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Sparrow

Originaltitel: Man jeuk
  • 2008
  • 0
  • 1 Std. 27 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,7/10
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Sparrow (2008)
DramaRomance

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  • Regie
    • Johnnie To
  • Drehbuch
    • Kin Chung Chan
    • Chi-Keung Fung
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Simon Yam
    • Kelly Lin
    • Ka-Tung Lam
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,7/10
    3241
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Johnnie To
    • Drehbuch
      • Kin Chung Chan
      • Chi-Keung Fung
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Simon Yam
      • Kelly Lin
      • Ka-Tung Lam
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    Simon Yam
    Simon Yam
    • Kei
    Kelly Lin
    Kelly Lin
    • Chung Chun Lei
    Ka-Tung Lam
    Ka-Tung Lam
    • Bo
    • (as Lam Ka Tung)
    Hoi-Pang Lo
    Hoi-Pang Lo
    • Mr. Fu Kim-tong
    • (as Lo Hoi Pang)
    Wing-Cheong Law
    • Sak
    Moon-Yuen Cheung
    Moon-Yuen Cheung
    • Mac
    • (as Kenneth Cheung)
    Suet Lam
    Suet Lam
    • Lung
    • (as Lam Suet)
    Chun-Shun Lo
    • Mr. Fu's Henchman
    • (as Lo Chun Shun)
    Jonathan Yat-Sing Lee
    Jonathan Yat-Sing Lee
    • Boy in Cap
    • (as Jonathan Lee)
    Jackson Ha
    • Mr. Fu's Bodyguard
    Jeff Cheung
    Jeff Cheung
    • Mr. Fu's Bodyguard
    Wai-Leung Hung
    • Policeman
    • (as Hung Wai Leung)
    Yee-Yee Yeung
      Chiang Lo
      • Old Pickpocket
      • (as Lo Hau Keung)
      Chi-Ping Chang
      Chi-Ping Chang
      • Old Pickpocket
      • (as Cheung Chi Ping)
      Pui Chung Tong
      • Old Pickpocket
      • (as Tong Pui Chung)
      Tiffany Wu
        Charis Chung
        • Nurse
        • (as Chung Hoi Ying Charis)
        • Regie
          • Johnnie To
        • Drehbuch
          • Kin Chung Chan
          • Chi-Keung Fung
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        5odeo-1

        Light plot. Nice images. Credible, complete? No

        Thives with razors on their tongue, seemingly interesting characters. No credibility. I was reminded at all times that I was watching a movie. The lack of presence in characters and looseness between the scenes made me awfully aware about the acting. This is some times the case when a director makes something for himself and comes blind to his own work. He forgets to tell the audience the stories of the characters. Maybe he forgot the stories in his head. One is left to wander from image to image, carefully chosen pieces of Hong Kong city scape. Clever tricks and beautiful images though aren't enough to make the movie complete. Three years in making and it shows. Where is the focus? Scenes are loose and connection between feels like shorts put together without adding up or building anything. Johnnie To achieved a cool style but forgot the characters. I like fun light movies but with no connection to the characters and story, the movie left me numb. The Finale comes out of nowhere. The build is a joke.
        5paul_m_haakonsen

        A sparrow can only fly so high...

        "Sparrow" was a fairly mediocre movie by the usual Johnnie To standards. While that is said, then the movie is interesting enough, but just didn't manage to rise beyond mediocrity.

        With Simon Lam and Lam Ka Tung on the billed cast list, it was hard not to be thrilled about this Johnnie To movie. And while they performed quite well, they were severely limited by the storyline and script.

        The story is about a gang of pickpockets prowling the busy streets of Hong Kong, whom are all trailing after a mysterious and alluring woman.

        I will say that the storyline was fairly shallow and limiting to the entire movie. But there were some nice moments and turns in the story along the way. But the overall result wasn't particularly impressive.

        Visually then "Sparrow" does offer some nice things and the camera-work in the movie was quite good and interesting.

        "Sparrow" is quite a different movie compared to the many others coming out of Hong Kong cinema, and I do enjoy Asian cinema quite a lot. And, of course, director Johnnie To can't be hitting gold every time he directs a movie, and "Sparrow" was, in my opinion, a swing and a miss.
        8DanTheMan2150AD

        An ode to French New Wave

        Pieced together over three years, Sparrow is a short, sharp and wonderfully charming passion project and tribute to old French New Wave cinema. One that unfurls like an elegant ballet and excels at capturing a romanticised Hong Kong that feels particularly warm and inviting, yet comparatively rich in a relaxed sense of charm and play. While this one didn't immediately grab me as effortlessly as other ventures by Johnnie To, it won me over in the end, as gorgeous lighting and musical score by Xavier Jamaux and Fred Avril virtually dance across the screen. There is relatively little dialogue involved, so the music ends up providing much of the guidance with a series of witty and self-aware compositions that go a long way in making the funnier elements succeed. This near-silent treatment makes the film stand out from its contemporaries; without much in the way of talking, attention is re-directed to the physical performances, the music, and the beautiful photography. The film happily canters along, bathed in gorgeous lighting and drenched in atmosphere, but Sparrow equally feels like it comes with a sad and rather heavy dose of lethargy. It flies where it will, ever joyous and blissful as the slow-burn of a cigarette in a lip-glossed mouth and the languid sprawl of Hong Kong give the film an arty insouciance. There's sound and fury here, and while it may signify nothing, it's still something to behold.
        9SamuraiNixon

        Brilliant French New Wave Influenced To

        There are many facets to the brilliantly diverse career of director Johnnie To, but within these aspects there are many similarities that adhere to auteur sensibilities. He does not direct the same film over and over again but he has many thematic overtures and plot devices that will consistently turn up -- not always in the same film though. Sparrow is no different in that respect though it feels unique in To's oeuvre. Like PTU it was a personal project that took over three years to make. He would film a scene whenever he had the money and/or whenever he could get the principal actors to work when they were not busy with other projects. Its closest equivalent would be Yesterday Once More which deals with thieves and has a few similar characters and situations. While Yesterday Once More was influenced by the American crime caper especially the original The Thomas Crown Affair, this film was created to invoke a feeling of French New Wave cinema (in interviews To states specifically Umbrellas of Cherbourg as an influence). It is one of To's most lighthearted movies (not counting some of the silly romantic comedies he has co-directed) and one of his better directed efforts.

        In Cantonese-slang the term Sparrow means a pickpocket. It is also a bird that one day decides to show up in Kei's (Simon Yam: The Mission, PTU) apartment while he was sewing. The pickpocket is Kei who is in charge of three other semi-competent thieves (this is the most common aspect of To's movies – the team and its dynamics). As soon as the sparrow enters his life and he debates the meaning of this with his partners a women enters their life. Chung Chun Lei (Kelly Lin: Fulltime Killer, Mad Detective) a mainland expatriate (whom is similar to Mona in Throw Down) bewitches all four separately and indirectly gets them beat up by associates of her old rich patron who controls her life and has every moment of her monitored. Mr. Fu Kim Tong (Lo Hoi-pan: PTU, Throw Down) is a cigar-smoking leader of a nefarious business and was once a great pickpocket himself. He has Chung's passport and even though he offers his fortune after he dies she does not want to be caged and wants her freedom.

        It is eventually their pity on Chung and not her initial coquettishness that wins three of the four to help her get her freedom. Kei is the odd man out until a specific encounter with Mr. Fu threatens his manhood, livelihood and sense-of-honor.

        While this film may be a bit laconic for some I found Sparrow to be one of my favorite films of 2008. It is beautifully shot, has an interesting characterization for Simon Yam and there are several sagacious scenes. One of these moments is where all four men ride the same bike (you have to see this, it is filmed quite beautifully) which symbolizes not only the team effort for this film (one of the most common themes in all of Johnnie To's oeuvre) but the actors themselves who destroyed several bikes while making this scene and spent so much time learning to balance while riding. Pickpocketing works better as a team effort (and you can certainly rake in more money), but you have to be in sync as well as completely trust your companions. Another great scene shows them put there skills together much like a similar scene in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket. One would expect there would be much more in common between these two films because of the subject matter but the underlying themes (with the exception of redemption) are quite different.

        The funniest scene involves all four pickpockets trying to corner Chun Lei so they can get a better explanation on why they got beat-up because of her. They get stuck in an elevator (well three of them do; how they lose one of them is part of the hilarity) with two movers who are carrying a large glass case. The two movers make the mistake of interfering with three much more dangerous characters.

        The best scene in the movie is the edifying ending involving a pickpocket duel amongst the rain and umbrellas. It is filmed (the filming alone on this scene took over two weeks) with such beautiful editing and splendorous slow-motion grandeur that you realize this Hong Kong and French hybrid works astoundingly well. There are several subtle moments to it so it helps to view it a few times.

        While the film is not perfect and portrays several of the characters as more ornamental then full-bodied humans, I found Sparrow to be a fun film. It is full of jaunty experiences with superficial references to various French film auteurs from Jean-Pierre Melville (of course the birdcages in this film also make you think of John Woo who is also a Melville fan) to Francis Truffaut. But To does this with a mixture of themes and situations that are important to him from team spirit, rooftop encounters, wayward souls and Lam Suet. Johnnie To uses the splendid older Hong Kong locations to great effect (one of the main reasons he made this film was to document a lot of the city) – this helps with the feeling of timelessness in the movie. This is especially evident when much of the stills through the credits show the buildings. Plus the music which is another hybrid of Eastern and Western influences by Xavier Jamaux and Fred Avril (whom To worked with in Mad Detective) which evokes a feeling of quirky nostalgia for a time and place that has never existed. That is one of the many reasons I love this film.
        9Onderhond

        Playful and grand

        Johnny To is quite a veteran, Sparrow being his 49th film already. But even though he has made quite a few films in the 80s and 90s, it's only recently that he got his international break. Before mostly known to Hong Kong action die-hards, both his Election films elevated him above his peers. And even after all that time, he still has quite a few surprises left in him.

        I've been tracking To for some time now and even though he's made some fun films in the past, he really raised the bar after making the Election twins (and Exiled in between). Since then, he's been making films that are more than just simple genre works. With Sparrow, he goes beyond and delivers what might well be his best work to date.

        It's difficult to explain the flow and feel of Sparrow. In some ways it feels a lot like classic cinema, but made with a classy smirk. The tone is light, the setting and characters elegant, the humor never feels out of place though it usually is. And beneath all that is a pretty smart play of cat and mouse, adding another layer or wit to the film.

        Simon Yam is perfect in his role of elegant gang leader. He's an actor that's been around and really cut out for a job like this. His character is always in control, stylish and elegant. Behind him is a team of trainee pickpockets, learning the trade from the master. All is well until they are played in return by a lady, drawing them into a neat little showdown with a senior pickpocket artisan.

        Visually the film is remarkably neat and clean. Every shot shows detail and consideration, the use of color is spot on and the film features some awesome shots of Hong Kong (showing quite a few sites reminiscent of the Ghost In The Shell cityscapes). In between To even finds time for several playful tricks reminiscent of Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love. To shows himself a master of visual storytelling, which is needed as the film itself features little dialog.

        Even more remarkable is the soundtrack. A combination of classic Chinese music and jazz, quite upbeat and always playfully out of place. It gives the film its flow and gives many scenes and extra quirky dimension. Even though the story itself could allow for some tense scenes, the soundtrack never allows this to happen. Not a soundtrack that'd work outside the film (at least for me), but crucial to the fun and pleasantly different.

        It takes about 5 minutes to get into the film, it takes about 70 to get hooked. But its those 5 final minutes, bringing a climax that will make this film remembered by all those who've seen it. The finale of the film is really out there, showing nothing but visual poetry and umbrella action. It's an amazing scene drawing a lot from classic western stand-offs, but given a whole new dimension. I've watched the scene a couple of times over since, and just about everything is perfect (it's even said To hired dance choreographers to get the whole flow of the scene right).

        Hardcore To fans might find themselves on shaky grounds with Sparrow when they are expecting another gritty action adventure, but all those with a love for cinema should at least try this film. To's passion for the job shows in every scene, in every choice and in every detail. The film has its very own, unique flow and knows to charm from the first minute. And to top it all, it boasts one of the most stunning finales ever seen in film. Sparrow's getting a well-deserved 4.5*/5.0* and I can only hope To's box of tricks isn't emptied yet.

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        • Erscheinungsdatum
          • 4. September 2008 (Deutschland)
        • Herkunftsland
          • Hongkong
        • Sprachen
          • Kantonesisch
          • Mandarin
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        • Drehorte
          • Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China
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          • Universe Entertainment
          • Milky Way Image Company
          • Newlink Development
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