When
Wed 1 May 2024
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Marketed as “Hong Kong’s version of The Sixth Sense” and creating a spellbinding atmosphere of ghostly hues and saturated colours facilitated by legendary cinematographer Arthur Wong (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), spirits lurk everywhere in this playful and symptomatic reflection on both post-Handover and end of the millennium anxieties. In a return to the genre dexterity and hybridity of her early New Wave films, Hui cleverly blends comedy with horror, while respecting and exploring cultural specificities. With Shu Qi (The Assassin) and Anthony Wong.
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Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
Melbourne Cinémathèque is self-administered, volunteer-run, not-for-profit and membership-driven.
