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	INTERVIEW: Creative Solutions; Hong Kong Legend Tsui Hark Makes "Time and Tide"
		Hark was in town to promote "Time and Tide," his first film after a two-year hiatus and the first film to be fully financed by Columbia Pictures Asia ("Croucing Tiger, Hidden Dragon").
		Tsui: Before 1984, Hong Kong filmmaking was not that well respected and Film Workshop's chief emphasis was to allow the director to have his own style, build his own trademark.
		Tsui: My experiences with the people I worked with on the two movies in Hollywood is that they would leave the problem unsolved rather than trying to find a creative solution.
	www.indiewire.com /people/int_Hark_Tsui_010503.html (1625 words)

	Tsui Hark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tsui Hark (Chinese: 徐克; Hanyu Pinyin: Xú Kè; Wade-Giles: Hsü K'o) (born Tsui Man-kong (徐文光) on February 15, 1950) is a New Wave film director in Hong Kong who is also a highly influential producer, often likened to Steven Spielberg for a similar galvanizing effect on his country's cinematic scene.
		Tsui showed an early interest in show business and movies; when he was ten, he and some friends rented an 8mm camera with which to film the magic show they put on at school.
		Tsui returned to directing at home in 2000 after not having made a local film since '96, but his golden touch is less certain in the troubled climate of today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsui_Hark (1598 words)

	subway cinema \| a tsui hark retro \| tsui hark biography
		Born in Vietnam, raised in Hong Kong and educated in Texas and New York, Tsui Hark returned to Hong Kong as part of the New Wave: a group of up and coming directors educated overseas and learning their chops on Hong Kong TV under the guidance of producer, Selina Chow.
		Tsui was, by his own admission, a producer who is hands-on, feet-on, head-on, who practically latches onto the backs of the directors who work for him and has input on every shot they make (he since claims to have calmed down).
		Tsui Hark wanted to revive the martial arts movie, dead since the early 80's, via the lucrative Wong Fei-hung franchise, and he wanted to do it with a one-hit wonder, Jet Li, then living in disgrace in San Francisco.
	www.subwaycinema.com /frames/archives/tsui2001/tsuibio.htm (1000 words)

	Tsui Hark @ Filmbug
		Tsui Hark (born January 2, 1951) is a New Wave film director in Hong Kong who is also a highly influential producer, often likened to Steven Spielberg for a similar galvanizing effect on his country's cinematic scene.
		As a director and producer Tsui resurrected several film genres: the murder mystery in The Butterfly Murders; the hardboiled gangster film in A Better Tomorrow (1986); the wuxia film in Zu Warriors and Swordsman (1990); and the period romance in The Lovers (1994).
		Tsui's films are well-known for their adventurousness, their broad commercial appeal, and hectic camerawork and pace.
	www.filmbug.com /db/35083 (356 words)

	ABC News: Tsui Hark Tries to Change the Kung Fu Hero (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In this photo released by the Film Workshop Co., Ltd., Hong Kong director Tsui Hark Tsui, left, is demonstrating the play for Hong Kong actress Charlie Yeung during filming of "Seven Swords" in Xinjiang Province, northern mainland China.
		Tsui said his new martial arts film "Seven Swords" is an attempt to redefine the Chinese kung fu hero by portraying his evolution.
		Tsui is well known for his kung fu films, but his repertoire is broad.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=930736&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (337 words)

	Starting Over: Tsui Hark's Time and Tide (2000)
		Tsui evoked a kind of social determinism in the characterisations of his youthful protagonists, tracing the source of their disillusionment to the social environment in which they live: the cluttered pigeonholes of Hong Kong's public housing apartments, for example, or the rage of young people against colonial rule.
		Tsui develops their characters in such a way that they are like imitations of each other: Jack is the older mirror-image of Tyler (even to the point where they both have pregnant women to look after).
		Tsui loves cutting it to the bone, but the symbolism is all too evident: birth amidst death, hope amidst destruction, renewal after apocalypse, and so forth.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/01/17/time_and_tide.html (1844 words)

	BUTTERFLY MURDERS - TSUI HARK
		Tsui Hark (Hak Chui / Ke Xu) was born in Vietnam in 1951.
		Where he differs, is that Hark is constantly creating, his career has shown more ups and downs than virtually any other film maker and this is reflected in the sheer bulk of his output and variety thereof.
		Tsui Hark's debut "The Butterfly Murders" is a fast paced murder-thriller- swordplay-whodunnit set in the Martial World and partly narrated by diarist and poet Fong Hongye (Siu Ming Lau).
	freespace.virgin.net /colin.mitch/filmpage/butmur01.htm (1253 words)

	Boxoffice Magazine [Sneak Preview] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now that Tsui Hark (pronounced "choy hok") has become the third Hong Kong director to mark his Hollywood debut with a Jean-Claude Van Damme film, though, things are looking downright conspiratorial.
		But Tsui isn't merely another Hong Kong action director looking for a Hollywood toehold; he is, in fact, the single most successful filmmaker in the history of Hong Kong cinema--Asia's answer to Howard Hawks, Irving Thalberg and Ben Hecht all rolled into one.
		Born in Vietnam in 1951, Tsui emigrated to Hong Kong at the age of 15.
	www.boxoff.com /feb97story5.html (719 words)

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		Tsui Hark (Xu2 Wen2 Guang1) was born in Vietnam in February 1951.
		In 1983 Tsui directed Zu -warriors from the magic mountain.
		Lately Tsui has worked with famous Hong Kong comic artist Ma Wing Shen, who is the man behind the Stormriders.
	www.geocities.com /yuenkat/tsui.html (323 words)

	Tsui Hark
		A pivotal figure in the evolution of Hong Kong cinema, action virtuoso Tsui Hark was one of the most popular and influential filmmakers ever to emerge from the Pacific Rim motion-picture community.
		That same year, Hark produced John Woo's A Better Tomorrow, a landmark effort which switched the focus of the industry from chop-socky adventure to hardboiled crime action.
		Hark spent the next two years working almost solely as a producer, supervising films ranging from the superb A Chinese Ghost Story to I Love Maria to The Big Heat.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+93443 (636 words)

	YOLK Generasian Next \| 2.0 Archive (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This director is none other than Tsui, dressed in a stiff suit, dark sunglasses and wearing a snobbish smirk on his face.
		Tsui is not wearing his shades, though he is dressed in fl from head to toe.
		At 52, Tsui's frame is still lean; his hair, mustache, and goatee still intact but peppered with short streaks of gray.
	www.yolk.com /v083/hark1.html (521 words)

	Tsui Hark Leaves Art House to Make a Martial Arts Epic \| Asian American Intelligence \| GoldSea (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 55-year-old Tsui says ``Seven Swords,'' the story of seven martial arts fighters who try to evade an imperial ban on kung fu, isn't typical of the genre.
		Tsui directed the 1991 ``Once Upon a Time in China,'' one of Jet Li's most famous works.
		Tsui says his new martial arts film "Seven Swords" is an attempt to redefine the Chinese kung fu hero by portraying his evolution.
	goldsea.com /Asiagate/508/01hark.html (425 words)

	Tsui Hark's Bio
		Tsui Hark returned to Hong Kong in 1977 and began working as a television producer for TVB.
		Hark's second film "We are Going to Eat You" was a kung-fu cannibal epic that won critical praise as a fl comedy.
		The years that followed saw Tsui Hark re-teamed with his close friend Ching Sui-Tung(director of "A Chinese Ghost Story") on the "Swordsman" series, which will serve as visual candy for any fanasty lovers.
	www.houseofhorrors.com /harkbio.htm (481 words)

	Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters (2002)
		Tsui Hark goes back to the well for this horror comedy which recalls the hopping vampire days of yore.
		Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters does not share the messy-but-gorgeous cinematography of previous genre entries, and instead creates a convincingly atmospheric location for all the coming vampire hijinks.
		Fans of Tsui Hark will likely be distressed by this latest in a series of uninspired efforts, none of them approaching the energy or breathless imagination of his earlier works.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /reviews/tsui_hark_vampire_hunters.htm (848 words)

	AsianDiscs.com: Affordable Hong Kong / Asian DVDs, VCDs and Music CDs. All films / movies have english subtitles.
		Before he was "the mask," Tsui was a member of the 701 Squad, an elite military force of medically enhanced soldiers who feel no pain.
		Directed by Tsui Hark, action choreography by Yuen Woo Ping, and starring Jet Li and Lau Ching Wan.
		Tsui Hark is confident and experimental in his direction, while Yuen Woo Ping's action is again in its top-notch form.
	www.asiandiscs.com /cgi-bin/ADCart/adcart.cgi?database=dvds&action=view_product&productID=DVD-40001 (176 words)

	Legend of Zu
		Almost twenty years ago, Tsui Hark made Zu Warriors, the first Kung-Fu film filled with special effects and has become an instant classic.
		It may not be a big break through for Tsui Hark, but it definitely going to be one of the films which is unique and unforgettable.
		However, do not expect to see it in the next one or two years, because Tsui Hark is currently working on Book Sword Love Hate based on the same novel by Louis Cha and his next project might be Journey to the West based on the a centuries old novel written by Wu Chengen.
	www.monkeypeaches.com /Reviews.html (1066 words)

	Time, Tide, and Talk with Tsui Hark Feature for Movies on GamePro.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tsui Hark (pronounced Choy Hok) was born Xu Wen Guang in Vietnam in 1950 and began making his first 8 mm films at age 13.
		Tsui is currently working on The Legend of Zu, a sequel to his influential sword-fighting masterpiece Zu: Warriors From the Magic Mountain.
		Tsui Hark: Well, it is not something that you can make a clear mark, or that is totally separate from other projects.
	www.gamepro.com /entertainment/movies/in_theaters/features/14969.shtml (2658 words)

	DVD Review - Tsui Hark’s Vampire Hunters
		The same basically happened with Tsui Hark’s "Vampire Hunters." While it is certainly not the cult-director/producer’s most impressive piece of work, it is still evident in every frame that he remains the Godfather of Hong Kong Fantasia movies.
		Though Tsui Hark did not take credit for directing the film - Wellson Chin did - it is very evident that Hark has had a lot of input and influence on this picture, and I wouldn’t be surprised that indeed he did direct large portions of the film.
		Hark has often been accused of "style over substance" and "Vampire Hunters" is another example where his vision is taking the front seat over a really deep story.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/tsui_hark_s_vampire_hunters.shtml (1106 words)

	Tsui Hark Interview: The Pugilistic World / Wuxia - wu-jing.org
		Tsui Hark: There are countless talents in the the film arena, it is necessary to work with them over a period of time.
		Tsui Hark: A person's life is segmented, after shooting a tragedy, there would be an urge to shoot a comedy.
		Tsui Hark: There are various stages in one's life, one cannot forever stay in one stage.
	www.wu-jing.org /News/M03/2003-07-Tsui-Hark-Jianghu.php (2507 words)

	Tsui Hark
		Tsui is an omnivorous re-maker, mining Chinese history and culture for some of its most unpromising material and transforming it into panting pop masterpieces, crackling with relevancy.
		Tsui's plots feature good guys on one side, bad guys on the other, and the protagonists caught in the middle, just trying to keep their heads down and attached to their necks.
		Tsui admits that he is too much of a hands-on producer, often dictating every single detail of every single shot to the ostensible director.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/03/tsui.html (2785 words)

	Why Tsui Hark Matters
		I'm completely straight-faced when I suggest that Tsui Hark deserves to be part of the same pantheon occupied by such movie gods as Kurosawa, Godard, Scorsese, Truffaut, and Lynch, or even contemporary Asians Wong Kar-Wai, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Edward Yang.
		But, finally, Tsui is not content to offer merely the roller-coaster ride for the eyes; he's also a thinking-man's filmmaker, with a clearly-expressed political agenda that tends to pervade his films.
		Tsui's cinema is nearly bursting with pride in Chinese tradition; in Peking Opera Blues, for example, after all the political intrigue and adventures that the three heroines endure, it's the Peking Opera actor who has the last laugh.
	www.lisamorton.com /whytsuimatters.html (662 words)

	Once Upon A Time In Hong Kong Cinema / Director Tsui Hark tries to top himself with 'Time And Tide'
		Hong Kong director/producer Tsui Hark is a case in point.
		Tsui says he had been toying with the idea for "Time And Tide" for years before he decided to make the movie.
		Known for his box-office instinct and adaptability, Tsui is often compared to Steven Spielberg in his early embrace of thrill-seeking special effects, unabashed business sense and genre juggling.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2001/06/25/tsuihark.DTL (1127 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| Tsui Hark's New Spark \| 10/30/2000
		In Tsui Hark's universe, that means fancy cigarette lighters igniting big cigars and bigger scams in Hong Kong's neon night.
		Almost any Tsui Hark movie is made with such verve and craft that your head practically explodes with the concentration it requires, the pleasure it brings.
		To know that sweeping assertion is true, you don't have to be married to Tsui Hark.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/2000/1030/tsui_hark.html (1820 words)

	Tsui Hark - News, Biography, Photos and More - AOL Television
		A pivotal figure in the evolution of Hong Kong cinema, action virtuoso Tsui Hark was one of the most popular and influential filmmakers ever to...
		Tsui Hark recently became the fourth Chinese film director to join the...
		Tsui Hark, born Tsui Man-kong (???) on February 15, 1950, is a New Wave film director in Hong Kong and a highly influential producer.
	television.aol.com /celebrity/tsui-hark/93443 (124 words)

	Amazon.ca: Peking Opera Blues: Hark Tsui, Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh, Ma Wu, Kenneth Tsang, Ling Pak Hoi, ...
		Director Tsui Hark had been studying Spielberg under a microscope, but he uses the multilayered visuals knowingly, to capture the frantic complexity of a turning point in Chinese history.
		Tsui transforms action slapstick into a form of acrobatic ballet, and a final shootout sequence on a crumbling tile rooftop is beyond thrilling: you'll believe a man can fly.
		Although this was one of Tsui Hark's (considered by some the "Spielberg of Hong Kong") earliest works, this is still considered to be his best.
	www.amazon.ca /Peking-Opera-Blues-Hark-Tsui/dp/B000009HFS (1265 words)

	On the Set of Seven Swords; Tsui Hark's Visions - Wu-Jing.org
		Tsui Hark says he intends to make Seven Swords China's answer to Lord of the Rings trilogy.
		Tsui Hark also says that he has always wanted shoot Journey to the West, but up till now, he hasn't found a good way to dissect it, and hasn't fully grasp the character Monkey God Sun Wu Kong.
		He says Tsui Hark has created and defined a certain trend in wuxia and is an authority in the field, and almost all wuxia movies he made were all classics of their times, and he especially respects Tsui Hark.
	www.wu-jing.org /happenings/archives/367-On-the-Set-of-Seven-Swords;-Tsui-Harks-Visions.html (2099 words)

	Genrebusters.com - The Blade
		The Blade is Tsui Hark's relentlessly dark, brooding, and introspective interpretation of the wuxia pian and its jiang hu.
		Tsui Hark pushes the camera in with absurd close-ups during many of the violent exchanges, during which only the combatants' gnashing jowls and the flashes of cold steal are revealed.
		However, this is not done out of incompetence, or Tsui's inability to frame a shot properly, it is done on purpose, and done to create a new kind of action spectacle.
	www.genrebusters.com /film/top100_3theblade.htm (1090 words)

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