The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977Ð1997

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.