🎥 Movies of 2021, 49: Raining in the Mountain. Maybe my favorite King Hu movie? It blends the intrigue and geography of his Inn movies with the spiritual inquiry of films like Touch Of Zen or Legend of the Mountain. Fun, engaging, and beautiful.
I watched the 2018 restoration. I don’t know the quality of their original sources but the restoration was a bit disappointing. Shots will switch from crystal clear to grainy, color grading changes frequently, ghosts of of old subtitles sometimes over at the bottom of the shots. I’m glad the film is being cared for but I’m hopeful for something better.
