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25-444: HKIFF screens around 230 films from more than 60 countries in different major cultural venues across the territory every year. New films are featured as gala premieres, with the directors and cast presenting on the red carpet and meet-and-greet sessions in theatres. Previously operated by Urban Council and Leisure and Cultural Services Department , from 1977 to 2001, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council , from 2002 to 2004, HKIFF

50-464: A "A keystone of the wuxia genre" and noted that the film "may lack plot complexity and period spectacle. But the stand-off in a remote inn is flecked with tension, wit and slick martial artistry." Michael Brooke ( Sight & Sound ) referred to Dragon Inn as "one of the most important wuxia pian films to emerge from the Chinese-speaking world prior to the great martial arts boom of the turn of

75-448: A Good Man Goes (dir. Johnnie To ) Crazy English (dir. Zhang Yuan ) Kiyoshi Kurosawa Walter Salles The Million Dollar Hotel (dir. Wim Wenders ) Durian Durian (dir. Fruit Chan ) Mortal Transfer (dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix ) Jean-Jacques Beineix Darius Khondji Heaven (dir. Tom Tykwer ) PTU (dir. Johnnie To ) Adaptation (dir. Spike Jonze ) Dardenne brothers Red carpet A red carpet

100-568: A glimpse of stars like Clark Gable , Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly . In 1961, the red carpet was introduced at the Academy Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium . In 1964, the broadcasters of the ceremony opted to film outside the venue, showing the arrival of guests as they stepped out of their limousines. From this point forward, the red carpet became a globally acknowledged focal point for actors and actresses to make

125-484: A grand entrance and showcase themselves at the Oscars. A red carpet is also used in gala celebrity events such as the Academy Awards , Golden Globe Awards , Grammy Awards , Met Gala , and BAFTAs . While the awards take place inside, much of the publicity and excitement takes place outside with journalists discussing the red carpet fashions , what designers are being worn by which stars and photographers taking pictures in

150-534: A great profit from the film however, as they had a deal with Shaw Brothers who owned the distribution rights to Dragon Inn in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Shaw Brothers had this deal as via an exchange that was done in trade for letting King Hu break his contract with them to work on Dragon Inn . Dragon Inn was remade twice, first as New Dragon Gate Inn (1992) and again in 2011 as Flying Swords of Dragon Gate . Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang directed

175-730: A red path to walk upon: Now, dearest husband, come, step from your chariot. But do not set to earth, my lord, the conquering foot That trod down Troy. Servants, do as you have been bidden; Make haste, carpet his way with crimson tapestries, Spread silk before your master’s feet; Justice herself Shall lead him to a home he never hoped to see. Agamemnon, knowing that only gods walk on such luxury, responds with trepidation: I count it dangerous, being mortal, to set foot On rich embroidered silks. I would be reverenced As man, not god. The praise of fame rings clear without These frills and fancy foot-rugs; Renaissance paintings often show rugs and carpets in oriental patterns , with red often

200-498: A series of airport lounges at major airports that were formerly known as " Red Carpet Clubs ". Dragon Inn Dragon Inn ( Chinese : 龍門客棧 , also known as Dragon Gate Inn ) is a 1967 Taiwanese wuxia film written and directed by King Hu . The film was remade in 1992, as New Dragon Gate Inn , and again in 2011 as Flying Swords of Dragon Gate . Tsao, the emperor's most powerful eunuch , has successfully bested General Yu , Tsao's political rival. The general

225-465: A sponsored event, the sponsor's logo colors, such as the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards , which uses an orange carpet to match the network's primary imaging color; The MTV Video Music Awards have similarly varied, with some editions having used black ( 2022 ), white ( 2016 ), and blue ( 2017 ) carpets. In 2019, the premiere of the film Detective Pikachu (2019) used a yellow carpet to match

250-587: A superb introduction." The Radio Times gave the film a four out of five star rating, and felt the film surpassed Come Drink With Me , noting that Hu's "control over camera movement and composition is exemplary, building the tension and invigorating the swordplay." The film set box‐office records in Taiwan, Korea, and the Philippines. The film was the second-highest grossing film in Hong Kong in 1968 behind You Only Live Twice . The Union Film Company did not make

275-910: A year by young Chinese filmmakers that will hold their world premieres at HKIFF. The Seagull ( Il Gabbiano , dir. Marco Bellocchio ) The Uprising (dir. Peter Lilienthal ) Street Music (dir. Jenny Bowen ) Muddy River (dir. Kohei Oguri ) Moonlighting (dir. Jerzy Skolimowski ) Son of the North East (dir. Vichit Kounavudhi ) Carmen (dir. Carlos Saura ) Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence (dir. Nagisa Oshima ) Paris Texas (dir. Wim Wenders ) Mac Arthurs Children (dir. Masahiro Shinoda ) Ran (dir. Akira Kurosawa ) Insignificance (dir. Nicolas Roeg ) To Sleep So As To Dream (dir. Kaizo Hayashi ) The Sacrifice (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky ) The Stand-in (dir. Huang Jianxin ) Yeelen (dir. Souleymane Cissé ) Goodbye, Children (dir. Louis Malle ) Red Sorghum (dir. Zhang Yimou ) Women on

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300-428: Is traditionally used to mark the route taken by heads of state on ceremonial and formal occasions, and has in recent decades been extended to use by VIPs and celebrities at formal events. The earliest known reference to walking a red carpet in literature is in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus , written in 458 BC. When the title character returns from Troy, he is greeted by his wife Clytemnestra who offers him

325-616: The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival had 122 industry professionals take part in the survey. This voters included film scholars, festival programmers, film directors, actors and producers to vote for the 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films. Dragon Inn tied with Wong Kar-wai 's In the Mood for Love (2000) for ninth place on the list. In the United Kingdom, Empire gave the film four stars out five, referring to it as

350-404: The press line . This is now a spectacular international product placement arena of great importance to the fashion industry. Red carpets are often coupled with publicity backdrops which contain brand logos or emblems for photography purposes. Carpeting in other colors may replace red in some instances to honor a certain cause, such as a "green carpet" to promote environmental awareness; or, for

375-486: The 1970s." and that it was "riotously entertaining". Brooks commented on the action scenes, opining that they "aren't quite as breath-catchingly dexterous as the ones Hong Kong cinema would later produce, they're both lively and agreeably frequent, with Hu using the Scope frame to its full advantage". Brooke concluded that "If it's not quite first-rank Hu when set against A Touch of Zen or The Fate of Lee Khan , it makes for

400-568: The United Kingdom on Blu-ray and DVD through Eureka Entertainment's Masters of Cinema line of releases. It received a Blu-ray release in the United States in July 2018 by the Criterion Collection . At the 1968 Golden Horse Awards , Dragon Inn won the award for Best Screenplay and was a runner-up for Best Director. Retrospective reception of the film in Taiwan is positive. In 2011,

425-735: The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (dir. Pedro Almodovar ) Pellethe Conqueror (dir. Bille August ) Theo Angelopoulos Fumio Kamei Vasily Shukshin Idrissa Ouédraogo High Heels (dir. Pedro Almodovar ) Opening Night (dir. John Cassavetes ) Summer Snow (dir. Ann Hui ) Burnt by the Sun (dir. Nikita Mikhalkov ) From Dusk Till Dawn (dir. Robert Rodriguez ) Mahjong (dir. Edward Yang ) The River (dir. Tsai Ming-liang ) Dragon Inn (dir. King Hu ) Tony Gatlif Where

450-454: The color of its title character Pikachu . The premiere of Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) used a blue carpet to match its namesake character . At the 95th Academy Awards in 2023, the organizers chose a different champagne color for the first time since the red carpet was introduced, as part of an attempt to better reflect a "day event into the night". The Jeopardy! Honors event, which

475-500: The general's lieutenants and has summoned Hsiao to help the children. A brother-sister martial-artist team (children of another Yu lieutenant) also show up to help. These four race to find Yu's children and lead them to safety. In 1965, director King Hu left the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studio just after completing Come Drink with Me . Hu left for Taiwan where he met with Sha Rongfeng. The two created

500-477: The main background colour, laid on the steps to a throne, or on a dais where rulers or sacred figures are placed. A red carpet was rolled out to a river to welcome the arrival of United States president James Monroe in 1821. In 1902, the New York Central Railroad began using plush crimson carpets to direct people as they boarded their 20th Century Limited passenger train. This is believed to be

525-514: The origin of the phrase "red-carpet treatment". By the late 1920s the red carpet had become synonymous with Hollywood and film premieres . A crimson-hued carpet was used for the first ever Hollywood premiere, the 1922 premiere of Robin Hood , starring Douglas Fairbanks , in front of the Egyptian Theatre . For the following decades, the red carpet was one of the few places the public could catch

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550-575: The short-lived studio called the Union Film Company. Dragon Inn was shot in Taiwan in 1966. Dragon Inn premiered in 1967. It was first screened in the United States in 1968 at an academic conference organized by translator and scholar Joseph Lau Shiu-Ming. The film's digital restoration premiered in North America at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival . Dragon Inn was released in

575-456: Was executed and his remaining children have been exiled from China. As the children are being escorted to the western border of the Chinese empire, Tsao plots to have the children killed. Tsao's secret police lie in ambush at the desolate Dragon Gate Inn. Martial arts expert Hsiao shows up at the inn, wanting to meet the innkeeper. Unknown to the secret police is that the innkeeper, Wu Ming, was one of

600-565: Was held annually since Season 39 on the eve of the Tournament of Champions , featured a blue carpet, in order to match the color of its background used during clues and dollar amounts shown on the clue board, from inside the Alex Trebek Stage at Sony Pictures Studios . More generally, "red carpet treatment" and "rolling out the red carpet" usually refer to any special efforts made in the interests of hospitality . United Airlines operates

625-636: Was officially incorporated as an independent, charitable organisation – Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited after completing its 28th edition. The Hong Kong SAR Government has continued to subsidise the festival through venue provision and partial funding. Since 2012, HKIFF produced and premiered anthologies of short films made by well-known award winning filmmakers from Asia, such as Ann Hui , Kiyoshi Kurosawa , Jia Zhangke , Brillante Mendoza , Hideo Nakata , Tsai Ming-liang , and Apichatpong Weerasethakul . Since 2017, HKIFF started to collaborate with Heyi Pictures to produce two feature films

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