November 13 2018 (XXXVII:12) Wai-Keung Lau and Alan Mak: INFERNAL AFFAIRS (2002, 101 min.) Online versions of The Goldenrod Handouts have color images & hot links: http://csac.buffalo.edu/goldenrodhandouts.html DIRECTED BY Wai-Keung Lau (as Andrew Lau) and Alan Mak WRITING Alan Mak and Felix Chong PRODUCED BY Wai-Keung Lau producer (as Andrew Lau), line producers: Ellen Chang and Lorraine Ho, and Elos Gallo (consulting producer) MUSIC Kwong Wing Chan (as Chan Kwong Wing) and Ronald Ng (composer) CINEMATOGRAPHY Yiu-Fai Lai (director of photography, as Lai Yiu Fai), Wai-Keung Lau (director of photography, as Andrew Lau) FILM EDITING Curran Pang (as Pang Ching Hei) and Danny Pang Art Direction Sung Pong Choo and Ching-Ching Wong WAI-KEUNG LAU (b. April 4, 1960 in Hong Kong), in a Costume Design Pik Kwan Lee 2018 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, said “I see every film as a challenge. But the main thing is I don't want CAST to repeat myself. Some people like to make films in the Andy Lau...Inspector Lau Kin Ming same mood. But because Hong Kong filmmakers are so Tony Chiu-Wai Leung...Chen Wing Yan (as Tony Leung) lucky in that we can be quite prolific, we can make a Anthony Chau-Sang Wong...SP Wong Chi Shing (as diverse range of films.” Lau began his career in the 1980s Anthony Wong) and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers Eric Tsang...Hon Sam such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. His Kelly Chen...Dr. Lee Sum Yee cinematography work on Chunking Express (1994) can be Sammi Cheng...Mary seen as integral to realizing Kar-wai’s distinctive and Edison Chen...Young Lau Kin Ming influential visual style conveying a simultaneous Shawn Yue...Young Chan Wing Yan excitement and isolation in technologically advanced urban Elva Hsiao...May spaces defined by bright lights blurred by fast movement. Chapman To...Tsui Wai-keung In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom Ka Tung Lam...Inspector B (as Lam Ka Tung) as a cinematographer by becoming a film director and Ting Yip Ng...Inspector Cheung (as Ng Ting Yip) producer. Apart from making films in his native Hong Dion Lam...Del Piero Kong, Lau has also made films in China, Korea and the Chi Keung Wan...Officer Leung (as Wan Chi Keung) United States. A highly prolific filmmaker, Lau has made Hui Kam Fung...Cadet School Principal films in a variety of genres, and is most notable in the West Tony Ho...Suspect for his action and crime films which include the Young and Courtney Wu...Stereo Shop Owner Dangerous film series (1996-1998), the Infernal Affairs Hin-Wai Au...Elephant trilogy (2002-2003, co-directed with Alan Mak), and Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014, executive produced by Martin Scorsese). He was commissioned by China's Lau and Mak: INFERNAL AFFAIRS—2 government to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the (2008), Perfect Life (2008), Love Connected (2009), The founding of the People’s Liberation Army with the 2017 Road Less Traveled (2010), Dragon (2011), A Beautiful film The Founding of an Army. He is also president of the Life (2011), Mr. Tree (2011), The Four (2012), Tai Chi Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild, where he recently Zero (2012), All Apologies (2012), Cities in Love (2015 supervised a master class in filmmaking. These are some of segment "Italy"), and Till the End of the World (2018). the 44 films he has directed: Peng dang (1990),** The Ultimate Vampire (1991),** Rhythm of Destiny (1992), Naked Killer 2 (1993), To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui (1994), Young and Dangerous (1996),** Young and Dangerous 2 (1996),*** Young and Dangerous 3 (1996),** Young and Dangerous 1997 (1997),** Young and Dangerous 1998 (1998),** Young & Dangerous: The Prequel (1998),** The Storm Riders (1998),** A Man Called Hero (1999),** The Legend of Speed (1999),** The Duel (2000),** Sausalito (2000), Born to Be King (2000),** The Avenging Fist (2001),* Dance of a Dream (2001),*** The Wesley's Mysterious File (2002),** Infernal Affairs (2002),*** Infernal Affairs II (2003),*** Infernal Affairs III (2003),*** Confession of Pain (2006),*** Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010),*** A Beautiful Life (2011),*** and The Guillotines (2012).* He has produced 34 films and has done ANDY LAU (b. September 27, 1961 in Tai Po, Hong cinematography for 53 films. *Indicates films he Kong) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, lyricist, and film produced producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most **Indicates films he did cinematography for. commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, ss***Indicates films he produced and did performing in 170 films while maintaining a successful cinematography for singing career at the same time. In the 1990s, Lau was branded by the media as one of the Four Heavenly Kings ALAN MAK (b. January 1, 1965 in Hong Kong) made his of Cantopop. Lau was initially known more for his directorial debut in 1997, with his first film being Nude handsome features, leading some people he has worked Fear (1998). After his debut, Mak directed films such as with to reduce him to a matinee idol, but he has resisted Rave Fever (1999, Zhou mo kuang re), A War Named such limiting readings of his work, insisting he is an artist. Desire (2000), Final Romance (2001), and Stolen Love These are some of the films he has acted in: Once Upon a (2001, Bit luen), which would be his first collaboration Rainbow (1982), Boat People (1982), On the Wrong Track with writer Felix Chong. In 2002, Mak and Chong wrote (1983), Everlasting Love (1984), Sworn Brothers (1987), the script for Infernal Affairs, which Mak would co-direct Rich and Famous (1987), Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch with Wai-Keung Lau (Andrew Lau). This would be the (1987), The Truth (1988), The Crazy Companies (1988), As first of many collaborations involving the directing duo. Tears Go By (1988), In the Blood (1988), Casino Raiders Mak has directed 19 films, written for 13 films, and acted (1989), Gangland Odyssey (1990), Days of Being Wild in 20 films. These are the other films he has directed: (1990), Godfathers of Hong Kong (1991), Lee Rock (1991), Infernal Affairs II (2003), Infernal Affairs III (2003), 1:99 Lee Rock II (1991), Dances with Dragon (1991), The Sting Shorts (2003 TV Movie), Initial D (2005), Ching yi ngor (1992), Perfect Exchange (1993), The Legend of Drunken sum gi (2005), Confession of Pain (2006), Lady Cop & Master (1994), Heaven and Earth (1994), Drunken Master Papa Crook (2008), Overheard (2009), The Lost Killer (1994), Full Throttle (1995), A Moment of Romance Bladesman (2011), Overheard 2 (2011), The Silent War III (1996), A True Mob Story (1998), The Conmen in Vegas (2012), Overheard 3 (2014), and Extraordinary Mission (1999), Running Out of Time (1999), Century of the (2017). Dragon (1999), The Duel (2000), Infernal Affairs (2002), Infernal Affairs III (2003), House of Flying Daggers YIU-FAI LAI has done cinematography for 31 films, (2004), A World Without Thieves (2004), Battle of the including: Young and Dangerous: Portland Street Blues Warriors (2006), Protégé (2007), The Warlords (2007), (1998), Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999), Those Were the Three Kingdoms (2008), Shaolin (2011), What Women Days... (2000), The Avenging Fist (2001), Infernal Affairs Want (2011), A Simple Life (2011), Cold War (2012), (2002), All Tomorrow's Parties (2003), Initial D (2005), Angry Kid (2013), Blind Detective (2013), From Vegas to One Last Dance (2006), Confession of Pain (2006), Macau II (2015), Lost and Love (2015), Saving Mr. Wu Getting Home (2007), Ngor dik zeoi oi (2008), Plastic City (2015), From Vegas to Macau III (2016), The Great Wall Lau and Mak: INFERNAL AFFAIRS—3 (2016), Railroad Tigers (2016), Shock Wave (2017), The 1998 (1998), The Kingdom of Mob (1999), Fist Power Adventurers (2017), and Chasing the Dragon (2017). (2000), Those Were the Days... (2000), Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone (2000), Ransom Express (2000), Story of Prostitutes (2000), Violent Cop (2000), Evil Fade (2000), The Legend of a Professional (2001), City of Desire (2001), United We Stand and Swim (2001), Infernal Affairs II (2003), Infernal Affairs III (2003), Slim Till Dead (2005), House of Fury (2005), 2 Young (2005), Demoniac Flash (2005), Initial D (2005), Mob Sister (2005), All About Love (2005), McDull, the Alumni (2006), Isabella (2006), On the Edge (2006), Exiled (2006), The Sun Also Rises (2007), Vengeance (2009), Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010), Punished (2011), A Beautiful Life (2011), A Simple Life (2011), The Four (2012), Naked Soldier (2012), Gangster Payday (2014), Hot Blood Band (2015), 12 Golden Ducks (2015), The Mobfathers (2016), Heaven in the Dark (2016), Cook Up a Storm (2017), 77 Heartbreaks (2017), and The Sleep Curse (2017). TONY CHIU-WAI LEUNG (b. June 27, 1962 in Hong Kong) won as best actor at Cannes for Wong Kar-Wai’s In Infernal Affairs (from Wikipedia) The Mood For Love (2000). A recurring actor in Kar-Wai’s A 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by films, he has appeared in films such as Chungking Express Andrew Lau and Alan Mak and written by Mak and Felix (1994), Happy Together (1997), and The Grandmaster Chong. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates a (2013). He also appeared in three Venice Film Festival Triad, and another officer secretly working for the same Golden Lion-winning films, including A City of Sadness gang. It is the first in the Infernal Affairs series and is (1989), Cyclo (1995) and Lust, Caution (2007), directed by followed by Infernal Affairs II and Infernal Affairs III.