A Touch of Zen (1971; Dir.: King Hu)
Canon Fodder Episode 59
In this highly enlightened episode, Daniel and Corky bring their cinematic world tour to Taiwan to review King Hu’s widescreen wuxia epic. A story of corruption, subterfuge, and ghosts both real and imaginary, A Touch of Zen starts slow but keeps building for three hours towards a transcendently psychedelic ending. But did your hosts resist Hu’s Touch, or is the Zen truly mightier than the sword?
A TOUCH OF ZEN FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 [tied]
World premiere: July 10, 1970 (Taiwan)
IMDB synopsis: “A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Andrei Rublev (1966; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky)
IMDB synopsis: “The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.”
Our review of Andrei Rublev comes out Tuesday, April 28!
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