東邪西毒終極版

東邪西毒 Director’s note:

There’s also one significant difference between ASHES OF TIME and my other films. I generally start with the beginning of a story or with certain characters, and then gradually work out where the story is going and where it’s going to end as the shoot goes on. In this case, though, I knew where these characters were going to end up and there was nothing I could do to change it. This imbued both me and the film with a sense of fatalism. Now that the film is finished and I try to reflect on the whole experience of making it, I find myself remembering some lines from the Buddhist canon and I’ve decided to use them to preface the film: “The flag is still. The wind is calm. It’s the heart of man that is in turmoil!”

Over the years, I’ve come to realize that there are several different versions of ASHES OF TIME in circulation, some approved by me, some not, as well as the fact that the film was never released in much of the world including the United States. To rectify this situation, we decided to revisit this project and to create the definitive version.

參見：東邪西毒終極版 – 電影詳情 – 第三十三屆香港國際電影節

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