Chow Yun-fat

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Anna and the King (1999); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000); Bulletproof Monk; The Corrupter; The Replacement Killers.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

King Hu: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which they acted in: King Hu ⇒ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (the host's read). CTHD plays in the milieu of King Hu and the wuxia classics, but with a more modern sensibility.
    “this movie is playing in a, in a Milu that is inherent to like King Hu movies and Musha, like the classics”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:24:55 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Hero (1992): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which they acted in: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ⇒ Hero (the host's read). Without CTHD's success Hero would not have been released in the US.
    “Well, you know, without this movie, you don't have hero coming out in the United States.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:38:48 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

Mulan (2020): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which they acted in: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ⇒ Mulan (the host's read). The remake's wuxia/mystical style follows the wave of Chinese films that grew popular after Crouching Tiger and the Zhang Yimou films.
    “they've gotten very big, kind of post, crouching tiger hidden dragon, and the Jang Yi-Mu films”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:28:58 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Chow Yun-fat → John Woo. Chow and Woo were a crossover pair, and the studios wanted both in the States.
    “He and John Wu were one of those pairs where like their movies were crossover success and they were like, let's get those guys to the states.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:32:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Chow Yun-fat → The Replacement Killers. Chow's US run: The Replacement Killers, The Corrupter, Anna and the King, then Bulletproof Monk.
    “And Cha-Yon Fat was doing, like, the replacement killers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:44 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Chow Yun-fat → Daniel Day-Lewis. Li Mu Bai is in a Daniel Day-Lewis retirement mode: the best at something that no longer satisfies him.
    “I think he's in like Daniel De-Louis retirement mode.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:38:01 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Chow Yun-fat → Clint Eastwood. Li Mu Bai is the greatest warrior ever with baggage, like Clint Eastwood.
    “So he's like Clint Eastwood, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:31:59 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.