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OverviewThe book provides a comprehensive overview of To's career as a director of action films. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen TeoPublisher: Hong Kong University Press Imprint: Hong Kong University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.442kg ISBN: 9789622098404ISBN 10: 9622098401 Pages: 308 Publication Date: 01 June 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: Out of stock  Language: English Table of ContentsList of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. From The Big Heat to Lifeline; 3. Nucleus of the Milky Way; 4. Directed by Johnnie To; 5. The Uneven Auteur; 6. Postscript.ReviewsWith his customary range and depth, Stephen Teo gives us a remarkable study of the action films of Johnnie To. To is one of the finest filmmakers working in the world today, and Teo situates his distinctive achievement within the wider context of Hong Kong politics, culture, and film production. In-depth analyses of To's films gain resonance from Teo's survey of the wider history of Hong Kong and its genre cinema. This, the first book-length study in English of To's work, is very likely to remain the best. It confirms Stephen Teo's stature as one of the foremost historians and critics of Chinese-language filmmaking. - David Bordwell, Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and author of Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment (2002) With his customary range and depth, Stephen Teo gives us a remarkable study of the action films of Johnnie To. To is one of the finest filmmakers working in the world today, and Teo situates his distinctive achievement within the wider context of Hong Kong politics, culture, and film production. In-depth analyses of To's films gain resonance from Teo's survey of the wider history of Hong Kong and its genre cinema. This, the first book-length study in English of To's work, is very likely to remain the best. It confirms Stephen Teo's stature as one of the foremost historians and critics of Chinese-language filmmaking. - David Bordwell, Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and author of Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment (2002) Lively, engaging and packed with insight, this long-awaited study approaches Johnnie To as today's action film auteur. Perhaps only Stephen Teo, with his unique knowledge of the Hong Kong film industry distilled from decades of experience and research, could produce such an authoritative analysis of To's genius and working methods. Director in Action shows us how To has emerged as both the poet of post-1997 and the economic savior of the Hong Kong film industry. - Chris Berry, Professor of Film and Television Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London, and co-author (with Mary Farquhar) of China on Screen: Cinema and Nation (2006) With his customary range and depth, Stephen Teo gives us a remarkable study of the action films of Johnnie To. To is one of the finest filmmakers working in the world today, and Teo situates his distinctive achievement within the wider context of Hong Kong politics, culture, and film production. In-depth analyses of To's films gain resonance from Teo's survey of the wider history of Hong Kong and its genre cinema. This, the first book-length study in English of To's work, is very likely to remain the best. It confirms Stephen Teo's stature as one of the foremost historians and critics of Chinese-language filmmaking. -- David Bordwell, Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Author InformationStephen Teo is currently a research fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and a senior associate of RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. His latest work is King Hu's A Touch of Zen (Hong Kong University Press, 2007). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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