Wuxia - Tribute to Classic Martial Art Films
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Uploaded by cloudidogz on May 17, 2010
This is my music video tribute on wuxia, an ancient Chinese genre based on martial art adventures. The typical hero is honorable and does not serve a lord but seeks retribution for the oppressed and poor. Often the hero will take on a powerful lord and even an entire army. Heros have qinggong, the ability to run, jump and glide at superhuman speeds.
King Hu directed A Touch of Zen (1971) a critically acclaimed movie which won a prize at Cannes and starred Hsu Feng as the heroine. It influenced recent films including Zhang Yimous House of Flying Daggers and Hero, and Ang Lees Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The heroines include Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, and Maggie Cheung. These critically acclaimed films are celebrated for their beauty in cinematography, costumes, use of color (wuxing) and spectacular sets.
My inspiration for these movies were the beautiful bamboo forests. Somehow I decided along the way to add more.
Music includes the end credits for Hero conducted by Tan Dan and Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo). Somehow, Morricones theme seemed perfect for this tribute.
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All Comments (16)
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I've heard the second one, Ecstasy of gold but in a chinese version. Trying to find it/the name of the film.
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Great!
Maravilhoso vídeo muito bem montado. =)
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A work of true art
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Ziyi Zhang,Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung are amazing. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,Hero and House Of Flying Daggers are my fav films.
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beautiful video...
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Excellent video! Really great work.
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really lovley video!- morricone(fav composer) & martial art films(fav genre) dosnt get better than that for me!
Drunkenmaster770 4 months ago
@Drunkenmaster770 Thanks! Morricone is my favorite composer too! And yes, I really like the classical wuxia films!
cloudidogz 4 months ago
What's the name of this song? I've been looking for this for, well, forever!
AndyRaslan 1 year ago
@AndyRaslan there are 2 songs: 1) end credits for Hero conducted by Tan Dan and 2) Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly...I bet you mean the second one.
cloudidogz 1 year ago