Fedor Sendak

screening 2dec: MAD DETECTIVE (2007)

Next Tuesday at CAVIA (between the Anita and the Westergasfabrik) we present this film hot off the Hong Kong movie screens... TUESDAY DECEMBER 2nd MAD DETECTIVE (2007) Directed by Johnny To & Wai Ka Fai 89 minutes In Cantonese with English subtitles This years largest grossing Hong Kong film was the smash-hit Mad Detective and it is one of the freshest and most satisfying visits to the cinema in a decade....a tour-de-force demonstration of accepting standardized genres but breaking all the cinematic rules at the same time. Whats the story? Well I can at least give you the set up. Detective Bun (Lau Ching Wan) was recognised as a talented criminal profiler until he sliced off his right ear to offer as a gift at his chief\'s farewell party. After a stunt like that, guess what? He\'s been branded as mad and discharged from the police force, and has lived in seclusion with his beloved wife May ever since. Nevertheless Bun\'s madness comes with a power: the ability to see people\'s innermost desires, emotions, and mental state.. It\'s a talent that puts him back into action when the police encounter a particularly baffling case. The line between reality and fantasy bends in this surreal schizophrenic thriller that redefines the detective genre. I don\'t think I have ever seen a film that has charted that ambiguous twilight zone between madness and genius as brilliantly as this one. The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AL1fZqfvgA Ciné INTERZONE - wouldn\'t you? Filmhuis Cavia- Van Hallstraat 52-B Time: 20:30

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