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 |