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How and why did films from Hong Kong — a former British Crown Colony and map-speck — become so popular? Post-WWII, creative freedom was scarce in Asia, but Hong Kong was a safe space for filmmakers seeking to profit from overseas Chinese markets and Chinatowns worldwide. Both Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest set up massive operations in Hong Kong and let the celluloid slip.
By the 1980s, Hong Kong's Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan were famous throughout Asia. Their winning formula of humour and martial arts prowess ripped through kung fu stereotypes, while filmmakers like Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam served up fantasy, horror and noir crime dramas for rabid cinemagoing hordes in the grindhouses of Kowloon. It was a glorious time.
This book is the nonpareil true story of the Hong Kong film industry, one that doesn’t skimp on the good bits: the hyperkinetic films themselves. Included are intrepid firsthand accounts of the culture and international fanbases to have emerged around these movies.
More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets contains the best bits of Sex and Zen & A Bullet in the Head (1996) and Hollywood East (2000) — the two best known tomes on Hong Kong films of the twentieth century — revised and with the inclusion of new material. The result is the most comprehensive encyclopedia of Hong Kong film available anywhere.
ASIN : B087JNBR6Q
Publisher : Headpress; Illustrated edition (June 11, 2020)
Publication date : June 11, 2020
Language : English
File size : 56901 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 344 pages
Reviewer: S. Schwankert
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Return of a classic
Review: My copies of the original "Sex and Zen and A Bullet In The Head" and its sort-of sequel "Hollywood East" sit on my shelf, dog-eared and marked-up. There are other books about film in Hong Kong, but none as good as these two. But SAZ & ABITH needed an update, given the changes that Hong Kong and the Hong Kong film industry have undergone since the books were written. Here it is, a fresh look at the movies that created the genre "Hong Kong cinema," but with plenty of fresh information about what's different, who has become who, where they've gone, and what film means for Hong Kong now. Grab the paperback edition for your shelf, or save a couple of bucks and get it on Kindle. It's as good a read as the films are to watch.
Reviewer: Charles Floyd Rhodes
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very good updated combo of two earlier books
Review: This is a larger sized, updated, and revised combo of two smaller books that came out in the early 1990s. It is in 18 chapters and thus it is not a look it up A to Z guide, but, fear not, there is a film review index with the titles cross referenced. The lengthier reviews have the English title, the non-English title in ideographs and basic credits, that is the director and a few performers. The shorter ones have just just an English language title and year of release followed by a review that varies in length, which makes me wonder why the authors did not just use the same approach for each movie. The first chapter is a top ten section, two of which are A Chinese Ghost Story and Zu : Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983). Category III movies are included. Chapter two covers horror movies such as The Eternal Evil of Asia (1995), Rigor Mortis (2013), Hororscope 2 : The Woman from Hell (2000), (no, the title is not a typo), and it ends with a ten notes on the horror movie conventions. Hong Kong Noir is the title of chapter 3. Dream Home (2010), Infernal Affairs (2002), Gangs (1988), The Stool Pigeon (2010) and The Queen of Temple Street (1990) are examples of noir-ish titles. Chapter four is a lengthy look at stunt work in the movies and it ends with 7 reviews. Finally, kung fu movies are covered in chapter 5. This does not have any reviews, but it works as a good history of chopsockies on an introductory level. Yes, Chapter 6 covers Category III movies, just like part of this book's title promises. Most of the titles are 1990s, but there are two 2000s titles, I would give examples of the titles, but I am not sure if it is okay for me to do so. Trust me, this section has a mix of the well known and a few obscure Category III titles. Cops and Rascals is the headline for Chapter Seven. One of the newer titles in this section is Trivisa (2016). Chapter 8, The Unexpected, covers Milkyway Image Productions movies, and, no, that company title is not a typo. Ten films get write-ups. Nail-Polished Fists? Yes, that is the title of chapter 9, which focuses on women of action. Cynthia Khan, Moon Lee, Jade Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Michiko Nishiwaki, Anita Lee, Joyce Godenzi, Cynthia Rothrock, Yukari Oshima, they'r all here. Chapter 10 is all about Tsui Hark, Chapter 11 covers key Jackie Chan titles, and so on, In short, each chapter is a themed one. Lots of monochrome pictures. What keeps me from giving this book the top rating is that the coverage of the movies is on the uneven side, and not one chopsocky movie gets an actual review. Still, for what this book is, it gets four stars, and there is a glossary for entry level readers who still do not know what wuxia means.