HKFA WEEK

Hong Kong Film Archive week continues at Kaiju Shakedown with quotes from old HKIFF publications. Today: the funny people. And many thanks to the original interviewees and to the Hong Kong Film Archives for preserving this material.

"The plot and the gags evolved slowly from long discussions with the production team. Had we had more time, there is a lot in the finished film that I would have liked to reshoot. The script is what always determines the quality of a film...the trouble is that nearly all scriptwriters in Hong Kong are terribly underpaid."
    - Eric Tsang interview about ACES GO PLACES, from 1982

"The density of gags in my films derives from my previous work in TV. In a 25 minute TV show you must furnish at least one gag per minute, or the audience will turn off. Most cinema comedies may aim for a big laugh every five or ten minutes, but that's not enough for me. I want the audience laughing non-stop."
    - Michael Hui interview about PRIVATE EYES, from 1976