Mike Leeder - The Business of Hong Kong Action (Action Talks #38)
Mike Leeder is filmmaker and producer in Hong Kong whose work includes most Hong Kong films you've probably ever seen. We talk about his work as a journalist during the heyday of Hong Kong action, the insane drive of Hong Kong filmmakers and stars, and the differences between HK, Korean, and Japanese action. You can see his imdb here: www.imdb.com/n... and his HKMDB here: hkmdb.com/db/p...
Edited by Milan Swagers
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0:00:58 Introductions
0:02:21 Moving to Hong Kong
0:05:33 Hong Kong in the 90's
0:13:27 Mike's easy access to Hong Kong stars
0:23:29 International appeal of Hong Kong action
0:30:31 Hong Kong breaking into other industries
0:44:25 Hong Kong Stars and the Japanese market
0:53:39 Hong Kong audiences
0:58:37 Censorship
1:13:34 The Hong Kong handover
1:15:23 Financial complications of the Handover
1:17:00 Hong Kong spontaneity
1:21:18 Japan
1:26:11 Korean stuntman in Hong Kong
1:42:28 Korean Films inspired by Hong Kong
1:47:28 Working with inexperienced stunt performers
1:55:12 Nicholas Tse's drive
2:02:29 Copying choreography
2:07:56 Authenticity in Action
2:33:34 Stunt doubles
2:42:18 Shooting Fight Scenes takes time
2:43:49 On Pre-Viz and casting problems
2:53:37 On new potential industries
3:04:04 Political correctness
3:15:57 Preservering original copies of films
3:25:48 Closing thoughts
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Leeder needs his own podcast....can listen to this guy talk all day...
Thanjs Eric, and thank you guys!
This was absolutely stupendous! I loved every second of it
Thanks for the incredible work.
I hope all these talks bring back some special movies being made again. Eric amazes me all the time with what he gets done , very inspiring. Thanks again Eric for all you have done. ❤
Wow. Three and a half hours! You guys are incredible.
Interesting to listen to Mike about Hong Kong Movie. Sadly, this once a international city is now dying.
Brilliant, so much stuff that I didn't know about!
What a gold mine of insider knowledge about the Hong kong film industry and international cinema marketing as a whole. And I can definitely imagine a parallel universe where a "Dave Jacobus" breaks out into the Hong Kong action world and becomes one of the greatest gwailos to grave the silver screen.
I absolutely loved this episode, so informative. Looking forward to more audio commentaries by Big Mike.
2:11:18 i love this quote of jet li saying he was misquoted by himself XD 3:15:38 his call out of Highlander 4 gives me no end of amusement
Wow, that story about watching Bruce Lee Laserdiscs with Sammo is incredible. That's the dream right there.
This was amazing, thank you gents!
I need more details on Sleeping Dogs. I have played tat game multiple times and now i find out Sammo's in there somewhere.
nice interview! thank you!
Jackie was actually 68/69 years old in the movie Ride On...i'm glad he was persuaded to use the safety equipment and doubles when needed. Also, he never said he did "everything" himself but the bts showed him still doing a lot of it and dealing with a really messed up knee
@Shaki123
6 ай бұрын
He was doubled massively in a movie that's about doing your own stunts. Ride On was a massive slap in the face of his legacy. He should do Foreigner type stuff instead of CGI crap.
Eternal Fist shout out!
Superb! 😎
Had Hong Kong actors appear in the Japanese TV series g men
@mikeleeder
8 ай бұрын
Yes HK actors appeared in G-Men etc but as normally single episode characters
2:29:45