Libro en plan serio, riguroso y académico sobre el cine de HK, desde sus lejanos inicios hasta los noventa. Eso sí, no tiene ni una foto, y ya veremos qué tal se deja leer (y con mi inglés)...
"This book offers a history of Hong Kong cinema in the postwar period. It is an extraordinary history of survival and success against the odds, a history which is inseparably bound up with Hong Kong's economic miracle." Here is the first book to treat the Hong Kong film industry with real seriousness, demonstrating how it reflected the changes in the city's administration and growth. Author Stephen Teo convincingly debunks the commonplace notion that Hong Kong consistently produced movies of "dubious aesthetic quality"; he uncovers the remarkable range and versatility of the city's cinema. Teo focuses on international action stars such as Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan and directors like John Woo, Ringo Lam, and Tsui Hark, while also covering the industry's forays into melodrama, horror, comedy, social realism, the crime film, and other genres. His descriptions of the industry's ethics are very powerful, even when he covers action movies: "More than any other cinema, the Hong Kong cinema takes to heart the adage that old warriors never die: they fade away and reappear, some taking the call to arms literally by using their fists as kung fu warriors. Others fence their way to a last moment of glory as expert swordsmen and women before the sword is sheathed and the scabbard hung up." --Raphael Shargel
Book 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 unique book is packed with information about the films, the studios, the personalities, and the contexts that have shaped a cinema famous for its energy and style. Hong Kong Cinema enhances our understanding and enjoyment of the films of such legendary figures as King Hu, Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan, moving up to date with the work of John Woo and the directors of the various "New Waves."
"Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions"
Author: Stephen Teo
Paperback: 319 pages
Publisher: British Film Institute (March 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN: 0851705146
Contenido:
Foreword
Part One: Northerners and Southerners
- Chapter One. Early Hong Kong cinema: The Shanghai hangover
- Chapter Two. Shanghai redone: Les Sing-Song girls in Hong Kong
- Chapter Three. The early cantonese cinema
- Chapter Four. Father and son
- Chapter Five. The romantic and the cynical mandarins
Part Two: Martial artists
- Chapter Six. The Dao of King Hu
- Chapter Seven. The sword and the fist
- Chapter Eight. Bruce Lee: Narcissus and the little dragon
- Chapter Nine. Jacky Chan: the other Kung Fu Dragon
Part Three: Path breakers
- Chapter Ten. The new wave
- Chapter Eleven. The new wave's action auteurs
- Chapter Twelve. The second wave
Part Four: Characters on the edge
- Chapter Thirteen. Reverence and fear: Hong Kong's China Syndrome
- Chapter Fourteen. Ghosts, cadavers, demons and other hybrids
- Chapter Fifteen. Bad customers and big timers
- Chapter Sixteen. Postmodernism and the end of Hong Kong cinema
Bio-filmografías
Índice