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Poster of "Story of a Discharged Prisoner" [Photo: Sohu.com]
This year's Hong Kong International Film Festival(HKIFF) has paid tribute to Hong Kong director Kong Lung's artistic career.
According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, the festival highlights Kong Lung's films, shot in the 1960s and 70s, which mainly focused on the social problems of criminal groups, youth crime and nuclear weapons.
He Siying, organizer of retrospective and member of the Hong Kong Film Archive, said, "Most of his films dealt with issues that were very important to Hong Kong ahead of others."
Kong Lung's film "Story of a Discharged Prisoner" shot in 1967 is about a professional criminal rehabilitation which helped him to be the most famous director from then on. This film also has an influence on new generation directors. Director John Woo (Wu yusen) remade this film years later as "A Better Tomorrow" which also made Chow Yun-fat (Zhou Runfa) a superstar.
Kong Lung, 70, currently lives in America. "He plays an essential role in the free-enterprises system in film industry." said He Siying.
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