House of Flying Daggers

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Plot / Synopsis

ON THE LOVE STORY
This is a love story wrapped inside of an action film.

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS tells of a passionate emotional journey, in which three people suffer for love – it tears them apart, yet they are willing to sacrifice everything for it.

When a woman is torn between two men, we know that it will end in tragedy. The dynamics of the relationships between three very different people with different backgrounds is intriguing. The only thing they all have in common is that nobody is who they claim to be. Everyone is deceiving each other. In Chinese, we say that “Love, Hate, Passion and Vengeance” are the most volatile emotions, and it is these feelings that envelope the three main characters.

Jin and Mei only spend three days together, but during their time, they love fiercely, and in the end – tragically. There is no way to explain their love. If you can explain it, then it is not love. Perhaps three seconds is all we need to find true love. Thirty years together does not necessarily equal a deeper connection.

Many directors have told similar stories, but my concern is how people fall in love, and what we are willing to sacrifice for the sake of that love. At the end of the day, love is a triumph of the human spirit.

ON ACTION AND BAMBOO FORESTS

As a setting, the bamboo forest is inextricably linked to martial arts films. In fact, for the past fifty years, everybody has shot action in a bamboo forest. It is as though you have to fight in the bamboo forest before you can be considered a true warrior. So of course, if I was going to make an action film, I also had to shoot in the bamboo forest, to keep with tradition. But I insisted on making the tradition my own. I made each scene a little different. In my bamboo forest, the battle takes place simultaneously on the ground and high up on the bamboo. The two lovers on the run fight on the ground while the enemy attacks them from above.



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Review of House of Flying Daggers
...If you ever wondered what would happen if the films Hero and Romeo & Juliet were to have a baby, out would come House of Flying Daggers... The adventure between the two allows us to see some of the coolest martial arts to hit the big screen and entertain us with bamboo, swords, arrows, and last, but not least... flying daggers...
December 6, 2004

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