Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider film culture. Clips include Dragon Inn (Hu King, 1969), Modeng Baobiao (Michael Hui, 1981), Liang Xiao Wu Zhi (Shu Kei, 1981), Fuzi Qing (Allen Fong, 1981), Wuting (Kirk Wong, 1981...
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