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Description
This is the first full-length English-language study of one of the world's most exciting and innovative cinemas. Covering a period from 1909 to 'the end of Hong Kong cinema' in the present day, this book features information about the films, the studios, the personalities and the contexts that have shaped a cinema famous for its energy and style. It includes studies of the films of King Hu, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, as well as those of John Woo and the directors of the various 'New Waves'. Stephen Teo explores this cinema from both Western and Chinese perspectives and encompasses genres ranging from melodrama to martial arts, 'kung fu', fantasy and horror movies, as well as the international art-house successes.
Table of Contents
I. Northerners and Southerners
1. Early Hong Kong Cinema: The Shanghai Hangover
2. Shanghai Redone: Les Sing-Song Girls in Hong Kong
3. The Early Cantonese Cinema
4. Father and Son
5. The Romantic and the Cynical Mandarins
II. Martial Artists
6. The Dao of King Hu
7. The Sword and the Fist
8. Bruce Lee: Narcissus and the Little Dragon
9. Jacky Chan: The Other Kung Fu Dragon
III. Path Breakers
10. The New Wave
11. The New Wave's Action Auteurs
12. The Second Wave
IV. Characters on the Edge
13. Reverence and Fear: Hong Kong's China Syndrome
14. Ghosts, Cadavers, Demons and Other Hybrids
15. Bad Customers and Big Timers
16. Postmodernism and the End of Hong Kong Cinema
BIO-FILMOGRAPHIES
INDEX
Product details
| Published | 01 Aug 1997 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 319 |
| ISBN | 9780851705149 |
| Imprint | British Film Institute |
| Illustrations | illustrated |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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