VLVL2 (9): Run Run Shaw

[Dave Monroe]

Note, by the way, that Kill Bill (Vol. 1) opens with
stock "Shawscope" footage.  But why (that's "Sir" to
you, by the way) Run Run Shaw?!  Man, oh man ...

Shaw Brothers, under charismatic leader Sir Run Run
Shaw, was established in Hong Kong in 1959 and by 1961
was the largest privately owned studio in the world.

With strong story lines and trim film budgets, the
studio churned out wildly popular movies that helped
make it one of the dominant players in Asian cinema
for decades.

http://www.shawstudios.com/nytimes.html

http://www.shawstudios.com/

For the authorized version ...

http://www.shaw.com.sg/shawstory/shawstory.htm

And see as well, e.g. ...

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/srrsh/

http://fabweb.cityu.edu.hk/learningpark/citymentor/2003/services/library.htm

The Shaw Brothers were, are, and e'er shall be,
forever and ever, amen, THE kung-fu flick raconteurs
extraordinaire.  Zoyd, not to mention Our Man Pynchon,
would have seen no end of SB films on, say, late-night
"Kung Fu Theater" in the 70s ... 

p. 142 "might as well stay home -- watch a Run Run
Shaw movie!"   Hong-Kong-based Run-Run Shaw produced
the popular (and violent) Bruce Lee karate flicks,
also lots of action-packed swords and sorcery
adventures (like the ones that clearly inspired a lot
of the DL and Takeshi sub-plot).

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter9.htm

--- Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 142.7  "[...] might as well stay home -- watch a Run
> Run Shaw movie!"
> 
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789957/
> 
>
http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=134652
>
http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/Run_Run_Shaw.html
> 
> Why this particular filmmaker?  (combination
> violence and humanitarianism?)

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