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Shanty towns chases, angry girlfriends, and sugar glass, oh my! Shaun Duke and David Annandale are back at it with a new Totally Pretentious show about Jackie Chan’s 1985 stomach buster, Police Story. Together, they discuss their experience with Hong Kong action cinema, Jackie Chan’s influence on kung fu films, where Police Story fits in Chan’s oeuvre, and so much more!
We hope you enjoy the episode!
Show Notes:
- Police Story (IMDb)
- Police Story (Wikipedia)
- Criterion Collection (contains 1 and 2)
- Hong Kong Action Cinema by Bey Logan (Overlook Press)
- “Here’s Why Jackie Chan is Really Unpopular in Hong Kong” by Hearther Chen (Vice)
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Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.
