![]() So hopefully we’re seeing more people go back to the cinema now. So when Hong Kong audiences are supporting Hong Kong cinema it is a really good thing, for the industry and for the city. Since 2020 no one, not even me, was going to the cinema. There is not much I can say other than I am happy. I am in charge but I am authentic.Ĭan you share your thoughts on how you see the Hong Kong film scene today – what encourages you about it? But the truth is I am a happy dictator on set. ![]() I’d like to say what I like most about making movies is being able to scold people and get away with it. ![]() You have to find people you can trust and who will trust you and the ideas that you want to involve them in. I won’t talk about individuals but I can say that the most important thing with all of them is trust. You’re also known for your skill in identifying talent – what do you look for when choosing to work with other filmmakers? That was where the inspiration first came from. So I tried to capture that inspiration and try to make some variations on what I saw in comics but make it seem real on the screen. I learned that you have to keep thinking about your work, and about new ideas. I’ve always tried to give the audience new things to see. What do you enjoy most about the creative process of bringing your ideas to the big screen?Įverything I have done has been important, whether it has been successful or not, because in everything I have done I have tried my best. I would always go to his house and then I would talk to him about life, about philosophy, about society, about everything then at 5am he would shut down his home and we would go off and we would start making films. It’s a really hard thing to explain just what I learned from him because there was so much. In those early days who did you look for – in terms of inspiration and guidance? That’s what I have done every day since I started. Every day in my work I just thought about doing the best I could do, and about how I could do really good things. You know when I started out in film I never thought of a “lifetime achievement award.” I didn’t think of any awards. So when I was told of the lifetime achievement award, I felt really surprised and happy because it felt as if people still know me – and it validates the work I have done in cinema. From 2020 it has felt so quiet for me as well, almost as though I am an outsider of the movie scene. The cinema scene has been really quiet over the past three years, and for action films not many things have happened over the last five to six years. Can you remember how you felt when this journey began, and were you always confident that your “lifetime” would be spent in film? In his chat with THR, the veteran filmmaker discussed his career and legacy, as well as discovering new talent.Ĭongratulations on the lifetime achievement award. “If people are looking at my career I want them to say here was a man who never gave up,” says Hung. Often playing his portly figure off against his dexterous, gravity defying martial arts skills, Hung mixed action and comedy and sometimes striking social drama into the films that followed across the decade. “The most important thing was that you learned very quickly because our Master would hit us!” laughed Hung as he recalled the discipline of those days, during a sitdown interview with The Hollywood Reporter in the lead-up to the Asian Film Awards.įrom there Hung worked his way through the ranks of the massive Shaw Brothers studio, working on what are now martial arts classics, including Hu’s seminal Come Drink With Me (1966), before establishing himself a star in his own right, both behind and in front of the camera. Raised in Hong Kong under the guidance of his grandmother and martial arts master Chin Tsi-ang, Hung joined the prominent Chinese Drama Academy aged around nine, and he was trained in the arts of Peking opera alongside Chan, and other future action directors including Corey Yuen ( X-Men). Hung’s own origin story is worthy of cinematic treatment. He gave Yeoh her first role – a tiny part in The Owl vs Bombo(1984) – quickly spotted her star power and gave her the lead in her very next film, Yes, Madam, the very next year. The Malaysia-born actress is just one among generations to have had their talent discovered, nurtured and then fully realized under Hung’s guidance. Sunday night when Michelle Yeoh could be found waiting to see whether she’d be honored with the best actress Oscar for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once. There was even more proof of Hung’s impact on display in L.A. NBC's 'Today' Wins Peabody Institutional Award
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