A brief piece about a silly film. The L Magazine, October 1.
God of Cookery (aka The God of Cookery) will screen on 35mm in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) to open the film series “Stephen Chow: The King of Comedy.” The nine-film retrospective - named after the Hong Kong artist’s film King of Comedy - will feature films directed by and starring Chow as well as ones in which he only acted.
There was a period when Chow (who learned many of his trademark action moves through close study of Bruce Lee) ranked with Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat among China’s biggest box-office draws. Though the budgets for his auteurist efforts have grown over time, much about his approach to storytelling has remained consistent. As the South Korean performer Seo In-guk recently told Yahoo! News, "I hope to work with Stephen Chow one day. I don’t mind playing an ugly role and acting funny.“
As many of this blog’s readers likely already know, there has been much news in the international press lately about Hong Kong, most of it serious. Best wishes go to everyone who is struggling there.