![]() ![]() ![]() These men are clearly evil, powerful and confident in their abilities. They mercilessly slaughter an entire company of guards with ease Ku Feng even chops off a man’s hand with nothing on his face but absolute glee. The opening scene defines the villains and their willingness to do whatever it takes to achieve their goal. The structure of the film is built with the express purpose of quickly establishing the wuxia world and its tense mortality, and it’s this quality that makes me love the film more with each re-watch. This focus on playing with tension is a hallmark of King Hu’s style that would only improve in his later films (such as Dragon Inn and A Touch of Zen ). King Hu liberally combines the Japanese samurai film with the ideas of the Chinese wuxia heroes in an unflinching, roller coaster of tension that is unlike anything else produced by the Shaw studio at the time (and probably, all of Hong Kong). While I can’t say exactly why this film was such a big hit 1960s Hong Kong, I can see why it remains an effective piece of work from one of the genre’s greatest and most visionary directors. Cheng Pei-Pei became an instant star and a great asset to the studio, while director King Hu left to independently produce films in Taiwan in order to secure complete creative control over his future works. Come Drink With Me was not the first of these films released, but it is the one that made people sit up and take notice. They looked to add another gem to their arsenal of production: films focused on delivering action along with the high-quality production value already associated with the studio. At the time of its release, the Shaw Brothers studio was only a few months into their new direction of producing color martial arts films. "Keep close control of the temperature throughout all steps of your processing as this film has an older emulsion that will reticulate.Come Drink With Me is widely regarded as the kung fu movie that kick-started the martial arts genre as we know it. ![]() Read Mark O'Brien's Emulsion X Review at his Random Camera Blog. Keep close control of the temperature throughout all steps of your processing as this film has an older emulsion that will reticulate. Other steps can be completed as your normal routine dictates. We recommend that you use water for the stop bath step as this film can exhibit small pepper flakes in the emulsion and an acid stop bath may magnify this. If home developing - Kodak Xtol stock, 8 minutes and double your normal fix time. ISO 100, but like most B/W films it has a decent latitude, but over expose it even one stop and the grain explodes. When sending to lab, indicate that film is loose and off spool.) Open your camera in a film changing bag, remove the film and place in the light tight black canister. If this occurs, DO NOT open the back of your camera. ( Film will come of the inner spindle if you advance past the # of exposures. Image by Leslie Lezenby / Shot on Emulsion X.ĭo not advance the film past the # of exposures on the roll. Don’t be shocked as it has a red tinted, age related, base fog after processing. It is a panchromatic film with a super thick base. ![]()
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