inadvertently start a riot at the cannes film festival be probably not the best way to make friend and influence people but it certainly make for an invigorating evening . it be in 2000 when i be there with a group of producer try to interest wheeler and dealer in a film project when we be suddenly adopt by a television crew who attempt to use u a leverage to get themselves into the celebrity laden mtv party . push quickly come to shove and the security gestapo get irate and before we know it and it be war . the fracas in question have and accord to news report and george clooney and the all saint cower under table . a chair begin to fly and the gendarme get busy with the baton we escape the mayhem and stood and watch it from across the rue unaware that there be another and more constructive and upheaval take place on the cote dazure with the first ever entry from thailand tear of the black tiger . tiger be about to herald in the so call thai new wave challenge the dominance of japan and hong kong a the prime mover and shaker of asian cinema and what an debut . a lysergic western that tell the tale of a young man whose family be murder and so join up with a gang of bandit with vengeance on his mind . he soon build a reputation earn him the name black tiger . his gang inevitability come into conflict with the local establishment and but when he discover his childhood sweetheart be to marry a police captain he struggle to maintain peace between the gang and the authority but his effort ( much like our film project bid ) quickly spiral into untold chaos . take place between parallel dimension of a colour saturate wild west and contemporary bangkok and tear of the black tiger be a move 3d postcard of retro camp kitsch and and because of this and the sudden explosion of ( literally ) teeth shatter violence be all the more outrageous . the term visual feast seem make for director wisit sasanatieng masterpiece a it take 50 melodrama and spaghetti western ( or should that be noodle eastern . ) and anime action and put them through the wringer and result in a film that embrace as many convention a it seem to demolish . a my own attempt to storm the bastille of the film industry have and to date and yield little fruit and i appreciate all the more a film that appear to have flaunt all the rule and have no agenda but it own . tear of the black tiger be a brilliant example of revolt sans riot .