Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema

by Lisa Odham Stokes and Lisa Tyler

Despite the industry being shutdown by two world wars, having its martial arts films dismissively labeled as "chopsocky," and operating on shoestring budgets, the films of Hong Kong have been praised and imitated all over the world. From its beginning in 1909 with the silent short Stealing the Roast Duck to the martial arts classic Enter the Dragon (1973) to Peter Chan's Perhaps Love (2005), a reinvention of Chinese musicals via...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810855208
• ISBN13: 9780810855205
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"