Hong Kong Babylon

Author : Barry Long
Publisher : Miramax Books
ISBN 13 : 9780786883592
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hong Kong Babylon written by Barry Long and published by Miramax Books. This book was released on 1998-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the Hong Kong film market chronicles its history and worldwide influence, profiling its most important films and figures while providing photographs, filmographies, and a video guide.

Author : Peter Moss
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595380875
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Babylon written by Peter Moss and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having witnessed Britain's retreat from India in 1947, and Malaya in 1957, Peter Moss traveled on through the lengthening shadows of a waning Empire, seeking the last remnants of a once flourishing panoply of imperial pomp and circumstance. He arrived in Hong Kong to find this fabled territory less a British colony than a triumph of collective enterprise; no mythic Babylon but a vibrant and compelling reality. His Hong Kong career spanned four decades, from the spillover of China's cultural revolution to the return of its prodigal son at midnight on June 30th 1997. In his take on events leading up to that historical watershed he has drawn on Chinese sources to present a wider perspective, and has not flinched from challenging popular perceptions. He saw Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last governor, as a knight in shining armour, riding in at the eleventh hour to slay the dragon. "I felt there was a distinct danger of him accidentally killing the damsel in distress." Many have loved and admired Hong Kong but few have grasped its intricacies. That an enclave so small should have become so powerful, and left such a mark on the world, is a mystery that No Babylon seeks to probe and dispel. "Had he discovered Hong Kong first, Karl Marx might never have written Das Kapital, for this hubble-bubble of experimental capitalist alchemy contradicted so many of his theories".

Author : Jules Brown
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781858288727
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hong Kong & Macau written by Jules Brown and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2002 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource includes full details of Hong Kong harbour, its shopping and nightlife districts, traditional sites and off-the-beaten track areas of the New Territories and outlying islands. A history and a cultural guide is included, as well as places to eat, drink and sleep on every budget. Background information on post-handover politics and features on festivals, feng shui and Chinese astrology are also included.

Author : Mengyang Cui
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1581123817
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hong Kong Cinema and the 1997 Return of the Colony to Mainland China: The Tensions and the Consequences written by Mengyang Cui and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper, I aimed to explore deeply the Hong Kong 1997 handover theme films by comparison and summary in order to discover the history and cultural meaning of this incident from a human perspective. 1997 is a turning point for Hong Kong people, society and the film industry. The city confronted a historical turning point under an experimental one country, two systems convention without precedent in history. This led many Hong Kong people to lose confidence about their future. In addition, this historical incident brought a series of social issues to Hong Kong people, such as confusion about their identity and uncertainty about the future. Therefore I chose four films from two directors with different viewpoints reveal Hong Kong society and people s life and spirit. Those films are Peter Chan s Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996), Golden Chicken (2000), and Fruit Chan s Made in Hong Kong (1997), The Longest Summer (1997). Also, I will give a brief introduction about the aspects of the past of Hong Kong politically (colonial rule), economically and with respect of Hong Kong identity to understand its cinema and the possible effects of the 1997 handover.

Author : Ian Aitken
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 074866470X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hong Kong Documentary Film written by Ian Aitken and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Described as the 'lost genre', the tradition of documentary film making in Hong Kong is far less known than its martial arts films. However documentary film has always existed in Hong Kong and often trenchantly represents its troubled relationship to itself, China and the west. Including the period of colonial film-making, the high points of television documentary and the tradition of independent documentary film-making, this book is the first to present a comprehensive study of this lost genre. It explores the role of public-service television (including representations of the massacre at Tiananmen Square) and presents critical analysis of key films. Based on original archival research, it will be an invaluable resource for students and academics who work in the fields if film studies, colonial studies and Hong Kong cinema.

Author : Tiong Guan Saw
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415656893
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Film Censorship in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Tiong Guan Saw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film censorship has always been a controversial matter, particularly in jurisdictions with restrictive state-based censorship systems. This book reviews the film censorship system in the Asia-Pacific by comparing the systems used in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Australia. It identifies the key issues and concerns that arise from the design and implementation of the system by examining the censorship laws, policies, guidelines and processes. The book evaluates film practitioners' and censors' opinion of, and experience in, dealing with those issues, and goes on to develop reform proposals for the film censorship system.

Author : Stephen WK Chiu
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811657076
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hong Kong Society written by Stephen WK Chiu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book borrows the concept of “high-definition” from digital broadcasting to highlight our unique approach to Hong Kong society, which gives a sharper image than analyses. It intends to highlight contrasts with many common and taken-for-granted stories, myths and representations of Hong Kong— which often presented with a low level of detail, lacking proper connections between grounded personal experiences and the macro social context. With chapters covering various salient dimensions of Hong Kong’s society, including migration, economy, inequality, identity and social movements, our “high-definition” approach presents images with high enough “resolution” to match multiple layers of experiences from walks of life of Hong Kong people, contributing to an understanding of how global transformation impacts local people’s experiences, as well as Hong Kong’s significance in the regional and global system.

Author : John Charles
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147660262X
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977Ð1997 written by John Charles and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to the successes of directors and actors like John Woo, Jackie Chan, and Chow Yun-Fat, the cinema of Hong Kong is wildly popular worldwide, and there is much more to this diverse film culture than most Western audiences realize. Beyond martial arts and comedy, Hong Kong films are a celebration of the grand diversity and pageantry of moviemaking—covering action, comedy, horror, eroticism, mythology, historical drama, modern romances, and experimental films. Information on 1,100 films produced in British Hong Kong from 1977 to 1997 is included here.

Author : Ming K. Chan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810876337
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR written by Ming K. Chan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is located on the southeastern coast of China, and the Macao SAR can be found off of China's southern coast. Both regions have recently been released from European colonial rule: Hong Kong from British control in 1997 and Macao from Portugal in 1999. As SARs, Hong Kong and Macao retain a high degree of autonomy, and they control all issues except those of state (e.g. diplomatic relations and national defense). The A to Z of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR includes maps, photographs, a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, and events as well as political, economic and social background. However, unlike the rest of the series, all these sections are presented in duplicate: one for Hong Kong and one for Macao. The authoritative analysis and informative data presented clearly elucidate the unique situation of these two territories.

Author : Poshek Fu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521776028
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cinema of Hong Kong written by Poshek Fu and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-25 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines Hong Kong cinema in transnational, historical, and artistic contexts.