Hong Kong Film, Hollywood And the New Global Cinema No Film Is an Island

Hong Kong is now a major player of the new global cinema. Hong Kong cinema has strong connections both to Hollywood, and to world and Asian regional markets, while scholarly interest in the history and development of Hong Kong cinema has grown considerably in recent years. This book examines a wide range of aspects of Hong Kong cinema, and discusses the role of Hong Kong cinema in changing global film markets. It explores Hong Kong cinema's inextricable links with China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, the United States, and the Chinese diaspora. It considers Hong Kong's connection with Hollywood, which involves ties that bring together art cinema and popular genres as well as film festivals and the media marketplace with popular transnational genres, and demonstrates how Hong Kong film, throughout its history, has challenged, redefined, expanded, and exceeded its borders. It includes significant new analysis of older films, such as New Wave classic Shanghai Blues; new perspectives on established genres, including martial arts, action and horror; and reconsiderations of neglected directors, most notably Johnnie To. Overall, this book examines Hong Kong film in the contexts of globally interconnected filmmaking practices and film scholarship.Kam, Tan See is the author of 'Hong Kong Film, Hollywood And the New Global Cinema No Film Is an Island', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415380683 and ISBN 0415380685.