the limelight of the American market place, even though he uses the same actors and plotlines, and has the same delight in the old ultraviolence.
		Peek into the brain of Lam for his views on Hollywood versus Hong Kong, John Woo versus Ringo Lam, and the inimitable Chow Yun-Fat.
	www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=1043 (432 words)

	Ringo Lam makes full contact - theage.com.au
		Regularly violent, always visually inventive, it's a collage of frantic shoot-outs, protracted showdowns, fiery explosions, crazy subtitles, and surprising tableaux, with a rock soundtrack and a plot that revolves around betrayal and revenge.
		Lam's regular leading man, Chow Yun-Fat, is as cool and imperturbable as ever.
		It's a world of shadows, neon, cigarette smoke and broken glass: Lam uses rich, vivid colours, pays great attention to detail, whether he's showing drops of rain slowly washing bloodstains from a knife-blade, or giving a bullet's-eye-view of a shootout in a nightclub.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/06/18/1023864427138.html (521 words)

	boxoffice.com®: the business of movies™ ON THE LAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Casually attired in jeans and a cotton shirt, Lam smokes while he discusses what attracted him to the project when, during one of his stays in Toronto, producer Moshe Diamant first pitched him the idea of directing a Van Damme film.
		The theme of identity is a familiar one for Lam.
		Lam promises that audiences will see a side of Van Damme that they've never seen beforeóa result of the changes Lam was allowed to make in the initial script.
	www.boxoffice.com /sneak1july96.html (744 words)

	Hong Kong Cinema - City on Fire - Chow Yun Fat, Ringo Lam
		Director Ringo Lam has always had a stormy relationship with critics and moviegoers alike for his dark and gritty style, plus his loose comments (notably over Tiananmen Square, plus the acting ability of Andy Lau and Jean Claude Van-Damme).
		It was Lam's success with Aces Go Places 4 (HK $27m) that gave Karl Maka the confidence to give him full artistic licence to match a proper budget.
		Ringo Lam also won best director for his output, but Danny Lee was unfortunate not to win Best Supporting Actor (he was one of eight other nominations for the film).
	www.hkcinema.co.uk /Reviews/cityonfire.htm (917 words)

	John Woo's Last Hurrah for Chivalry and Ringo Lam's Burning Paradise reviews - Rob Larsen : DrunkenFist.com.
		Definitely known more for their examinations of the Triad lifestyle and their oftentimes gratuitous bullet counts, John Woo and Ringo Lam have both taken stabs at the kung fu thing.
		Before long, Hung is revealed to be a spy (which isn't really a surprise considering the fact that this guy is a well- known hero) so Fong and Hung then spend the rest of the movie trying to escape from the temple and bring down the Red Lotus Cult in the process.
		Lam is obviously playing Kung as the Devil and the Temple as his personal Hell and no interpretation could have worked better.
	www.drunkenfist.com /movies/hong_kong/john_woo_ringo_lam.php (1191 words)

	ToxicUniverse.com - Ringo Lam - 1994 - Burning Paradise (Huo shao hong lian si) Movies Review
		Lam is a balls-out action film director who’s created some of the most impressive HK action movies this side of John Woo (check out his classic Full Contact if you don’t believe me).
		Ringo Lam is a fantastic director and he demonstrates that here in numerous ways.
		Lam captures the dark brooding essence of the place, making it both larger than life, and a character in its own right.
	www.culturedose.net /review.php?rid=10002095 (1144 words)

	Ringo Lam - Famous Chinese People - Chinese
		Ringo Lam - Famous Chinese People - Chinese
		Ringo Lam (林嶺東; pinyin: Lin Lingdong; Cantonese (linguistics)Cantonese: Lam Leng-tung) (born 1955) is a film director known for stylish action thrillers.
		Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs was reworked from Lam's City on Fire, and critics have indicated that there are shot-by-shot copies of certain action sequences.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Ringo_Lam (158 words)

	Ringo Lam films on DVD & VHS - MovieMail UK
		Chow Yun Fat's detective is forced to protect the life of a young girl who witnessed the murder of her parents.
		A police inspector fighting crime on the streets of Hong Kong battles against Mak, a master criminal who is planning a ten million dollar robbery.
		After making several violent Hong Kong action films in the style that's come to be known as heroic bloodshed, Ringo Lam came to Hollywood to make his first American film with Belgian martial art...
	www.moviemail-online.co.uk /directors/571/Ringo_Lam (312 words)

	DVD Twin Dragons, In Hell, Maximum Risk, City on Fire, Replicant, Full Contact, Full Contact, Victim, Full Contact, The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam codirect, Tsui taking the comedy and Lam handling the action, and John Woo makes a cameo as a priest in the wedding finale.
		Chow plays the undercover cop, still agonizing over his betrayal of a criminal friend during a previous case; when he's asked to infiltrate a gang of violent thieves, his rapport with one of the gangsters threatens the integrity of his assignment.
		The rabbit-punch aesthetic of director Ringo Lam is certainly compelling, and there are genuine innovations in the depiction of violence--like a shooting filmed from the bullet's point of view.
	hong-kong-action-movie.dvdalpha.com /458838_Ringo-Lam/1.html (1719 words)

	Ringo Lam's HELL (with Van Damme) [archive] - dark discussion
		Looking forward to it...Maximum Risk was average (blame test audiences, not Lam) but Replicant was very good and easily the best of his JCVD's recent output.
		And thankfully there's no sight of a butterfly turning into the loved one of the main character in POF as there is in In Hell.
		HK cinema in general is in a bit of a slump, so I suppose Lam is just taking work wherever he can get it.
	www.darkdreams.org /dd_forum/archive/index.php/t-4121.html (1576 words)

	Ringo Lam Filmography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ringo Lam Filmography As a Director, As a Contributor
		Ringo Lam is recorded as a Hong Kong Director, CITY ON FIRE (1987).
		Ringo Lam Filmography is grouped by Director, Contributor.
	www.littleman.com /movies/people/3/001044193-Ringo-Lam-Filmography.html (51 words)

	Movie Review \| In Hell (2003) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ringo Lam
		A big, big plus for "In Hell" is director Ringo Lam ("Looking for Mr.
		Back in his native Hong Kong, Lam had directed the gritty prison movie "Prison on Fire" and its sequel, "Prison on Fire 2", both starring Chow Yun Fat.
		So it wasn't a surprise that the film's gritty look was thanks to Lam, and not one of the hack directors that have been directing Van Damme of late.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/inhell.htm (984 words)

	Win a copy of Ringo Lam's 'City on Fire' - The Hollywood News
		Ringo Lam's City on Fire hits DVD shelves in a shiny special edition release later this month.
		Haunted by his own honour-bound betrayal that led to the death of a criminal friend, Chow wants out of the force but agrees to one last job, after which he has promised to marry his long-suffering girlfriend, Huong (played by Carrie Ng, star of Naked Killer, Sex And Zen and Skinny Tiger And Fatty Dragon).
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	www.thehollywoodnews.com /article/13040504.php (257 words)

	Ringo Lam - Channel 4 Film
		Born in Hong Kong in 1954 Lam Ling-Tung, better known in the west as director Ringo Lam, trained initially as an actor before emigrating to Canada to study film at York University.
		Films like the award-winning (and Tarantino influencing) City On Fire followed, but his initial foray into Hollywood territory was not a happy one.
		Lam fell out with star Jean-Claude Van Damme, who Lam felt 'couldn't act for shit', on Maximum Risk, the movie was recut for American audiences and spammed horribly in the cinemas.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/person.jsp?id=29380 (141 words)

	ToxicUniverse.com - Ringo Lam - 1992 - Full Contact (Xia dao Gao Fei) Movies Review
		Thanks to Ringo Lam’s shockingly astute handling of action scenes and a cast that’s more than game for a little over-the-top bloodshed, Full Contact stands out as one of the cooler entries in Asia’s heroic bloodshed sub-genre.
		For example, there’s a gun battle near the end of the film, shown almost entirely from the perspective of the bullets flying from the participants’ guns.
		Despite the great acting and Lam’s mastery of action scenes, the film isn’t without its flaws; Lam makes a few missteps and blunders along the way to creating a thoroughly entertaining action flick.
	www.culturedose.net /review.php?rid=10003252 (1139 words)

	Ringo Lam Movies - Ringo Lam Film - Ringo Lam TV Shows
		Ringo Lam Movies - Ringo Lam Film - Ringo Lam TV Shows
		This list contains all contributed appearances for Ringo Lam.
		All appearances can be made at the individual TV Show or episode level.
	www.tv.com /ringo-lam/person/254855/appearances.html (63 words)

	Favourite/Best Ringo Lam film? [archive] - dark discussion
		I only saw the Vandamme Lam films which are all not good at all.
		It's non-stop Jackie Chan action co-directed by Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark.
		I saw the film in a French theatre once; perhaps there is a good DVD release somewhere.
	www.darkdreams.org /dd_forum/archive/index.php/t-7676.html (411 words)

	Ringo Lam Movies & News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Continuing the On Fire series in 1987 with
		and again in 1988 with School on Fire, Lam reached full form with the sleazily over-the-top crime drama
		In 1996, Lam made his American debut with the lackluster
	www.moviesonline.ca /spot/celeb-Ringo-Lam.htm (511 words)

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