Main Melody Films

Hong Kong Directors in Mainland China

Stephen Yiu-Wai Chu (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2022
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-9386-4 (ISBN)

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Provides an in-depth study of Hong Kong directors' participation in Chinese 'main-melody' blockbusters in the 2010s.

Main melody films are propaganda works that pay tribute to the Chinese nation, the party and the army. Since the turn of the century, they have gradually developed into the main genre of Chinese cinema, and its blockbusterization is arguably the most phenomenal aspect of the 2010s Chinese film industry.

As an increasing number of Hong Kong directors are commissioned to direct main melody blockbusters, Chu examines their contributions to this genre, shedding light on the development of cross-border cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong film industries.

Professor Stephen Yiu-Wai Chu is Director and Professor of Hong Kong Studies Programme at Hong Kong University

Introduction: "Main(land) Melody Films" and Hong Kong Directors

1: How to Take Tiger Mountain? The Tsui Hark Model

2: Will Our Time Come? Ann Hui’s Fallen City

3: Hong Kong Dreams in China: The Leap of Peter Chan

4: Founding an Army with Soft Power: Captain Andrew Lau

5: Stepping to the Fore: Dante Lam’s Operation Trilogy

6: Underneath the Shock Waves: The (Un)told Stories of Herman Yau

7: Jumping on the Bandwagon: The Ensemble of Hong Kong Film Directors

EpilogueSelect BibliographyFilmographyGlossary

Erscheinungsdatum	05.04.2022
Reihe/Serie	Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film
Zusatzinfo	Tables, black and white; Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	1-4744-9386-6 / 1474493866
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-9386-4 / 9781474493864
Zustand	Neuware