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At full speed : Hong Kong cinema in a borderless world /

Breathtaking swordplay and nostalgic love, Peking opera and Chow Yun-Fat's cult followers--these are some of the elements of the vivid and diverse urban imagination that find form and expression in the thriving Hong Kong cinema. All receive their due in At Full Speed, a volume that captures the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Yau, Ching-Mei Esther
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 0816632359_Surekha.pdf; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Hong Kong Cinema in a Borderless World; Part I. Hong Kong's New Wave Cinema; 1. An Overview of Hong Kong's New Wave Cinema; 2. The Emergence of the Hong Kong New Wave; Part ll. In Action: Entertainment, Aesthetics, and Reinventions; 3. Aesthetics in Action: Kungfu, Gunplay, and Cinematic Expressivity; 4. The Killer: Cult Film and Transcultural (Mis)Reading; 5. Life Imitates Entertainment: Home and Dislocation in the Films of Jackie Chan; 6. Tsui Hark: National Style and Polemic.