‘The Magnificent Swordsman’ collects from other classics to create its own special identity
The Magnificent Swordsman Written by Ko Jui-Fen Directed by Griffin Yueh Feng and Ching Gong Hong Kong, 1968 At what point should movie watchers applaud a film which borrows heavily from other familiar sources for the quality of the filmmaking and when is it too apparent that said film is incapable of overcoming the fatal …