Since the dawn of time, man’s natural predator has been the ninja. Hiding in your shower, crouching behind your laptop, clinging to your back — the ninja is everywhere. What killed the dinosaurs? Ninja. What battles great white shark? Ninja. Who is buying flowers for your mom? Probably ninja. But ninja is not vampire! Ninja can be filmed! This year’s Old School Kung Fu Fest examines this crazy natural phenomena of ninja with 14 movies that show you this sneaky fighter in the only place where he cannot shoot throwing stars into your eyes: on the movie screen!
There are serious black-and-white ninjas in the original ninja films Shinobi No Mono Parts 1 & 2 (1962 and 1963), super-noir ninjas in 1965’s Samurai Spy, party-colored crazy ninjas from the go-go 80s like American Ninja 1 & 2 and then be entered, revenged, and dominated by Cannon’s essential ninja trilogy: Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, and Ninja III: The Domination. Watch brave Chinese people fight ninjas with their guts in Shaw Brothers movies like Five Element Ninjas! See ninjas fly on kites in Duel to the Death! You must see all the ninjas! Because to fight ninja, first you must understand ninja. The Old School Kung Fu Fest 2015: Enter the Ninjas! is curated by Subway Cinema’s programming team, consisting of Samuel Jamier, Rufus de Rham, and Goran Topalovic.
Kung Fu Fest is deeply grateful for the support of the Kenneth A. Cowin Foundation, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office New York, Mizu Shochu, and Mass Appeal. Raffle prizes provided by Blue Snake Books, IDW Publishing, and Well Go USA Entertainment. Old School Teaser Poster designed by Jerry Ma (Epic Proportions)
WARNING: do not be scared. Ninja are only in movie and cannot hurt you. They are not actually giant. Except in Duel to the Death.
THE FILMS!
Thursday, April 16
- 6:15pm - ENTER THE NINJA
- 8:30pm - DUEL TO THE DEATH
- 6:00pm - REVENGE OF THE NINJA
- 8:00pm - SAMURAI SPY
- 10:15pm - A LIFE OF NINJA
- 1:00pm - DUEL TO THE DEATH
- 3:00pm - AMERICAN NINJA
- 5:00pm - FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS
- 7:20pm - Super Special Secret Screening!!!
- 9:30pm - NINJA III: THE DOMINATION
- 1:00pm - SEVENTEEN NINJA
- 3:15pm - TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
- 5:15pm - SHINOBI NO MONO
- 7:30pm - SHINOBI NO MONO 2: VENGEANCE
- 9:30pm - AMERICAN NINJA 2: THE CONFRONTATION
Screenings and exhibitions will be held at Anthology Film Archives
(located at 32 Second Avenue, at the corner of 2 Avenue and 2 Street).
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org
$10 general admission, $8 students, seniors, and children (12 & under), $6 Anthology Film Archives members. Tickets are available at Anthology’s box office on the day of the show. The box office opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day.
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