CHAN THE MAN

Esteemed film critic and bon vivant Walter Chaw invited me on his Denver Public Library show to talk about Jackie Chan and Drunken Master 2 (1994). Walter says that it, and Once Upon A Time In China (1991), are the two best kung-fu movies ever made. He and I chop it up about The Great Chan, Hong Kong and kung-fu movies, Bruce Lee, Wong Fei-hung, Bollywood a little bit — and how to review a movie. My idea is that pleasure comes first when you’re watching a movie, and that your pleasure depends almost entirely on the stars. As a viewer, you either want to know some actor, be some actor, or sleep with some actor. Walter picks the idea up and runs with it. The show’s hilarious, if I say so myself, and ends on a music video. Jackie sings!