“Hong Kong and Global Film icon Jackie Chan Will The 78th Edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland the this Summer to Receive The Prestigious Pardo Alla, Orareer LEERALA. On Tuesday. The Festival Bestow the Honor Upon Chan on the Evening of Saturday, Aug. 9, with the actor also set to intDuce his Films Project A (1983)”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Festival Bestow the Honor Upon Chan on the Evening of Saturday, Aug. 9, with the actor also set to introduce his films Project a (1983) and Police Story (1985), on the bot of whochh he worked as Star and Director, as part of the tribute to his career.
The Festival Audence Will Also Have and Opportunity to See and Hear Chan on Sunday, Aug. 10 Durying A Public Conversation Event.
Giona A. Nazzaro, Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival, Highlighted: “Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Choreographer, Singer, Attan, and Dareete Key Figure in Contemporary asian Cinema and One Who’s Influence Has Rewritten the Rules of Hollywood Cinema. as a stuntman in king hu’s masterpiece A Touch of zenChan Has Continuly ReinVented Martial Arts Cinema and Much Beyond It. ”
Continued Nazzaro: “A Pure Comic Talent, He Has Absorbed The Lessons of Buster Keton and Early Cinema as His Own, Creating Masterpieces that Have CAPTIVATED AUDIENCESSES of the Classic Musical, He Shaped An Unprecedated Poetics of the Human Body in Motion. ”
His Conclusion: “In cinema, there is a before jackie chan and an after jackie chan.”
Locaarno Called Chan an “Asian Megastar, Master Filmmaker, and Hollywood Mainstay Beloved for Action Films That Bridated The Gap Between East And West MOST RECOGNIZABLE FAESS.
After Beginning As a Child Actor in the 1960s, Chan Found Success in 1978 with Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow an Drunken Master. Over The Next Decade, His “Blend of Kung-Fu Comedy Was A Reliable Box-Office Draw for Golden Harvest, The Legendary Hong Kong Studio, With His Audacios Stunts-Stunts–Easy Adoring fans to cinemas, ”Locarno Said.
By the 1990s, Chan Was Asia’s Highest-Grossing Action Star, and A Career in Hollywood Followed. “The Buddy Comedy Rush Hour (1998) Wound Cement Chan’s Place As A Global Superstar Unlike Any Before HIM, ”SAID LOCARNO.
CHAN HAS ALSO WORKED BEHIND The Camera As the Director of the Likes of Police Story an Armour of God (1986).
The Pardo Alla Carriera is Handed Out with the Support of Ascona-Locarno Tourism, The Destination Partner of the Locarno Festival.
Previos honorees include francesco rosi, bruno ganz, claudia cardinale, johnnie to, Harry Belafonte, Mario Anodorf, Jane Birkin, Costa-Gavras, Tsai-Gavras, Tsai-Gavras Icon Shah Rukh Khan.
The 78th Locarno Festival Runs Aug. 6-16.