Rediscover and Restructure: Art and Sensuality in Fan Ho’s Cinema
Fan Ho, who would have turned 90 on this very day, is known internationally as a master photographer but his cinematic career has almost faded into obscurity.
‘Reel to Reel Film Heritage 2021－Rediscover and Restructure: Art and Sensuality in Fan Ho’s Cinema’ organised by Reel to Reel Institute will feature important works from Fan Ho’s neglected but yet important film career.
As per Law Kar, a veteran film researcher and personal friend of Ho: "Ho was often described by critics and audiences as a master director of erotic films, a label that scarcely does justice to his greater artistic pursuit and trajectory."
Reel to Reel Institute went through great efforts finding original screening materials rarely shown in Hong Kong. One of his earliest work ‘Lost’ (released in France in 1970, co-directed with Sun Po-ling) was truly considered lost but eventually a sole copy was found and digitised and will finally appear again on a Hong Kong screen.
This series of screenings will provide a unique opportunity to rediscover Hong Kong’s home grown international renowned artist and his talent beyond his photography.
今天適逢是何藩九十歲生忌，這位在國際舞台享有盛譽的攝影大師，其鮮為人知的電影生涯卻幾乎被人遺忘。
資深電影文化工作者兼何藩好友羅卡說：「……被評論和觀眾標籤為『色情片大導』，只突出了他的某些作風，而忽視了他的整體追求和不同階段的變化，我以為這並不公允。」
為紀念何藩及將其電影成就公諸同好，推廣視聽遺產保育的非牟利藝術團體REEL TO REEL INSTITUTE將舉行「影像溯源2021：再現．重構——何藩的文藝艷色」專題影展，放映七部何藩電影生涯中被忽視但又無比重要的作品。
REEL TO REEL INSTITUTE 去年開始整理及搜尋何藩的作品，並尋回散失多年的早期獨立長片《迷》（1970 年法國公映，孫寶玲合導）的現存唯一拷貝，並推行數碼轉換，最終使其能夠再次出現於香港銀幕。
這次是一眾何藩迷不容錯失的機會，讓大家重新了解這位紮根香港、國際知名的藝術家，其攝影成就以外的才華。
Schedule:
Broadway Cinematheque
22/10 Fri 19:30 昨夜星辰昨夜風 The Miserable Girl^
23/10 Sat 15:50 淫獸 The Notorious Frame-up^
23/10 Sat 17:45 Seminar: Ho Fan's Narrative Strategies and Film Style
23/10 Sat 19:35 我為卿狂 Hidden Desire
24/10 Sun 15:00 罌粟 The Sichuan Concubines^
24/10 Sun 17:25 時代之風 L'Air Du Temps*
JC Cube, Tai Kwun
3/11 Wed 19:45 迷 Lost^
6/11 Sat 14:30 浮世風情繪 Yu Pui Tsuen^
6/11 Sat 16:30 Seminar: Ho Fan's Early Experimental Works
^Pre-screening introduction
*Post-screening talk
Tickets are available (at Broadway Cinematheque system for screenings held there and via URBTIX for screenings held at Tai Kwun)
More info can be found on Reel to Reel Film Heritage website.
