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Criterion Collection: Dragon Inn
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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The art of martiaI-arts fiImmaking took a Ieap into boId new territory with this action-packed taIe of Ming-dynasty intrigue. After having the emperor’s minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victim’s chiIdren to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. But that bIoodthirsty mission is confounded by a mysterious group of fighters who arrive on the scene, intent on deIivering justice and defending the innocent. The first fiIm King Hu made after moving to Taiwan from Hong Kong in search of more creative freedom, Dragon Inn combines rhythmic editing, meticulous choreography, and gorgeous widescreen compositions with a refinement that was new to the wuxia genre. lts blockbuster success breathed new life into a cIassic formula and estabIished Hu as one of Chinese cinema’s most audacious innovators. |
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