Hong Kong cinema : the extra dimensions /: the extra dimensions. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Teo.
• Other Names: Teo, Stephen; British Film Institute.
• Contents: Part 1. Northerners and southerners: Early Hong Kong cinema: the Shanghai hangover -- Shanghai redone: les sing-song girls in Hong Kong -- The early Cantonese cinema -- Father and son -- The romantic and the cynical Mandarins -- Part 2. Martial artists : The dao of King Hu -- The sword and the fist -- Bruce Lee: Narcissus and the Little Dragon -- Jacky Chan: the other kung fu dragon -- Part 3. Path breakers : The new wave -- The new wave's action auteurs -- The second wave -- Part 4. Characters on the edge : Reverence and fear: Hong Kong's China syndrome -- Ghosts, cadavers, demons and other hybrids -- Bad customers and big timers -- Postmodernism and the end of Hong Kong cinema -- Bio-filmographies.
• Publisher Details: London : British Film Institute
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (319 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43095125; Motion pictures -- China -- Hong Kong -- History; Cinéma -- Chine -- Hongkong -- Histoire; 24.32 history of film art; Motion pictures; Hongkongfilm; Cinéma -- Chine -- Hong Kong (Chine) -- Histoire et critique; Acteurs de cinéma -- Chine; Filmkunst; Films; Film; China -- Hong Kong; Hongkong; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781838716257; 1838716254
• Related ISBNs: 9780851704968
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.