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The Art of the Global in The Local
Imprimis: this book covers Wong's work up until 2046 including his commercial shorts; however, Teo was not able to view Wong's "The Hand" in the Eros release - a very important film in Wong's oeuvre in my opinion.Of course My Blueberry Nights is also not included since it came after this book.The format is simple with an introductory chapter, one chapter per film and an ending chapter which covers his commercial shorts and concludes his thoughts about the summation of Wong Kar-wai's cinema.

This is a nice monograph on Wong's work.Where Stephen Teo (author of Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions) is strongest and most sublime in this book is associating particular literary influences on Wong's oeuvre.Teo's sums this up in the conclusion of the book where he states: "...Wong paradoxically shows a love of literature that seems far greater than his love of cinema.Literature feeds Wong's faculty of image-making.He is inspired by writers such as Puig and Cortaza, Osamu Dazai and Liu Yichang to express non-linear, illogical narratives, using the word in this own distinctive manner to combine thought and image, and heighten our senses of perception."

Teo does a nice job in explaining some of the cinematic influences on Wong and other movie associations with Wong and his contemporaries.The pre and post handover anxiety and malaise theories and metaphors are covered nicely per film.But like all artists it is important to read a variety of sources on an auteur to understand more about him.I have read David Bordwell's Planet Hong Kong which has a chapter on "avant pop" cinema in HK which most of that chapter is about Wong and it also contains an essay dedicated to Chungking Express.However, there are several more books dedicated to Wong which I will delve into later such as Wong Kar-wai (Contemporary Film Directors) by Peter Brunette and books from The New Hong Kong Cinema Series that deal with specific films.

Where I do have some issues is the overuse of generic terms such as "post-modern" which completely loses context as the years pass.He also perpetuates the theory of Wong as a box-office disaster and suffering artist fighting his way against the HK production companies and disinterested masses with such statements as "...his films are box-office poison in Hong Kong...", "Hong Kong itself has proved resistant to his films, as judged on the whole by their consistently poor domestic box-office earnings", and "It represents Wong's faculty for survival even after the box-office fiasco of Days of Being Wild."This is just not true and I tend to agree with Tony Rayns who has stated on the Criterion commentary for Chungking Express that Wong is not a major flop, just only marginally successful in Hong Kong.If you look at the local box office for Wong's films you find most ranging from 7 to 9 HK million dollars (not counting the 11 HK million for As Tears Go By). While he hasn't had the success of a Wong Jing or Johnnie To's most successful films he also has not had the financial flops that To has had (PTU made about 3 HK million).In an interesting coincidence Stephen Teo would later pen Director in Action: Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film which I feel is a must buy for fans of To.

However, there is so much information that is worth reading and returning to that I believe this as a must purchase for fans of Wong and/or scholars interested in his cinema.Teo sometimes overdoes Wong's position as underdog and he goes into fanboy territory with such statements as "...simply by committing himself in a way that his contemporaries cannot match." and has an annoying habit of using obscure comparisons that sometimes seem a bit forced and a bit Dennis Milleresque like "...kind that incorporates a Menippean discourse..." but his enthusiasm for the subject makes up for these faults.

Still waiting for a good book on Wong
The problem for me with Teo's references to telos or Julia Kristeva, to follow-up on the comments of a previous reviewer, is that they seem symptomatic of the author's inability to truly get a handle on Wong's films. Teo applies ideas/theories to Wong's works like a graduate student dutifully displaying his wares. His work seems generally intelligent (as a student he'd get an A- for the assignment), but he provides very little insight into Wong's aesthetic. It came as little surprise, toward the end of the book, when the author admitted his indifference to In the Mood for Love. One thing is for sure: no one is going to write a good monograph on Wong Kar-Wai who thinks that In the Mood for Love is cold and uninvolving.

Excellent collection of essays
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Wong Kar-Wai, the brilliantly manic Chinese film director, is right above Quentin Tarantino on the theoretical film flow chart. With films such as As Tears Go By, Days of Being Wild, Chungking Express, and Ashes of Time, Kar-Wai has been at the forefront of Hong Kong cinema. On the surface, Kar-Wai follows the rules, presenting the usual fare of car chases, explosions, and sex, but in reality his films are much deeper. His characters live and die on the fringe of acceptance and existence, in a nebulous gray area between good and almost evil. Wong-Kai has managed to invent an art that refuses the affluence of the West: by sticking his guns (and knives, fists and chains), this film director has created a bridge between Hong Kong and the rest of the world. ... Read more

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Excellent phtography, quality production, worth reading.
A great book. The photography is well selected.An insightful analysis. A little excessive in intelltualizing the ideas of Wong Kar-Wai's art.

I only wish it would emphasize more on how seductive and sensual his worksare, and how skillfully he uses the props and sounds(cigarettes , blood-redbedcover, the Falls, wallpapers etc.), the lighting (mastered byChristopher Doyle), colours (like stained glasses), and the make-up (thick,dark eye-brows rendering a Latin flavour) to exude nostalgia, time,sensuality, sorrow, and romanticism. It's very Hong-Kongish. Wong's art isall about feelings.

(P.S. Try to get Christopher Doyle's Photo Journal on Happy Together. Magnificient photography from the footages. Well writtenin both English and Chinese).

Some nice photos and a lot of highbrow hot air.
As a big Wong Kar-Wai fan, I had to have the book. But most of the "critical analysis" goes way too far in trying to "understand" his films.He must get a great laugh when he reads about these author's claims of knowing the deeper meaning he was going for.Check out the pictures and forget about the articles.

An excellent critical review of Wong Kar Wai's films.
Every fan of the Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wei should immediatly check out this book.It contains a critical review of all of his films to date, going into depth on the possible meanings and significant aspects of each film. As a graduate of a Film Production program, it can be a bit heady, but still very interesting.The best part is at the end when two interviews with the famed director are combined.It is a real treat to her Wong Kar Wei talk about his own work!The photography, mostly by Christopher Doyle, gives agreat glimpse into the world of Wong's films.

Very informational, and explains his works well.
This is the only book out on one of the most inspirational director around now. Wong Kar-wai inspired me to become a scriptwritter, and a film director. His films are so filled with real energy and feeling that he shows the asian mind on film better than anyone ever has.This book talks about his achievements, and also explains his films. From his first film, As Teas Go By, to his last film, Happy Together, the writters of this book explain the fundamentals of his writtings and goes further by explaining what every film tried to express. If there was ever an aspect in his movie that you never understood, then it is explained in this book. Although costly, the book is worth all the money because of the rich photographhic pictures included. This is a must have for all film enthusiastics, and any Wong Kar-wai fanatic like myself. ... Read more

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"Wong Kar-Wai" traces this immensely exciting director's perennial themes of time, love, and loss, and examines the political implications of his films, especially concerning the handover of former British colony Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. This book is the first in any language to cover all of Wong's work, from his first film, "As Tears Go By", to his most recent, the still unreleased "2046". It also includes his best known, highly honoured films, "Chungking Express", "Happy Together", and above all, "In the Mood for Love".Most importantly, Peter Brunette describes the ways in which Wong's supremely visual films attempt to create a new form of cinema by relying on stunning, suggestive visual images and audio tracks to tell their story, rather than on traditional notions of character, dialogue, and plot. The question of Wong Kar-wai's use of genre film techniques in art films is also explored in depth. Peter Brunette is the Reynolds Professor of Film Studies at Wake Forest University. He has written books on Roberto Rossellini and Michelangelo Antonioni and is the co-author of "Screen/Play: Derrida and Film Theory". He is chief critic for indieWIRE.com and reviews regularly for the British trade journal, "Screen International".It is a volume in the "Contemporary Film Directors" series, edited by James Naremore. ... Read more

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A valuable look at an imaginative voice in cinema - that helps clarify the continuity and development within Wong Kar-Wai's work
Peter Brunette's brief guide to the work of Wong Kar-Wai is valuable especially for its insight into the continuity and development of Wong Kar-Wai's style and thematics.The book manages to balance careful analysis with scholarly engagement, and to make it personal without becoming precious.Occasionally his claims about style and substance in the work of Wong Kar Wai sound a bit obscure, and are hard to connect back to specifics in the films, but for the most part what Brunette does is trace a set of themes and stylistic elements through each one of the films - at least up through 2046 and the BMW ad that appeared around the same time, since this was written before the appearance of My Blueberry Nights, and while the collaboration with Stephen Soderbergh and Antonioni on Eros was still in development.He engages with other Wong Kar Wai criticism, but mostly in order to clarify and show what questions can be considered in relation to these films - for example, he examines claims that Wong Kar Wai's work is highly political and concerned mostly with issues such as the reunification of Hong Kong with mainland China, and he argues that while such interpretations are not without merit the thrust of the films is to connect such issues with the more dominant concerns in his work such as the impact of memory and the flow of time and the inevitability of loss.The book doesn't ever get bogged down in scholarship, and is an easy read for those familiar with Wong Kar-Wai's films.He helped me to see a number of things in the films that hadn't clicked for me before - especially that Wong Kar Wai is interested in the idea of personal identity as something constructed, an image.I like that Brunette both speaks broadly about Wong Kar Wai's films, and also that there is a section devoted to each film that helps tie the broader claims to specific reflections on the circumstances under which the film was made, the look and approach of each film, the highly important and unique use of music and sound in his works, and the storylines, replete with conflicts and struggles that recur throughout his work, but with important variations.Also valuable is his defense of the value of Wong Kar-Wai's work against charges that it is all style without substance - and at the same time his recognition that there are imperfections in the work, that there are missteps and mistakes, and that some of the criticisms raised against Wong Kar-Wai have merit and deserve consideration.Highly recommended for lovers of great cinema and especially for Wong Kar Wai fans.

Informative Study
Honestly written. Unpretentious yet intelligent. Brunette does not reach for dazzling overstatements, but instead keeps his claims conservative and convincing. Of particular interest is his discussion of Wong's recycling of and departure from genre conventions.

A Cinema Genius...
Wong Kar-wai is one of the most interesting and innovative directors since the French New Wave, and this collection of nearly all of his pre-"In The Mood For Love" films is well worth owning.These are all movies whose artistic and philosophic dimensions never seem to exhaust themselves...a rare thing in contemporary cinema...and a great reason to own this set...

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Wong Kar-wai's controversial film, Happy Together, was released in Hong Kong just before the handover of power in 1997.The film shows two Chinese gay men in Buenos Aires and reflects on Hong Kong's past and future by probing masculinity, aggression, identity, and homosexuality.It also gives a reading of Latin America, perhaps as an allegory of Hong Kong as another post-colonial society.

Examining one single, memorable, and beautiful film, but placing it in the context of other films by Wong Kar-wai and other Hong Kong directors, this book illustrates the depth, and well as the spectacle and action, that characterizes Hong Kong cinema.Tambling investigates the possibility of seeing Happy Together in terms of 'national allegory', as Frederic Jameson suggests Third World texts should be seen.Alternatively, he emphasizes the fragmentary nature of the film by discussing both its images and its narrative in the light of Borges and Manuel Puig.He also looks at the film's relation to the American road movie and to the history of the tango.he poses questions how emotions are presented in the film ( is this a 'nostalgia film'?); whether the masculinity in it should be seen negatively or as sins of a new hopefulness about Hong Kong's future: and whether the film indicates new ways of thinking about gender relationships and sexuality. ... Read more

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A Must-read of Hong Kong Cinema
Finally, there is a book - not a chapter or paragraph - solely one of the Wong Kar Wai's movie. This time, HKU Press has done a fascinating job in publishing an in-depth study on Wong's Ashes of Time and Happy Together. Jeremy Tambling is an expert in gender studies. In the book, he analyzes the film by using theories of allgeory. Besides, he also reads the film in relation to homosexuality (as expected), Hong Kong's postcolonial situation, melancholy, the American road movie genre, the meaning and tradition of tango and he also suggests the impact of choosing Buenos Aires as the setting of the movie. Tambling has included interesting and impressive perspectives of reading a movie, which brought Wong Kar Wai a best director award in Berlin Film Festival.

You may not buy Tambling's arguments on reading the movie as you may say the author has over-interpreted it. However, what he has done in the book definitely enriches the genre of Hong Kong Cinema criticism.

Full of wonderful insights on a fine HK movie
Wong Kar-wai's "Happy Together", which won some international films awards, is one of the best Hong Kong movies of recent years.

Jeremy Tambling here probes the film in depth an provides lots of interesting insights on the film, as well as the many possible interpretations of the plot as well as the relationship between the protagonists. In fact, Tambling goes deeper to explore the political and social undertones that the movie represents. It is therefore essential reader both for film buffs as well as those who're interested in social sciences. I enjoyed reading it very much!

A detailed, original and impressive reading of Wong's movie.
Finally, there is a book - not a chapter or paragraph - solely one of the Wong Kar Wai's movie. This time, HKU Press has done a fascinating job in publishing an in-depth studies on Wong's Ashes of Time and Happy Together. Jeremy Tambling is an expert in gender studies. In the book, he analyzes the film by the theories of allgeory (in chapter 1). Besides, he also reads the film in relation to homosexuality (as expected), Hong Kong's postcolonial situation, melancholy, the American road movie genre, the meaning and tradition of tango and he also suggests the impact of choosing Buenos Aires as the setting of the movie. Tambling has included funny, impressive and amazing perspectives of reading a movie, which brought Wong Kar Wai a best director award in Berlin Film Festival.

You may not buy Tambling theories in reading the movie as you may say a too complicated way. However, what he has done in the book definitely enriches the genre of Hong Kong Cinema criticism. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : 2046, in the Mood for Love, My Blueberry Nights, Chungking Express, Nos Années Sauvages, Happy Together, Les Cendres Du Temps, as Tears Go By, Les Anges Déchus. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : 2046 (film) - Wikipédia Qui sait, elle peut encore changer... Chow Mo Wan est maintenant un écrivain de science-fiction qui s'évade dans un lieu imaginaire, 2046, dont on ne revient jamais. 2046 est aussi le numéro de la chambre où il avait l'habitude de rencontrer Su Li Zhen, son grand amour, en 1962 à Hong Kong. Il s'installe dans la chambre 2047 fin 1966 et observe ce qui se passe à côté... Le narrateur désire quitter 2046, où il espérait retrouver la première Su Li Zhen, pour changer car dans cette dimension, "rien ne change jamais" et aucun de ses autres amours ne peut aboutir. Ainsi il s'est lui-même rendu coupable de l'échec de sa relation avec la deuxième Su Li Zhen qu'il cherchera par ailleurs à revoir une fois sorti de 2046 ~9"Titre de film en 0~9 | ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Films and Dreams considers the essential link between films and the world of dreams. Thorsten Botz-Bornstein reveals a common structure of _dreamtense_ in the works of major filmmakers like Tarkovsky, Sokurov, Bergman, and Wong Kar-wai. ... Read more

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Ashes of Time, by the internationally acclaimed director Wong Kar-wai, has been considered to be one of the most complex and self-reflexive of Hong Kong films.Loosely based on the stories by renowned martial arts novelist Jin Yong, Wong Kar-wai has created a very different kind of martial arts film, which invites close and sustained study.This book presents the nature and significance of Ashes of Time, and the reasons for its being regarded as a landmark in Hong Kong cinema.Placing the film in historical and cultural context, Dissanayake discusses its vision, imagery, visual style, and narrative structure.In particular, he focuses on the themes of mourning, confession, fantasy, and kung fu movies, which enable the reader to gain a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the film. ... Read more

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Makes an interesting read
"The Ashes of Time" has evolved into a kind of cult movie in Hong Kong. While being adapted from an exisitng (and much filmed) story, the end product has the unique directorial mark of Wong Kar Wai stamped all over it.

This interesting and exceptionally well-written books examines the many fascinating aspects of the film, and should to of much value to lovers of movies.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wong Kar-wai is an award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized films. Wong was listed at number three on the respected Sight & Sound Top Ten Directors list of modern times. Born in Shanghai, he moved to Hong Kong with his parents at the age of five. Coming from the Mainland and speaking only Mandarin and Shanghainese, he had a difficult period of adjustment to Cantonese speaking Hong Kong, spending hours in movie theatres with his mother. After graduating from Hong Kong Polytechnic College in graphic design in 1980, he enrolled in the Production Training Course organized by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and became a full-time television screenwriter. In the mid-1980s, he became a screenwriter/director at The Wing Scope Co. and In-gear Film Production Company, the production houses owned by renowned Hong Kong actor /movie producer Alan Tang. ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary.Chapters: 2046, the Hire, Chungking Express, in the Mood for Love, My Blueberry Nights, Happy Together, Ashes of Time, Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels, Eros, Six Days, as Tears Go By, Hua Yang de Nian Hua. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 86. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 2046 is a 2004 Hong Kong film (filmed in Shanghai) written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. It is a loose sequel to the 1991 Hong Kong film Days of Being Wild and the 2000 Hong Kong film In the Mood for Love. It follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan's unconsummated affair with Su Li-Zhen in 1960s Hong Kong but also includes some science fiction elements. The film is the third chapter of a shared story that began with Days of Being Wild and continued with In the Mood for Love. There are four main story arcs to the film. Three are about the relations of Chow with women that he meets after losing Su Li-Zhen. The first concerns Chow and Wang Jing Wen, the second is about Chow and Bai Ling, and the third is about Chow and a different woman who is also named Su Li-Zhen. The fourth takes place in Chow's mysterious world of 2046 and concerns a Japanese passenger falling in love with an android. Typical of Wong Kar-wai films, the arcs are presented in pieces and in non-chronological order. Also typical of Wong Kar-wai films, many scenes in the film involve characters conversing back and forth in different languages (Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin). It is assumed that each character, while only speaking one primary language, is more-or-less fluent in the other languages. The approximate order of the arcs is listed below. 2047 Arc Part I This section is the only part narrated by Chow's fictional character and not Chow himself. Set in the far future, a huge rail network connects the planet. The world ...http://booksllc.net/?id=213462 ... Read more

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Kapitel: Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Maggie Cheung, John Woo, Leslie Cheung, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Tsui Hark, Wong Kar-Wai, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Kenneth Ma, Jacky Cheung, Shing-Tung Yau, Chia Hui Liu, Andy Lau, Yuen Woo-Ping, John Baptist Wu Cheng-Chung, Chow Yun-Fat, Sammo Hung, Cecilia Cheung, Martin Leung, Stephen Chow, Cheng Pei-Pei, Johnnie To, John Tong Hon, Chang Cheh, Marco Fu, Yuen Biao, Eddie Chan, Simon Yam, Derek Yee, Anita Mui, Jade Leung, Dj Beware, Dennis Chan, Gordon Chan, Kenix Kwok, Peter Pau, Nicholas Tse, Rita Fan, Stanley Kwan, Michael Lau, Chen Ning-Chi, Corey Yuen, Fruit Chan, Vincent Kok, Benny Chan, Yu Jim-Yuen. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Bruce Lee (Chinese: ; pinyin: Lǐ Xiăolóng, born Lee Jun-fan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān); - ) was a Chinese American actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is considered one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century, and a cultural icon. Lee was born in San Francisco, California in the United States, to parents of Hong Kong heritage but raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. Upon reaching the age of 18, Lee emigrated to the United States to claim his U.S. Citizenship and receive his higher education. It was during this time he began teaching martial arts, which soon led to film and television roles. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked a major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world as well. He is noted for his roles in five feature-length films, Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Lee; Wa...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Chapters: John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director, Johnnie To, Stephen Chow, Ann Hui, Andrew Lau, Peter Chan, Derek Yee, Fruit Chan, Alan Mak, Jacob Cheung, Mabel Cheung, Stanley Kwan, Patrick Tam Kar-Ming, Allen Fong, Dante Lam. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 116. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Woo Yu-Sen (born 1 May 1946) is a Chinese film director and producer from Hong Kong. Recognized for his stylized films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled, and The Killer. His Hollywood films include Windtalkers, Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off, and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Melville's Le Samouraï. Woo was born amidst the chaos of the Chinese Civil War in 1946. The Christian Woo family, faced with persecution during Mao Zedong's early anti-bourgeois-Nationalist purges after the communist takeover of China, fled to Hong Kong when he was five. His father was rendered unable to work by tuberculosis. Impoverished, the Woo family lived in the slums at Shek Kip Mei. Woo went to Concordia Lutheran School and received Christian education. His Christian background shows influences in his films. The family was rendered homeless by the big Shek Kip Mei fire of 1953. Charitable donations from disaster relief efforts enabled the family to relocate, however, violent crime had by then become commonplace in Hong...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15571 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : John Woo, Tsui Hark, Jackie Chan, Wong Kar-Wai, Stephen Chow, Sammo Hung, Yuen Wah, Johnnie To, Wong Jing, Gordon Chan, Chang Cheh, Li Tie, Liu Chia-Liang, Ann Hui, Andrew Lau, Corey Yuen, Chu Yuan, Sylvia Chang, Yuen Woo-Ping, Li Han-Hsiang, Fruit Chan, King Hu, Herman Yau, Ching Siu-Tung, Ringo Lam, Jacob Cheung, Stanley Kwan, Godfrey Ho, Peter Chan, Peter Pau, Oxide Pang Chun, Patrick Tam Kar-Ming, Derek Yee, Wayne Wang, Wilson Yip, Stanley Tong, Edward Tang, Feng Zhigang, Yu Lik-Wai, Patrick Leung, Kirk Wong, Patrick Yau, Samson Chiu, Lo Wei, Clara Law, Lee Lik-Chi, Daniel Lee Yan-Kong, Simon Nam. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Jackie Chan - Wikipédiabody{behavior:url("/w/skins-1.5/vector/csshover.htc")} Jackie Chan ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : J. G. Ballard, Song Meiling, Wong Kar-Wai, Joseph Zen, Liu Xiang, Chow Ching Lie, Mark Di Suvero, Charles Kao, Yao Ming, Feng Xiao-Min, Edward Yang, Te Wei, Chien-Shiung Wu, Wellington Koo, Tsung-Dao Lee, Zhu Jianhua, Betty Loh Ti, Terence Young, Ruan Lingyu, Qiu Xiaolong, Yvonne Cormeau, Fan Zhiyi, Wu Minxia, Pan Guang, Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Shannon Lucid, Rui Naiwei, Edmond Fischer, Sun Wen, Zhu Lin, Antonio Riva, ni Hua, Yang Jiechi, Qi Hong, Ingrid Noll, Wu Chengying, Adrien Bonhoure, Bao Tong. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Soong May-ling ou Soong Mei-ling (pinyin : Sòng Měilíng ; tra : ; si :), née le 5 mars 1897 et décédée le 23 octobre 2003, fille de Charles Soong, sœur de Song Qingling, belle-sœur de Sun Yat-sen et femme de Tchang Kaï-chek, fut une personnalité importante de la République de Chine et une célébrité internationale des années 1930 aux années 1970. Issue d'une famille d'entrepreneurs et de banquiers et ayant vécu longtemps aux États-Unis, elle assista efficacement son mari dans sa carrière politique. Elle fut sa secrétaire et sa conseillère, ainsi que son interprète et son ambassadrice auprès des Américains. Elle est aussi connue sous le nom de Madame Tchang Kaï-chek, ou Madame Tchang (en chinois : Jiang furen - - en anglais, Madam Chiang). Elle naît à Shanghai, quatrième enfant d'un riche couple méthodiste, Charles Soong et Ni Guizhen (). Elle a deux sœurs aînées, Ailing et Qingling, un frère aîné Ziwen et deux frères cadets Ziliang et Zi'an. Comme ses sœurs, elle débute son éducation à l'école anglophone pour filles Motyeire (ou McTyeire) de Shanghai. En 1908, elle accompagne aux États-Unis Qingling qui se prépare à entrer au Wesleyan College de Macon, Géorgie. Elles...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, John Woo, Tsui Hark, Wong Kar-Wai, Jimmy Wang Yu, Ann Hui, Arthur Wong, Dennis Law Sau-Yiu, Lawrence Cheng, Wong Jing, Yau Nai-Hoi, Dayo Wong, Herman Yau, Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Au Kin-Yee, Ivy Ho, Marco Mak, Matt Chow, Pang Ho-Cheung, Fruit Chan, Alan Mak, Felix Chong, Michael Hui, Barry Wong, Wai Ka-Fai, Jacob Cheung, Benny Chan Muk-Sing, Philip Chan, Manfred Wong, Wong Tin-Lam, Yip Tin-Shing, Alex Law, Tsui Siu-Ming, Patrick Kong, Yan Yan Mak, Daniel Lee Yan-Kong, Dante Lam, Cheang Pou-Soi, Joe Cheung, Shu Kei, Raymond To. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 224. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong-sang, ; 7 April 1954) is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons and innovative stunts. Jackie Chan has been acting since the 1970s and has appeared in over 100 films. Chan has received stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a cultural icon, Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons and video games. Chan is also a Cantopop and Mandopop star, having released a number of albums and sung many of the theme songs for the films in which he has starred. Chan was born in 1954 in Victoria Peak, in the former Crown colony of Hong Kong, as Chan Kong-sang (meaning "born in Hong Kong") to Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, refugees from the Chinese Civil War. He was nicknamed Paopao (Chinese: , literally meaning "Cannonball") because he was such a big baby, weighing 12 pounds, or about 5.4 kgs. Since his parents worked for the French Consul to Hong Kong, Chan spent his formative years within the ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=144936 ... Read more

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Yolk Magazine, Spring 1996. Interview with Jackie Chan, plus articles on John Woo, Wong Kar-Wai, Kiana Tom, and more. ... Read more

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Title: El boom amarillo: la expectación suscitada por 2046, el último filme del chino Wong Kar-Wai, no hace más que confirmar el creciente interés de Occidente por el cine oriental. El nuevo boom del celuloide tiene un nombre: terror japonés.
Author: Belén Lorenzana
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 3, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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