Sparrow (Man Jeuk) Screening: Mon. Oct 12th, 2009 @ 9:30 PM - Sequoia Theatre, Mill Valley, CA
Most people know Hong Kong's last-auteur-standing, Johnnie To, as the man responsible for Asia's coolest tough-guy thrillers of the past 10 years. The last thing you'd expect from the director of Triad Election is a breezy ode to French cinema and American musicals, but that's exactly what the master has delivered: A woozy, lovelorn tale of professional pickpockets (led by To regular Simon Yam) who get collectively suckered by a comely con artist (Kelly Lin). Then the gang finds out she's in Dutch with a local mobster, and their honor-among-thieves code kicks into high gear. There may not be the usual bullets flying and bodies dropping, but several did-he-just-do-that sequences–from a chase scene staged in a crowded elevator (!) to the greatest screen pickpocket-athon ever–rank as some of the most hyperkinetic work this action-film figurehead has concocted. You could picture Vincente Minnelli and Jean-Pierre Melville high-fiving each other over this while drinking glasses of Pernod. —David Fear
Running time: 87 Country: Hong Kong Category: World Cinema Directed by: Johnnie To Producer: Johnnie To Screenwriters: Kin Chung Chang, Chi Keung Fung Cinematographer: Cheng Siu-Keung Editor: David Richardson Cast: Simon Yam, Kelly Lin, Lam Ka-tung, Lo Hoi-pang, Law Wing-cheong, Kenneth Cheung
Ticket Code: SPAR12S
Print Source: Tai Seng Entertainment 170 South Spruce Avenue, Suite 200 South San Francisco, CA 94080
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Screening:
Mon. Oct 12th, 2009 @ 9:30 PM - Sequoia Theatre, Mill Valley CA
This film has gone to RUSH. If seats become available, they will be sold to patrons in the RUSH line on a first come, first served basis. Cash only, no discounts.
