A Persistent Vision

Thursday, 19 February 2015

Dragon Blade (天将雄师) (2015)

Jackie Chan makes an epic movie, his way

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A Persistent Vision

Meditations on film, some written for pay and all for pleasure. Not an archive or a memory place, but a persistent vision of how film can be seen and read. The reviewer watches previews and matinees in Singapore's cinemas.

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Vernon Chan is a writer in Singapore who grew up with movies (mostly musicals!) from a young age, and has since written and produced short films. He is also the festival programmer of the 3rd Toronto Singapore Film Festival.
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