More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets: The Encyclopedia of Hong Kong Film

Stefan Hammond,Mike Wilkins

More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets: The Encyclopedia of Hong Kong Film
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Headpress
Country
United Kingdom
Published
11 June 2020
Pages
34
ISBN
9781909394643

More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets: The Encyclopedia of Hong Kong Film

Stefan Hammond,Mike Wilkins

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.

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