Wire fu is an element or style of Hong Kong action cinema used in fight scenes. It is a combination of two terms: "wire work" and "kung fu". Wire fu is...
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fu movies" (功夫片), or "wire-fu" if extensive wire work is performed for special effects, and are still best known as part of the tradition of kung fu theater...
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by actors and stunt performers suspending themselves from wires, earning the name of "wire fu". Qinggong was taught at the Peking Opera School in the 20th...
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Chinese martial arts (redirect from Gung Fu)
commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu (/ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/; Chinese: 功夫; pinyin: gōngfu; Cantonese Yale: gūng fū), kuoshu (國術; guóshù) or wushu (武術; wǔshù)...
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Gun fu, a portmanteau of gun and kung fu (also known as gun kata, bullet ballet, gymnastic gunplay or bullet arts), is a style of sophisticated close-quarters...
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The Matrix (category Gun fu films)
by anime and martial arts films (particularly fight choreographers and wire fu techniques from Hong Kong action cinema); other influences include Plato's...
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making it up as they went along," and that watching the film's allegedly ‘wire-fu’ fight scenes was akin to "being over at a friend's house when they’re...
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(Thai: บอดี้การ์ดหน้าเหลี่ยม lit. 'The Square-faced Bodyguard') is a 2004 wire fu action comedy film written and directed by Thai comedian and actor Petchtai...
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Matrix and Leon", and exercised 300 computer-generated shots, as well as wire fu. The film was produced by Robot Communications and was funded by Robot...
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Hong Kong action cinema (redirect from Hong Kong kung fu film)
ultrathin wires to allow them to conduct gravity-defying action sequences, a technique known by Western fans, sometimes disparagingly, as wire fu. As so...
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