Name: City on Fire: Hong Kong Cinema
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Author: Hoover, Michael ; Stokes, Lisa Odham
ISBN: 9781859842034

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Michael Hoover

Lisa Odham Stokes

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Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.7x19.6x2.6 cm

Weight

0.85 kg.

ISBN

1859842038

ISBN13

9781859842034

Synopsis "City on Fire: Hong Kong Cinema "

Hong Kong's film industry gained global attention in the 1980s, at the time of negotiations over Great Britain's return of the colony to China. Uncertainty about the post-handover era accelerated Hong Kong's race for economic growth, and found expression in cinema's depictions of a 'city on fire.' In this accessible introduction to the extraordinary cinematic output of the colony, Michael Hoover and Lisa Stokes review the directors and films that have established Hong Kong cinema internationally: John Woo's martial arts flicks, Tsui Hark's wire-worked fantasies, Ann Hui's exile melodramas, Stanley Kwan's limpid romances, and Wong Kar-wai's stylish art films.

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