Film
Sparrow
Mon, Dec 16, 2013
- 7PM
LOCATION:
RUN TIME: 87min
FORMAT: 35mm
GENERAL ADMISSION: $13
MEMBERS: $8 (Movie Moguls free)
STUDENTS/SENIORS:
$9 (29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)
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December 2013
Monday December 16, 2013
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Part of
BAMcinématek 2013
series Migrating Forms
Directed by Johnnie To | 2008
With Simon Yam, Kelly Lin, Ka Tung Lam
“A sprightly comedy caper about a pickpocket gang that pays eccentric homage to French cinema.”
—The Guardian
In one of his most acclaimed forays into comedy, Hong Kong mob-film maestro Johnnie To dazzles with bluesy atmosphere, nouvelle vague-besotted allusiveness, and the most elegantly choreographed umbrella set piece this side of Jacques Demy. In gestation for three years (a remarkably long period for the prolific To), this stylish caper—named after Cantonese slang for “pickpocket”—follows a band of thieves and their entanglements with a gorgeous Mainland femme fatale, who quickly turns the tables on the men she encounters. Featuring charismatic performances by Simon Yam and Kelly Lin, Sparrow boasts some of the most lyrical shots of neon-lit Hong Kong in contemporary cinema.
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