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Planet Hong Kong : Popular cinema and the art of entertainment
- Title
- Planet Hong Kong : Popular cinema and the art of entertainment / David Bordwell.
- Author
- Bordwell, David.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
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- Description
- xii, 329 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Subject
- Motion pictures > China > Hong Kong > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-319) and index.
- Contents
- 1. All too Extravagant, too Gratuitously Wild. Hong Kong and/as/or Hollywood -- 2. Local Heroes. Two Dragons: Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan -- 3. The Chinese Connections -- 4. Once upon a Time in the West. Enough to Make Strong Men Weep: John Woo -- 5. Made in Hong Kong. A Chinese Feast: Tsui Hark -- 6. Formula, Form, and Norm. Whatever you Want: Wong Jing -- 7. Plots, Slack and Stretched -- 8. Motion Emotion: The Art of the Action Movie. Three Martial Masters: Zhang Che, Lau Kar-Leung, King Hu -- 9. Avant-Pop Cinema. Romance on your Menu: Chungking Express.
- ISBN
- 067400213X (alk. paper)
- 0674002148 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99047938
- OCLC
- ocm42475641
- SCSB-3862597
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries