City on Fire: Hong Kong Cinema

Hong Kong's film industry gained global attention in the 1980s, at the time of negotiations over Great Britain's return of the colony to China. Uncertainty about the post-handover era accelerated Hong Kong's race for economic growth, and found expression in cinema's depictions of a 'city on fire.' In this accessible introduction to the extraordinary cinematic output of the colony, Michael Hoover and Lisa Stokes review the directors and films that have established Hong Kong cinema internationally: John Woo's martial arts flicks, Tsui Hark's wire-worked fantasies, Ann Hui's exile melodramas, Stanley Kwan's limpid romances, and Wong Kar-wai's stylish art films.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Verso
Published: 09/17/1999
ISBN: 9781859842034
Pages: 382
Weight: 1.88lbs
Size: 7.75h x 7.71w x 1.03d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/09/1999 pg. 336
Library Journal 09/01/1999 pg. 196