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DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: Due to the poor condition of the 35mm print of Mys
 tery of Chess Boxing\, this screening has been canceled and will be replac
 ed by Joseph Kuo's 1979 film World of the Drunken Master. We apologize for
  any inconvenience. Ticket holders have been contacted.\n\n	\n		Dir. Josep
 h Kuo. 1979\, 90 mins. 35mm print. In Mandarin or Cantonese with English s
 ubtitles. With Li Yi-Min\, Jack Long\, Mark Long (aka Lung Kuan-wu)\, Jean
 ie Chang\, Simon Yuen. A riff on Jackie Chan’s box office-shattering Snake
  in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978)\, this is the movie that provided inspiratio
 n for the Wu-Tang Clan\, with Ghostface Killah taking his name from its un
 forgettable bad guy (Mark Long). The action’s on overdrive right out of th
 e gate\, and these fights hurt. When a young novice is sent to learn “real
  kung fu\,” he’s upset that the master makes him play chess all day. Of co
 urse\, he’s been learning kung fu the whole time. This schtick was the cor
 e of the Shaolin kung fu flick and later of Jackie Chan’s kung fu comedies
 \, and it would eventually find its fullest expression in the West via The
  Karate Kid. Kuo delivers it here with an intense\, acrobatic style that m
 akes it easy to understand why this movie played for almost ten years in T
 imes Square\, finally tapping out in 1989 on a double bill with Spike Lee’
 s Do the Right Thing. \n	\n	\n		&nbsp\; \n		\n			\n			\n			  \n		\n	\n
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room
SUMMARY:Mystery of Chess Boxing
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