{"id":549777,"date":"2026-07-20T00:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T00:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/549777\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T00:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T00:55:10","slug":"tai-kwuns-better-together-8-hong-kong-film-classics-celebrate-cinematic-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/549777\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Kwun\u2019s \u2018Better Together\u2019: 8 Hong Kong film classics celebrate cinematic partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, Tai Kwun\u2019s annual summer show puts the spotlight on a specific aspect of Hong Kong cinema: partnership.<\/p>\n

Running until October 4 at Tai Kwun\u2019s Duplex Studio, the exhibition, titled \u201cBetter Together \u2013 Partnering Up for Hong Kong Movies\u201d, is run in association with the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers. A portion of this year\u2019s ticket sales will go to the federation to support the local film industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cTai Kwun\u2019s annual summer show has become a kind of love-letter to this city as we reflect on those special quirks, eccentricities, qualities and characteristics that make Hong Kong unique,\u201d says Timothy Calnin, the director of Tai Kwun Arts.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cPartnership\u201d,\u201cPartnership\u201d, scene one of \u201cBetter Together\u201d. Photo: courtesy Tai Kwun<\/p>\n

Curated by film director Sunny Chan Wing-san, \u201cBetter Together\u201d provides introductions to eight classic films, selected scenes of which have been recreated using replica props to give visitors a chance to step into those cinematic worlds.<\/p>\n

The upside-down POV of the art gallery from Once a Thief (1991), complete with an inverted chandelier, provides an interesting photo op.<\/p>\n

Best known for writing and directing the comedy short Table for Three (2015) and its movie sequel, Table for Six (2022), Chan was a co-curator and creative director of last summer\u2019s \u201cUndercover Underworld\u201d exhibition, which featured films exploring the undercover cop genre in local cinema. This year, he is using the power of film to highlight the cooperative approach that is the backbone of Hong Kong\u2019s movie industry.<\/p>\n

Many Hong Kong action flicks feature characters partnering up to take down the baddies, the kind where the stakes are high and the odds are stacked against the heroes, but the power of friendship (and a stroke of luck) prevails in a climactic finale filled with jaw-dropping martial arts moves.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cA\u201cA Test of Trust\u201d, scene four of the exhibition. Photo: courtesy Tai Kwun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year, Tai Kwun\u2019s annual summer show puts the spotlight on a specific aspect of Hong Kong cinema:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[249811,249820,221269,249824,249816,249828,146,249822,249823,3448,85,46,249817,249829,249818,249821,249825,249830,249819,249826,249813,249814,188822,249812,249815,249827],"class_list":["post-549777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-better-together-partnering-up-for-hong-kong-movies","tag-aces-go-places","tag-andy-lau-tak-wah","tag-blind-detective","tag-connie-chan","tag-duplex-studio","tag-entertainment","tag-federation-of-hong-kong-filmmakers","tag-gen-x-cops","tag-hong-kong","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nam-hung","tag-once-a-thief","tag-paak-zyu-soeng","tag-police-story-supercop","tag-rob-n-roll","tag-rob-b-hood","tag-sammi-cheng-sau-man","tag-sunny-chan-wing-san","tag-table-for-six","tag-table-for-three","tag-tai-kwun","tag-tai-kwun-arts","tag-the-black-rose","tag-timothy-calnin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}