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...Hong Kong and educated in Texas and New York City--went back to Hong Kong to set local films racing to his own fevered pulse. The result was pop masterpieces like the kung fu fantasy Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain and the all-girl action comedy Peking Opera Blues. "His mind is like a video game," says actress-director Sylvia Chang, who starred in Tsui's delicious comedy, the 1984 Shanghai Blues. "He was a revolutionary when I first met him, and he still is today...
Tsui's specialty is turning traditionally male genres into showcases for beguiling actresses. "From very early on," he says, "I wanted to do movies without any guys." Films like Peking Opera Blues, Green Snake and The Lovers are romantic but oddly reticent--like Tsui. "He's sensitive to women but frightened of expressing emotion," says his wife and producing partner, Shi Nan-sun. "In his films, it seems he's going all the way, and then he doesn't press the button. In real life, he never tells anyone he loves them, never cuddles or kisses them...
...actor, he is terrifically versatile, at ease in art films (as Farewell My Concubine's conflicted gay opera star), action thrillers (as the sensitive young cop in A Better Tomorrow), fantasies (as Brigitte Lin's mountaintop lover in The Bride with White Hair), dark romances (as the haunted singer in The Phantom Lover) and fluffy comedies (as the music mogul in He's a Woman, She's a Man). Last year he played a psycho killer in Double...
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...Sell your quality of life--and work to improve it. For all its progress, Tupelo is still in the middle of nowhere. It will never attract residents who demand opera, haute cuisine or courtside NBA tickets. But a three-bedroom house costs $100,000 or less. Nearby forests and waterways provide superb fishing, boating, camping and hunting. Tupelo has grown its own symphony and theater group. Its regional hospital employs more than 5,000 people and provides high-quality health care...