{"product_id":"8-diagram-pole-fighter-the-blu-ray","title":"8 Diagram Pole Fighter, The (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter one of its lead actors (cherub-faced action icon Alexander Fu Sheng) unexpectedly died midway through production, fight-choreographer-turned-master-director Lau Kar-leung (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin) retooled his latest film, The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, as the ultimate action spectacular in tribute to his young star. Loosely based upon the legendary Yang dynasty chronicled in Chinese folklore, the film starts as a family patriarch and all but two of his sons are brutally wiped out in a bloody battle with a rival family. One surviving son (Fu Sheng) returns to his mother and two sisters, driven mad with grief; the other (Gordon Liu) escapes and joins a nearby monastery while in hiding. Once he learns his sister (Kara Hui) has been captured by their enemies, however, the warrior-turned-monk realizes he must renounce his peaceful ideals in order to mount a rescue mission and avenge his family. One of Shaw Brothers' final all-star martial arts epics before they ceased filmmaking altogether, The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter is often regarded as Lau's masterpiece, as elegiac and suffused with anguish as it is thrillingly violent (not least in its bone-crunching, teeth-smashing climax).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBonus Materials\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal lossless Cantonese, Mandarin and English mono audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional English subtitles, plus hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new commentary by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewly filmed appreciation by film critic and historian Tony Rayns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterviews with stars Gordon Liu, Lily Li and Yeung Ching-ching, filmed by Frédéric Ambroisine in 2004\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Tribute to Fu Sheng, a short film commemorating the late actor that played before early screenings of The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, presented via a German-dubbed telecine (the best available copy) with English subtitles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternate opening credits, as The Invincible Pole Fighters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheatrical trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage gallery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Aspinall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Terrence J. Brady\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41546203660488,"sku":"AV339","price":44.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/8diagrampolefighter.jpg?v=1643760144","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/8-diagram-pole-fighter-the-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}