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Author | : Jeremy Tambling |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 2003-06-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9622095887 |
Download Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Wong Kar-wai's controversial film, Happy Together, was released in Hong Kong just before the handover of power in 1997. The film shows two Chinese gay men in Buenos Aires and reflects on Hong Kong's past and future by probing masculinity, aggression, identity, and homosexuality. It also gives a reading of Latin America, perhaps as an allegory of Hong Kong as another post-colonial society. Examining one single, memorable, and beautiful film, but placing it in the context of other films by Wong Kar-wai and other Hong Kong directors, this book illustrates the depth, as well as the spectacle and action, that characterizes Hong Kong cinema. Tambling investigates the possibility of seeing Happy Together in terms of 'national allegory', as Fredric Jameson suggests Third World texts should be seen. Alternatively, he emphasizes the fragmentary nature of the film by discussing both its images and its narrative in the light of Borges and Manuel Puig. He also looks at the film's relation to the American road movie and to the history of the tango. He poses questions how emotions are presented in the film (is this a 'nostalgia film'?); whether the masculinity in it should be seen negatively or as signs of a new hopefulness about Hong Kong's future; and whether the film indicates new ways of thinking of gender relationships or sexuality.
Author | : Wimal Dissanayake |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2003-06-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9622095844 |
Download Wong Kar-wai's Ashes of Time Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Ashes of Time, by the internationally acclaimed director Wong Kar-wai, has been considered to be one of the most complex and self-reflexive of Hong Kong films. Loosely based on the stories by renowned martial arts novelist Jin Yong, Wong Kar-wai has created a very different kind of martial arts film, which invites close and sustained study.This book presents the nature and significance of Ashes of Time, and the reasons for its being regarded as a landmark in Hong Kong cinema. Placing the film in historical and cultural context, Dissanayake discusses its vision, imagery, visual style, and narrative structure. In particular, he focuses on the themes of mourning, confession, fantasy, and kung fu movies, which enable the reader to gain a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the film.
Author | : Wong Kar Wai |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-04-19 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0847846172 |
Download WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The long-awaited retrospective from the internationally renowned film director celebrated for his visually lush and atmospheric films. Wong Kar Wai is known for his romantic and stylish films that explore—in saturated, cinematic scenes—themes of love, longing, and the burden of memory. His style reveals a fascination with mood and texture, and a sense of place figures prominently. In this volume, the first on his entire body of work, Wong Kar Wai and writer John Powers explore Wong’s complete oeuvre in the locations of some of his most famous scenes. The book is structured as six conversations between Powers and Wong (each in a different locale), including the restaurant where he shot In the Mood for Love and the snack bar where he shot Chungking Express. Discussing each of Wong’s eleven films, the conversations also explore Wong’s trademark themes of time, nostalgia, and beauty, and their roots in his personal life. This first book by Wong Kar Wai, lavishly illustrated with more than 250 photographs and film stills and featuring an opening critical essay by Powers, WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wei is as evocative as walking into one of Wong’s lush films.
Author | : Samuel Wells Williams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 916 |
Release | : 1856 |
Genre | : Cantonese dialects |
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Author | : Silver Wai-ming Lee |
Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2017-08-07 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1496812859 |
Download Wong Kar-wai Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Fans and critics alike perceive Wong Kar-wai (b. 1958) as an enigma. His dark glasses, his nonlinear narrations, and his high expectations for actors all contribute to an assumption that he only makes art for a few high-brow critics. However, Wong's interviews show this Hong Kong auteur is candid about the art of filmmaking, even surprising his interlocutors by suggesting his films are commercial and made for a popular audience. Wong's achievements nevertheless feel like art-house cinema. His third film, Chungking Express, introduced him to a global audience captivated by the quick and quirky editing style. His Cannes award-winning films Happy Together and In the Mood for Love confirmed an audience beyond the greater Chinese market. His latest film, The Grandmaster, depicts the life of a kung fu master by breaking away from the martial arts genre. In each of these films, Wong Kar-wai's signature style—experimental, emotive, character-driven, and timeless—remains apparent throughout. This volume includes interviews that appear in English for the first time, including some that appeared in Hong Kong magazines now out of print. The interviews cover every feature film from Wong's debut As Tears Go By to his 2013 The Grandmaster.
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Total Pages | : 1242 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Anthropology |
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Download Memoirs of the Polynesian Society Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Harvey Rexford Hitchcock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1887 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
Download An English-Hawaiian Dictionary Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Donald MacGillivray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1016 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Chinese language |
ISBN | : |
Download A Mandarin-Romanized Dictionary of Chinese Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John White |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Maori (New Zealand people) |
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Download Ko Nga Tatai Korero Whakapapa a Te Maori Me Nga Karakia O Nehe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Robert Samuel Maclay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1154 |
Release | : 1870 |
Genre | : Chinese language |
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Download An Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle