Member Stuntman Jules Posted June 26, 2008 Member Share Posted June 26, 2008 So I met T.F. Mou, the director of Men Behind the Sun and bunch of Shaw films, a couple days ago. One of the nicest people I've ever met! I got some interview footage and am making a documentary. Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/JLCarrozza/video/9938176 It was originally on YouTube, but those pricks took it down due to "content". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member noodles Posted June 26, 2008 Member Share Posted June 26, 2008 Looks very interesting, can't wait to see the whole thing. We need better versions of Mou Tun Fei's output, it's a crying shame most of his work for Shaw Brothers have only made it to VCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thehangman Posted June 26, 2008 Member Share Posted June 26, 2008 yeah men behind the sun and the Black sun: Nanking massacre are good films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yakuza954 Posted June 26, 2008 Member Share Posted June 26, 2008 Did you ask him about his work on the mainland production Little Heroes? I'd be interested to hear about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Stuntman Jules Posted June 26, 2008 Author Member Share Posted June 26, 2008 Did you ask him about his work on the mainland production Little Heroes? I'd be interested to hear about that. Yeah, the Shaw Brothers actually told him he could make a film for them outside of the studio, provided they could sell it in Hong Kong and such. Run Run Shaw was unhappy about Lost Souls since the Shaws tried to keep politics out of their films as much as possible so Mou had to make a kid's kung fu film. Because he chose to make it in China, the Shaws were unhappy (since they couldn't sell it in Taiwan), so they let him go, which Mou was happy about since he disliked working for the Shaws. It was during the production of Young Heroes that he first heard about Unit 731. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Did you ask about the notorious cat scene? He's always been cagey about answering that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SlothStyleKungFu Posted July 1, 2008 Member Share Posted July 1, 2008 Cool. Mou is a true maverick. Whether you like his exploitation-meets-arthouse vibe or not, you gotta' respect that he went out on his own so he wouldn't have to compromise. Too bad that stance also means he makes a new film, what?, every ten(+) years. Oh yeah, and A DEADLY SECRET rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Stuntman Jules Posted August 22, 2008 Author Member Share Posted August 22, 2008 The documentary is done: http://www.youtube.com/user/conversationswithmou Edit: I decided to reupload it with better compression and sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member peringaten Posted August 23, 2008 Member Share Posted August 23, 2008 Excellently done, accorded the respect he deserved, and informative. Makes me want/need to seek out the stuff after his Shaw output (didn't he also do Melody Of Love there? Hear it's a romance flick? - a 'business' flick I guess then considering his more graphic fancies, perhaps?). This is too good. Hats off to you, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Stuntman Jules Posted August 23, 2008 Author Member Share Posted August 23, 2008 Yeah, he did Melody of Love, I just didn't cover it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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