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HONG KONG · 2013
The Grandmaster
Synopsis
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
Cinematic DNA
I mean, Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster is one of them. For Eternals, it was always the personality of the fight. Like who are these characters and what are their strengths and weaknesses? So when they get into a fight, you want to feel that.
How you treat cinema as a character study, a character portrait—that's what I've always been struck by and tried to internalize for my own work.
— Wong Kar-wai · Wong Kar-wai: The Cinema of Wong Kar-wai (A24 book)
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