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If there’s one name that has kept Hong Kong cinema alive from its post-handover hangover to today, it’s Johnnie To. From motormouthed comedies to romantic melodramas, gangster shoot-em-ups to bizarre fantasies, To has made nearly fifty films in his illustrious career, often at a rate of three or four a year. If this were the sixties, Cahiers du cinéma would have put his name up there with Hawks, Mann, or Walsh; he’s living proof that the best genre films are now made in Hong Kong.This small sampling of To’s work concentrates on his post-1997 films, created after forming his own production company, Milkyway Image, which gave him the freedom and economic security to mix commercial works with more out-there experiments.
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