Smokescreen | House of the Flying Daggers (2004)

This year’s Smokescreen series ‘Scene Stealing Style’ looks at how art direction, the look and feel of a film can help to tell the story. You may not have heard of the films on the list but each is iconic, and in its own way set standards and shaped later generations of film making.

House of the Flying Dagger’s is a Chinese language historical romance. A rich elaborate beautifully stylish film that links, costume, set design, and cinematography. One of the most spectacular elements of this film are the martial arts sequences, which are beautifully stylised even balletic, while the use of colour (which plays on the concept of Wuxing Colour Theory) creates a film that reviewer Robert Ebert described as a ‘kinetic artwork installation.’

Director: Zhang Yimou

Starring: Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro

Run Time: 119mins

Rating: M

In partnership with The Establishment Bar Dubbo. Tickets include a 'Buy one, get one free offer' at the Establishment following the film.

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Smokescreen runs from February to November on the First Saturday of the month at WPCC.