Thanks to Louis P for posting below (which I've taken liberty of reposting)...I only sub to a few lists and would appreciate folks forwarding to other lists and people who might be interested... btw: description should read 'John Woo's martial arts with automatic weapons flicks'... Verso spring '99 catalogue is at http://www.verso.com Michael Hoover > CITY ON FIRE: Hong Kong Cinema > > MICHAEL HOOVER AND LISA STOKES > > Hong Kong's film industry gained global attention in the 1980s, at the time > of negotiations over Great Britain's return of the colony to China. > Uncertainty about the post-handover era accelerated Hong Kong's race for > economic growth, and found expression in cinema's depictions of a "city on > fire." > > In this accessible introduction to the extraordinary cinematic output of > the colony, Michael Hoover and Lisa Stokes review the directors and films > that have established Hong Kong cinema internationally: John Woo's martial > arts flicks, Tsui Hark's wire-worked fantasies, Ann Hui's exile melodramas, > Stanley Kwan's limpid romances, and Wong Kar-wai's stylish art films. > > Michael Hoover teaches political science and Lisa Stokes teaches humanities > at Seminole Community College in Central Florida. > > "A tour-de-force analysis of Hong Kong's film genres, which profiles a city > with no time to recover from its own high-speed car chase through late > capitalist development." -- Andrew Ross, American Studies, NYU > > "Well-researched and documented, City on Fire does a fantastic job of > mixing the historical, political, socio-economic factors of Hong Kong and > its cinema with critical treatments of film texts and directorial motives > and styles." -- John A. Lent, Editor, Asian Cinema > > "Informative yet admirably unsnobbish, Hoover and Stokes never lose sight > of the movies' rib-sticking goodness. City on Fire is the closest you can > get to pre-hand-over Hong Kong without a passport and a time machine." -- > Betsy Sherman, film critic for the Boston Globe > > Publication > April > > Paperback > 1-85984-203-8 > $19US/£13/$26CAN > > Hardback > 1-85984-716-1 > $60US/£40/$85CAN > > 256 pages > 20 b/w photographs > > Cinema > > Translation rights > Verso
