Bey logan is the author of hong kong action cinema 3. Depending on the nature of the film, and upon the person providing the spoken dialogue, it can add a wealth of informative, entertaining information about a film of which most audience members would not be aware. Sword of destiny and runs the kwai fong martial club in hong kong. Bey logan and maggie qnaked weapon region 2 hklprobably the only time you will ever hear maggie q on a commentary track. Author bey logan is a screenwriter, producer and kung fu expert. Reel east productions is a hong kongbased multimedia company and the production office of bey logan action film producer and renowned asian cinema expert. Bey logan talks about fists of fury and game of death of death. On 27 may 2008, dragon dynasty released their own edition with an improved transfer, the original mandarin mono soundtrack and exclusive supplements, including a newly recorded audio commentary with bey logan and cheng peipei, trailers, a retrospective with bey logan and interviews with the cast cheng peipei, yueh hua and director king hu. Helene did a great job, and the action, from yuen wooping, looks amazing.
The magnificent butcher im particulary happy to be able to talk about the magnificent butcher as the main character in the film and in fact the title character, lam saiwing is actually the greatgreat grand master of the kung fu style that ive been practicing for quite a number of years now, which is called hung gar or hong kuen and my instructors instructors instructor. If the paul heller one had been really great, i might have been too intimidated to do my own. Bey logan met jackie chan in the early 1980s and logan has written many scripts for jackie chan. Dec 25, 2017 bey logan born 15 november 1961 is an expert on east asian cinema, particularly hong kong action cinema. The killer sacred knives of vengeance bey logan commentary duration. Tsui hark was great on the commentary with me, and also gave us full access to the deleted scenes etc.
Bey logan born 15 november 1961 is an expert on east asian cinema, particularly hong kong action cinema. Logan denies any criminal wrongdoing, but admits to mis. In a desperate and unjust land, where government corruption rules the day, only one man has the courage to challenge the. Bey logan describes himself as a person of communication, a kind of. I was fortunate enough to talk to bey logan who authored the book hong kong action cinema and is the publisher of the british action magazine impact.
His book hong kong action cinema is an authoritative text on the subject. Packaged with a 24page booklet and keep case features a reversible sleeve. Having spoken with bey in part one about his background, passion, and ideas about the martial arts we now turn our attention to more of his views on wellknown martial arts performers, from the likes of jackie chan to gary daniels, mark dacascos, cynthia rothrock, scott adkins and more. Hong kong legends was initially part of medusa communications, who, along with soulblade bought up the uk distribution rights for film titles previously owned by eastern heroes label. Iron monkey video commentary by bey logan and donnie yen film synopsis. Bey logan the good thing about the bad enter the dragon commentary was that it inspired me to do a better job with fist of fury, and subsequent bruce titles. Bey logan began his film career shooting a chinese production, guns and roses 1993, on location in europe. The bey logan commentary is identical to the hkl 2disc platinum edition dvd it is cut slightly to remove any mention of the hong kong legends dvd company. The logan report is part of a threepart investigation by writer selina cheng on. It is widely considered one of the best hong kong films ever made.
Its always a blast working with my longtime partner in crime donnie yen. View the film with commentary by hong kong cinema expert bey logan. This film was marketed as a sequel to bruce lees last and only partially completed film game of death. Hong kong legends released 101 hong kong classic films. It was only to be expected that john little, then expertinresidence at the bruce lee estate, would hear that the longlost game of death footage had resurfaced. Fist of fury aka the chinese connection aka jing wu men 1972.
Jan 08, 2018 fifteen years later, the harvey weinstein sexual abuse scandal expanded to asia following a dec. Uncle fan was in an interesting position as he was closely involved with hong kongs acting, police and triad communities of the early 70s. None return to film special features view the film with audio commentary by hong kong cinema expert bey logan. Nov 27, 2018 the books foreword is by donnie yen, star of the ip man film series. John woos 1992 action thriller starring chow yunfat. Bey logan filmography commentaries commentaries in instances where a film was released on one label, later rereleased on another, and the commentary is unchanged, only the first label is shown. Disc 1 feature length audio commentary by hong kong cinema expert bey logan. Many commentaries later ive been enlightened on so many aspects of hong kong films and that is very much thanks to bey logans efforts. Empress and the warriorslegend of the black scorpion by. Now based in hong kong with his family, he takes part in cinema by producing and writing scripts, and by playing in numerous films. Logan s input into the commentary is informative and enjoyable. Sixteen years after crouching tiger, hidden dragon became a worldwide phenomenon, the sequel has been released today in china ahead of its u.
Though logan focuses on superstars such as bruce lee, jackie chan, and john woo, he also takes time to describe how hong kong action cinema blends with other genres. Fifteen years later, the harvey weinstein sexual abuse scandal expanded to asia following a dec. Having spoken with bey in part one about his background, passion, and ideas about the martial arts we now turn our attention to more of his views on wellknown martial arts performers, from the likes of jackie chan to gary daniels, mark dacascos, cynthia rothrock, scott. Dec 20, 20 kungfu kingdom brings you the second of our threepart exclusive interview with bey logan read part one here. Formerly employed my media asia group and subsequently emperor multimedia group. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Part 2 of our exclusive interview with cinema legend bey logan. Fist of legendthe enforcertai chi master by corey yuen. Many commentaries later ive been enlightened on so many aspects of hong kong films and that is very much thanks to bey logan s efforts. In the eleventh chapter titled finding the game, bey talked about john little. Bey logan traces the genre from its genesis in the late 1940s until the 1990s, enhancing his story with biographies, select filmographies, and 10best lists. On a dvd or laserdisc, an audio commentary is a bonus track consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers, who talk about the film as it progresses. The director of the rush hour series and, as he threateningly brags throughout the extras, potential director of police story 6 first pops up in a commentary track he shares with hong kong cinema expert bey logan. One of the great disasters in audio commentary has to be hkls commentary for once upon a time in china. Set during the ming dynasty, it stars cheng peipei and yueh hua as warriors with chan hunglit as the villain, and features action choreography by han yingchieh. Hong kong legends was a united kingdom dvd distribution company, based in hertfordshire and operating from the uk and australia between 1999 and 2007. The audio commentaries of the criterion collection are often considered some of the finest and most informative commentaries ever made. Previously ran own company, shankara productions, in partnership with actress maggie q. Mark gordon and graham yostspeedgordon and yost were very fun to listen to and actually made fun of. The original uk theatrical trailer on the bluray disc plays both the uk and cantonese trailers, which accounts for the longer running time of 5.
My stunts and provided the commentary for the fists of fury dvd. Mark gordon and graham yostspeedgordon and yost were very fun to listen to and actually made fun of the movie at certain points. Bey logan is a britishborn writer, filmmaker and self proclaimed hong kong movie expert. Commentaries tend to be more direct and express the commentators views regarding the book. Bruce lee died some years before the production of game of death ii and most of his. Come drink with me is a 1966 hong kong wuxia film directed by king hu.
Hong kong action cinema expert bey logan was a popular commentator for uk dvd distributors hong kong legends and their sister label premier asia. You can find book commentaries in magazines and online. I lay out the fan meishengfan muisang theory in detail in my book. The bey logan commentary track is cut slightly at the beginning to remove any mention of the hong kong legends dvd company. A true underdog story with rawson marshall thurber, vince vaughn and ben stiller arguing. Weinstein asian executive bey logan accused of sexual. This film brought mma to the screen, and we gave it a limited theatrical. Bey logan tries pretty hard to keep things positive, but hes saddled with one of the caucasian bit players from the picture, who not only hates the film, but actually hates narrative film in general he has become a documentarian in the. There is a fake dvd commentary on the dvd of dodgeball.
International dvd talk bey logan commentaries anyone able to tell me what films bey logan has recorded commentaries for. Oct 21, 2017 iron monkey video commentary by bey logan and donnie yen film synopsis. He is also notable as a screenwriter, film producer and as a martial artist trained in hung gar who has had mostly minor roles in a number of films, including the 2003 dante lam film the twins effect and the 2014 teddy chen actioner kung fu jungle. Commentary with hong kong cinema expert bey logan commentary with hong kong cinema expert mike leeder poor sound the first lady. He wrote the book hong kong action cinema, scripted jackie chans the medallion, produced crouching tiger, hidden dragon. For me, this book was a chore to read, one that i struggled through and pushed myself to finish, not because it was a difficult read or anything like that in fact, i found the writing on this one a bit too simplistic, but rather, i felt that the story never really took off. Beside writing scripts, bey has also provided the commentary tracks on virtually all hong kong films released on dvd with the uk distributor, hong kong legends. Bey logan, a hong kongbased film executive who has a close relationship with harvey weinstein, has been accused of sexual harassment. Kevin brewerton, langxing ye, lo meng, bianca stam, james nan, yang yifan, ray li, connie song, ryan logan, calvin logan, wu ging, kevin ta running time. Bey logan started defending this cinema in the english magazines combat and impact, then with his famous audio commentaries on hk legends dvds. He could never quite forgive himself for not finding the footage first. As the expert voice on the commentary tracks for dragon dynastys line of dvds. In an expose from hong kong investigative news site hk01 published on wednesday morning local time, seven women accuse logan of sexually inappropriate behavior. Iron monkey video commentary by bey logan and donnie yen.
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