Dragon Inn + Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Chandler & Jacob review a classic martial arts film, Dragon Inn (1967), and the ode to movie theatres that it inspired decades later, Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003).
This Week’s Movies
DRAGON INN (1967)
The first film King Hu directed in Taiwan, Dragon Inn changed martial arts films forever. After a powerful eunuch has the minister of defense framed and executed, he sends his minions after the minister’s children. But a mysterious and ragtag group of master martial artists gather at a remote inn to confound the evil plans of the eunuchs.
Dir. King Hu - 1h 51 m - Not Rated - Taiwan
GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (2003)
On a dark and stormy night, strangers gather in a run-down theatre, to watch its final showing before closing forever. As the classic martial-arts film, Dragon Inn, plays, the lives of the theatre’s employees and patrons intersect in the quiet haunted atmosphere of the dying cinema.
Dir. Tasi Ming-liang - 1h 24m - Not Rated - Taiwan
Next Episode
Blow-Up (1966)
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day, he accidentally captures a murder on film. Or did he?
Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1h 51m - Not Rated - UK
Blow Out (1981)
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist, who is recording sounds late one night when he hears something unexpected. The recording proves to be a crucial piece of evidence and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy.
Dir. Brian De Palma - 1h 48m - R - USA