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TRIAD ELECTION Series: The 44th New York Film Festival [Sept 29 - Oct 15 2006] Director: Johnnie To, Country: Hong Kong, Release: 2006, Runtime: 92 Jimmy (Louis Koo, a current superstar of Hong Kong cinema) is in the running for the coveted post of Triad president (aka/head of the Honk Kong mob). He faces resistance from his “godfather” Lok (Simon Yam), who has served his two-year term but makes an increasingly desperate effort to throw tradition to the winds and maintain his position. As the power plays escalate, so does the violence...not to mention the virtuosity of director Johnnie To (PTU NYFF ’03), who creates one spectacular set piece after another: A nerve-shredding game of hide and seek in an outdoor restaurant, a shocking interrogation scene involving butcher’s knives and ravenous dogs that is strictly for the stout-hearted, and a genuinely tragic conclusion. To is working deep within the traditions of the gangster genre, but he’s also given Triad Election a genuinely political edge: In his dog-eat-dog vision, the body of free-market expansion beats with a savage heart. preceded by CUBS Tom Harper , UK, 2006, 10 min. A night of urban fox hunting becomes a disturbing rite of passage for one young man. Screening at Alice Tully Hall, north side of 65th Street west of Broadway.

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