| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 266 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Edinburgh studies in East Asian film |
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Edinburgh studies in East Asian film.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note pt. One Seeds of Noir in Hong Kong Cinema -- 1. ̀A Rose by Any Other Name': Wong Tin-lam's The Wild, Wild Rose as Melodrama Musical Noir Hybrid / Lisa Odham Stokes -- 2. Black and Red: Post-War Hong Kong Noir and its Interrelation with Progressive Cinema, 1947-57 / Law Kar -- 3. Sword, Fist or Gun? The 1970s Origins of Contemporary Hong Kong Noir / Kristof Van den Troost -- pt. Two Neo-Noir Films in Close-Up -- 4. Doubled Indemnity: Fruit Chan and the Meta-Fictions of Hong Kong Neo-Noir / Adam Bingham -- 5. Running on Karma: Hong Kong Noir and the Political Unconscious / Gina Marchetti -- 6. Beyond Hypothermia: Cool Women Killers in Hong Kong Cinema / David Desser -- 7. Tech-Noir: A Sub-Genre May not Exist in Hong Kong Science Fiction Films / Kwai-Cheung Lo -- pt. Three Cosmopolitan Cityspace and Neo-Noir -- 8. Location Filmmaking and the Hong Kong Crime Film: Anatomy of a Scene / Julian Stringer -- 9. Running Out of Time, Hard-Boiled and 24-Hour Cityspace / Kenneth E. Hall -- 10. Exiled in Macau: Hong Kong Neo-Noir and Paradoxical Lyricism / Jinhee Choi -- 11. The Tentacles of History: Shinjuku Incident's Return of the Repressed / Tony Williams |
| Summary |
The first comprehensive collection on the subject of Hong Kong neo-noir cinema, this book examines the way Hong Kong has developed its own unique and culturally specific version of the neo-noir genre, while at the same time drawing on and adapting existing international noir cinemas. With a range of contributions from established and emerging scholars, this book illuminates the origins of Hong Kong neo-noir, its styles and contemporary manifestations, and its connection to mainland China. Case studies include classics such as The Wild Wild Rose (1960) and more recent films like Full Alert (1997) and Exiled (2007), as well as an in-depth look at the careers of iconic figures like Johnnie To and Jackie Chan. By examining at its past and its contemporary development, Hong Kong Neo-Noir also points towards the genré⁰₉s possible future development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244), filmography (pages 245-253) and index |
| Subject |
Film noir -- China -- Hong Kong -- History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Reference
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Film noir
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China -- Hong Kong
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Yau, Ching-Mei Esther, editor.
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Williams, Tony, 1946 January 11- editor
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| LC no. |
2016590496 |
| ISBN |
9781474412674 |
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147441267X |
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9781474412681 |
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1474412688 |
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