HKFA WEEK

One of the world's best organizations is the Hong Kong Film Archive, and the only problem they have is that they don't keep enough of their publications in print. Over the years they've conducted the best interviews with Hong Kong filmmakers, hands down, and I came across a bunch of them while browsing their resource library. If you've got a spare million, please donate it to the HKFA. As an added inducement, I'll be posting quotes from some of these interviews throughout the week. These interviews were conducted by Tony Rayns, Roger Garcia and dozens of others and we all owe them a huge debt of gratitude.

"I don't like violence in kung-fu films. I'm much more interested in comedy...For the moment, though, I have to meet the expectations of the audience."
                                                                                                    - Jackie Chan, 1980

"I like violence! It's exciting! But the censor took exception to some of the dialogue about murder in THE PRODIGAL SON. He was right, in a way: the film does promote aggression. Some of my peers in the film industry have said the same thing. But what can I do? Audiences love violence too!"
                                                                                                  - Sammo Hung, 1981