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Hong Kong Film, Hollywood and New Global Cinema: No Film is An Island

By Tan , Marchetti

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2007
ISBN
9780415380683, 0415380685
Open Library ID
OL17255465M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1397749 bytes)
Series
Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series
Edition
1
Pages
301\301
Topic
Art Cinema
Time added
2010-05-31 00:48:14

Description

In recent years, with the establishment of the Hong Kong Film Archive and growing scholarly interest in the history of Hong Kong cinema, previously neglected historical documents and difficult-to-access films have offered new research materials. As Hong Kong film history comes into sharper focus, its inextricable links across the decades to Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, the United States, and to the far reaches of the Chinese diaspora have also become more evident. Hong Kong’s connection with Hollywood involves ties that bring together art cinema and popular genres as well as film festivals and the media marketplace with popular transnational genres. Giving fresh and facsinating insights into the vibrant area of Hong Kong, this exciting new book links Hong Kong with world film culture both within and beyond the commercial Hollywood paradigm. It emphasizes Hong Kong film in relation to other cinema industries, including Hollywood, and demonstrates that Hong Kong film, throughout its history, has challenged, redefined, expanded, and exceeded its borders.

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