tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283666.post789740128343086389..comments2024-03-14T03:15:28.803-07:00Comments on The End of Cinema: Summer of Sammo: NomadSean Gilmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124894627028920508noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283666.post-81505485620935591052014-03-09T09:12:11.773-07:002014-03-09T09:12:11.773-07:00I rented it from Scarecrow Video in Seattle, the w...I rented it from Scarecrow Video in Seattle, the world's greatest video store. Not sure of any online availability for it.Sean Gilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124894627028920508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283666.post-6339553439734672772014-03-08T20:49:32.245-08:002014-03-08T20:49:32.245-08:00HI, I was wondering where you saw this? (I found a...HI, I was wondering where you saw this? (I found a DVD rip but without any English subtitles and there doesn't seem to be one online.)Nicolashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04143532799262360327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283666.post-3938509892204718342013-08-21T08:45:08.085-07:002013-08-21T08:45:08.085-07:00That's fascinating stuff. Sounds like Tam'...That's fascinating stuff. Sounds like Tam's ending had an even bloodier massacre on the boat, rather than on the beach. Would love to see Tam's original cut of the movie someday.Sean Gilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124894627028920508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283666.post-44530978434908064732013-08-21T03:44:57.299-07:002013-08-21T03:44:57.299-07:00The violent ending to the film is not Patrick Tam&...The violent ending to the film is not Patrick Tam's, nor is the final cut. The studio took the film away from him and another director shot the end on the beach and someone else edited the movie apparently without Tam's input. Tam disowned the movie at its premier and has really had nothing to do with it since. The film as it exists on DVD today is missing some key footage of the sexual encounters of the key characters (the censors deemed them too racy for the early 1980s Hong Kong). A fuller version of it aired at Udine a few years ago and there rumors a more "complete" version of the film would be released on DVD, but it never saw the light of day. Some of the excised footage can be still be found on YouTube, I believe. LeslieFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863590309705175531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283666.post-16000244360278078492013-08-20T17:40:15.481-07:002013-08-20T17:40:15.481-07:00Tam could definitely use a good box set. I know St...Tam could definitely use a good box set. I know Stephen Teo and Olaf Moeller are fans but otherwise he doesn't seem to get much western critical rep. There's usually some mention to Final Victory (because Wong Kar wai script) and My Heart is a Eternal Rose often gets mentioned as one of the best heroic bloodshed films (Zach Campbell post some great stills from it in his blog a week ago), but that's pretty much it.Filipenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283666.post-25467842108441372442013-08-20T14:00:07.997-07:002013-08-20T14:00:07.997-07:00Will check that one out for sure. I'd never he...Will check that one out for sure. I'd never heard of <i>Nomad</i> before you published that big list, Filipe, and I'm baffled as to why. I can see why it wouldn't be a big audience favorite (with that ending!) but it needs a much bigger critical rep. Someday some enterprising DVD company is going to gather and restore these films. But if even the Hou hsiao-hsiens of the world can't get distributor respect, how can the Patrick Tams or Stanley Kwans? Sigh.<br /><br />That's great to hear about Tam and <i>Days</i>. One of the things I like most about diving into cinematic subcultures like this is learning about all the little connections between filmmakers, seeing a whole community at work.Sean Gilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124894627028920508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283666.post-62606471866644608142013-08-20T13:49:40.300-07:002013-08-20T13:49:40.300-07:00Filipe is on point about After This, Our Exile, a ...Filipe is on point about After This, Our Exile, a very nice piece of work. <br /><br />I also know the story of WKW and Tam's working together.j.crawford 3Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070672329999640211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283666.post-66225392966730115552013-08-20T11:32:14.449-07:002013-08-20T11:32:14.449-07:00I love Nomad, one of my fave films that never get ...I love Nomad, one of my fave films that never get discussed anywhere. Tam is a very unusual director for Hong Kong, as he is much more of an art film director than a genre one, so must of his films have a lot of give and take with generic expectations. I guess he kind grew tired of it by the end of 80's so he retired fo teaching. His 2005 comeback After This, Our Exile is terrific.<br /><br />My understand is that Wong brought him in Days of Being Wild editing room because he was unhappy with the early editing process and need an outsider imput and he ended up editing the film (from interviews it seens Tam come up with the flash forward in the beggining and convinced Wong to embrace the elliptical structure).Filipenoreply@blogger.com