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 remarkable range and energy of a
cinema that borrows, invents, and reinvents across the boundaries
of time, culture, and conventions.
At Full Speed gathers film scholars and critics from around the
globe to convey the transnational, multilayered character that Hong
Kong films acquire and impart as they circulate worldwide. These
writers scrutinize the films they find captivating: from the lesser
known works of Law Man and Yuen Woo Ping to such film festival
notables as Stanley Kwan and Wong Kar-wai, and from the commercial
action, romance, and comedy genres of Jackie Chan, Peter Chan,
Steven Chiau, Tsui Hark, John Woo, and Derek Yee to the attempted
departures of Evans Chan, Ann Hui, and Clara Law.
In this cinema the contributors identify an aesthetics of
action, gender-flexible melodramatic excesses, objects of
nostalgia, and globally projected local history and identities, as
well as an active critical film community. Their work, the most
incisive account ever given of one of the world's largest film
industries, brings the pleasures and idiosyncrasies of Hong Kong
cinema into clear close-up focus even as it enlarges on the
relationships between art and the market, cultural theory and the
movies.
General
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2001 |
First published: |
May 2001 |
Authors: |
Esther Yau
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-3235-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Films, cinema >
General
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LSN: |
0-8166-3235-9 |
Barcode: |
9780816632350 |
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