Vojkovi¿, S: Yuen Woo Ping's Wing Chun
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 mar 2009
Yuen Woo Ping’s kung fu comedy based on the legendary female character Wing Chun is a landmark of action choreography and heroic womanhood in Chinese cinema. This book explores Wing Chun’s narrative representation of femininity and the martial arts genre, its history, traditions and cultural influences. While studio-made Hong Kong genre cinema has stressed action over narrative, Wing Chun offers a more egalitarian gender imaginary rooted in Daoist and Buddhist thought. The book provides new insights on the non-linear cinematic storytelling of the film. This is the first in-depth study of the work of Yuen Woo Ping, the well-known Hong Kong film director and action choreographer who achieved international recognition as an action choreographer of films such as The Matrix; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789622099678
ISBN-10: 962209967X
Pagini: 156
Dimensiuni: 140 x 191 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
ISBN-10: 962209967X
Pagini: 156
Dimensiuni: 140 x 191 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
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“This is an extremely interesting study of a critically neglected film. The author provides a stimulating and detailed analysis, written from a position of considerable knowledge of the martial arts genre, its history, traditions and cultural influences.
“Vojkovic’s original and provocative study of Wing Chun illustrates how Hong Kong films—especially those in the action genre—‘work contrary to the laws of common sense that govern the social imagination of Western traditions.’ Focusing on the more egalita
Notă biografică
Sasha Vojkovic is an associate professor of film and media at the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Rijeka.
Descriere
Yuen Woo Ping’s kung fu comedy based on the legendary female character Wing Chun is a landmark of action choreography and heroic womanhood in Chinese cinema. This book explores Wing Chun’s narrative representation of femininity and the martial arts genre, its history, traditions and cultural influences. While studio-made Hong Kong genre cinema has stressed action over narrative, Wing Chun offers a more egalitarian gender imaginary rooted in Daoist and Buddhist thought. The book provides new insights on the non-linear cinematic storytelling of the film. This is the first in-depth study of the work of Yuen Woo Ping, the well-known Hong Kong film director and action choreographer who achieved international recognition as an action choreographer of films such as The Matrix; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2.