Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10/06/22 • 49 min
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a patron pick by Pete, is a visual and audible treat. A sweeping epic about love, loyalty, lust and oppression, and a genre-defining Hollywood game-changer when it came to bringing Chinese wuxia martial arts films over to Western audiences.
From terrific performances by Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi, to stunning cinematography and outstanding fight choreography, it's a movie that truly has something for everyone.
Despite critical and commercial acclaim in the west, it wasn't well received everywhere though.
Laura Suen analyses the fight scene between Yu Jen and Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
I would love to hear your thoughts on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon !
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Music by Chloe Enticott - Compositions by Chloe
Lyrics by Chloe Enticott (and me!)
Production by Ellis Powell-Bevan of Ewenique Studio
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a patron pick by Pete, is a visual and audible treat. A sweeping epic about love, loyalty, lust and oppression, and a genre-defining Hollywood game-changer when it came to bringing Chinese wuxia martial arts films over to Western audiences.
From terrific performances by Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi, to stunning cinematography and outstanding fight choreography, it's a movie that truly has something for everyone.
Despite critical and commercial acclaim in the west, it wasn't well received everywhere though.
Laura Suen analyses the fight scene between Yu Jen and Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
I would love to hear your thoughts on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon !
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Thank you to all the patrons Simon E, Sade, Claudia, Simon B, Laurel, Derek, Vern, Kristin, Cat, Andy, Mike, Griff, Luke, Emily, Michael, Scott, Brendan, Ian, Lisa, Sam, Will, Jack, Dave, Chris, Stuart, Sunni, Drew, Nicholas, Zo, Kev, Pete, Heather, Danny and BRAND-NEW PATRON Haley!
BRAND-NEW Merch STORE!!
T-shirts inspired by The Mummy (1999) with more collections to come!
EPISODE THANKS TO....
Most excellent patrons:
Pete, for picking this episode and for his patron thoughts. You can find him @TheRealPEEEETE on Twitter and his podcast Middle Class Film Class on all your podcast apps.
Andy, for his patron thoughts. You can find him @geeksaladradio on Twitter and his podcast Geek Salad on all your podcast apps.
Derek, for his patron thoughts. You can find him @derekjones198 on Twitter and his podcast The Midnight Myth on all your podcast apps.
Twitter peeps
- @DWLundberg
- @deafheaven
Instagram folk
- @seangeekpodcast
- @paulie1701
Facebook chums
- None this time
Theme Music: Verbal Diorama Theme Song
Music by Chloe Enticott - Compositions by Chloe
Lyrics by Chloe Enticott (and me!)
Production by Ellis Powell-Bevan of Ewenique Studio
This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free.
Mentioned in this episode:
Paid promotions in this episode
This episode contains a paid Patron promotion for Middle Class Film Class, hosted by patron Pete.
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T-shirts inspired by The Mummy (1999) with more collections to come!
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Andy for his patron thoughts. You can find him @geeksaladradio on Twitter and his podcast Geek Salad on all your podcast apps.
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Theme Music: Verbal Diorama Theme Song
Music by Chloe Enticott - Compositions by Chloe
Lyrics by Chloe Enticott (and me!)
Production by Ellis Powell-Bevan of Ewenique Studio
This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free.
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