Description
| Product ID: | 9781909394643 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets |
| Subtitle: | The Encyclopedia of Hong Kong Film |
| Authors: | Author: Mike Wilkins, Stefan Hammond |
| Page Count: | 34 |
| Subjects: | Films, cinema, Films, cinema |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Hong Kong films: stunt hazards, pistol ballets, snarky gangsters and toothsome molls, hopping vampires, noir to the bone. Hong Kong films tore up kung fu stereotypes in the 1980s/90s. This is the definitive book on stunt hazards, pistol ballets, snarky gangsters and toothsome molls, hopping vampires, and Hong Kong noir. Start with John, Jacky and Michelle - evolve to Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, the fantastic world of Tsui Hark, and the auteurdrome of Wong Kar-wai. How and why did films from Hong Kong - a British Crown Colony and mapspeck - become so popular? More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets explicates, amplifies, and just plain rips across genres and filmmakers in one of the world''s most storied film industries. |
| Imprint Name: | Headpress |
| Publisher Name: | Headpress |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-06-11 |
