City on Fire : Hong Kong Cinema
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1859842038
ISBN-13
9781859842034
Publisher
Verso Books
Imprint
Verso Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 17th, 1999
Print length
388 Pages
Weight
954 grams
Dimensions
27.70 x 21.00 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Films, cinema
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An illustrated history of Hong Kong cinema, covering all genres of films.
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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