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Lai Man-wai: Father of Hong Kong Cinema (2002)
Directed by Clifford Choi
Documentary · 2h 20m
In the life of Mr. Lai Man-wai, he had seen the most turbulent times of recent Chinese history. From the fall of the Qing Dynasty to the founding of the Republic, from the Sino-Japanese War to the founding of the People’s Republic. With a patriotic spirit, he joined the revolution and used the theatre to promote the revolutionary course. For a ‘stronger China’, and ‘education for all’, he chose film as his life long goal and career. Lai was more than the father of Hong Kong cinema was; he was also one of the pioneers of the Chinese cinema. He made Hong Kong’s first short fiction film ‘Zhuangzi Tests His Wife’. He opened the first Chinese owned cinema, the New World Cinema, in Hong Kong…. In the several decades, Lai had devoted his life and fortune in writing this glorious inaugural chapter in early Chinese film history. The technical enhancement, the introduction of foreign techniques and equipment were all part of his contribution to the Chinese cinema.
Crew
- Director
- Clifford Choi
- Screenplay
- Stephanie Ng Yuet-Wah, Law Kar
- Original Music Composer
- Law Wing-Fai
- Editor
- Roy Chow Hin-Yeung, Louis Lee Shu-Man
- Producer
- Law Kar
Details
- Original title
- 香港电影之父黎民偉
- Release date
- 2002-01-01
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- CN
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Production
- Dragon Ray Motion Pictures Ltd.