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| Book: Paperback | 5.90 x 8.93in | 336 pages | ISBN 9781572972285 | 01 Apr 1997 | Berkley | 18 - AND UP |
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From Jackie Chan to Bruce Lee...Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (And a Few Things You Didn't Know You Wanted to Know) About Asian Cult Cinema
Amazing karate chops and judo kicks. Blazing gun battles. Heartless gangsters out for blood. These are just a few of the elements that typify Hong Kong films. Wildly embraced in Asia for years, these movies have reached our shores and continue to grow in popularity. Jackie Chan is the biggest movie star in the world, and the recent success here in the U.S. of his movies Rumble in the Bronx and First Strike proves that the American audience is hungry for this kind of fast, frenzied filmmaking. Now, Thomas Weisser, the editor of America's first magazine on contemporary Asian movies, provides the ultimate guide to Hong Kong film in ASIAN CULT CINEMA .
From The Killer to Project A, from Blue Jean Monster to Snake Girl Drops In, ASIAN CULT CINEMA offers funny and insightful mini-reviews of hundreds of contemporary Hong Kong films. ASIAN CULT CINEMA also features an in-depth listing of martial arts movies from the genre's halcyon days (1966-1980s), including a section on the influence of Bruce Lee and the cottage industry of chop socky films that popped up after his death. Weisser also provides complete filmographies of Asia's most influential and beloved actors and directors.
Asian Cult Cinema
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Max Allan Collins
A Note on the Text: Deciphering the Chinese Language
The Films
The Roots: Martial Arts
Director Filmography
The Major Players
"[An] invaluable contribution to this explosive genre." —Oliver Stone
"This book is indispensible. Asian Cult Cinema introduced me to the genre, walked me through it, and got me hooked. Informed and witty." —New York Daily News
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