· By Eric Tsuyoshi Yee
NOV 2
LADY KUNG FU (1972)
In Hapkido (aka. "Lady Kung Fu" in the West), a group of martial artists (Mao, Sammo Hung, and Carter Wong) start their own school to teach the Korean martial art, Hapkido, but a rival Japanese academy attempts to crush them – deeming Hapkido inferior to their Japanese fighting style. Similar to the plot of Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury (a canny decision by the filmmakers, capitalising on Mao often being referred to as a “female Bruce Lee” ), Hapkido was a huge hit in the West, even briefly beating Lee’s Enter the Dragon at the North American box office.
LUCIFER RISING (1972)
In Lucifer Rising, all of the divine characters are associated with different forms of light. Isis (Myriam Gibril) and Osiris (Donald Cammell) are Solar deities, Lilith (Marianne Faithfull) is a Lunar deity, and Lucifer (Lesley Huggins) is aligned with lightning. We witness a solar eclipse where the sun and the moon intersect, and Lilith greets the alignment of the sun during the solstice.