Those Were the Days

Description: A spirited comedy that pokes fun at old style Cantonese filmmaking and Wong Kar Wai s 1990s art house hits but ever so gently Dayo Wong plays a WK W like director who is sent back 30 years and forced to make a movie under the conditions of the time The film contains many refernces for film buffs from Kwan Tak Hing s cheesy Wong Fei Hung series to the hilarious antics of La Rose Noire Review by Paul Thompson You ll probably laugh but you might not have gotten the object of satire by reading the subtitles which is why I have provided this summary I m pretty sure Wong Jing was involved in this in fact one of the characters is Wong Jing as a young man If you are a die hard Wong Kar Wai fan you will laugh when you watch this film Those Were the days speculates on what would happen if a hot international art house director a k a WKW were transported back in time to the 1960s Hong Kong film industry Highlights include WKW meets Wong Jing as a child and profoundly influences career WKW attempts to make his kind of films with the resources talent and expectations of 1960s HK filmmakers and a lot of other Hong Kong Wong Jing style zaniness

Country:  Hong Kong

Released: 1977

Genre: Drama

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