Master of the Flying Guillotine
Dan Halsted (head programmer at the Hollywood Theater in Portland) drove a semi to Vancouver to rescue a rare collection of 35mm Kung Fu films. This is your one chance, barring crazy luck or a trip to Portland, to ever watch these prints on film and in their original aspect ratio.
A blind assassin armed with a vicious flying guillotine is out to kill the legendary one-armed boxer (martial arts superstar Jimmy Wang Yu). Along the way, he interrupts a bizarre kung fu tournament and heads start to roll. It's up to the one-armed boxer now, with his skull shattering punch and his ability to walk on walls. Eagle claw masters, a monkey style fight, and a Swami fighter with ten foot arms are just stepping stones to the massive showdown with the flying guillotine. This is one of the greatest kung fu movies of all time, and truly must be seen to be believed.
— Dan Halsted
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Thu February 6, 2014, 7:30 only, VAC Basement Auditorium (1B20)
Taiwan, 1976, Mandarin w/ English subtitles, Color, 81 min, DP, 2.35:1, R
Tickets
10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission.
$7 w/UCB student ID,
$7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.
Parking
Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the
Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters
along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.
RTD Bus
Park elsewhere and catch the HOP to campus
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Established 1955 by Carla Selby, Gladney Oakley, Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage.
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Celebrating Stan
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