Hong Kong Neo-Noir

Esther Yau; Tony Williams

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2016

Hong Kong Neo-Noir

Esther Yau and Tony Williams

In the series Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474412674

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About this book

The first comprehensive collection on the subject of Hong Kong neo-noir cinema

The first comprehensive collection on Hong Kong neo-noir cinema, this book examines the way Hong Kong has developed its own unique version of noir since the late 1940s, while drawing upon and enriching global neo-noir cinemas. With a range of contributions from established and emerging scholars, this book illuminates the origins of Hong Kong neo-noir, its styles and contemporary manifestations, and its connection to mainland China before and after the 1997 Handover.

Case studies include classics such as The Wild, Wild Rose (1960) and more recent films like Full Alert (1997), Exiled (2007) and Shinjuku Incident (2008). It provides a fresh look at the careers of iconic figures Johnnie To, Jackie Chan and Fruit Chan. By examining the films of émigré Shanghai directors, the cool women killers, the hybrids and noir cityscapes, Hong Kong Neo-Noir explores the complex connections between a vibrant cinema and global noir.

Contributors

Adam Bingham, Edge Hill University
Jinhee Choi, King’s College London
David Desser, University of Illinois
Kenneth E. Hall, East Tennessee State University
Law Kar, Hong Kong Film Archive
Kwai-Cheung Lo, Hong Kong Baptist University
Gina Marchetti, University of Hong Kong
Lisa Odham Stokes, Seminole State College in Central Florida
Julian Stringer, University of Nottingham
Kristof Van den Troost, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tony Williams, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Esther C. M. Yau, University of Hong Kong

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Notes on the Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Hong Kong Neo-Noir Esther C. M. Yau and Tony Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. SEEDS OF NOIR IN HONG KONG CINEMA
Chapter 1 ‘A Rose by Any Other Name’: Wong Tin-lam’s The Wild, Wild Rose as Melodrama Musical Noir Hybrid Lisa Odham Stokes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 2 Black and Red: Post-War Hong Kong Noir and its Interrelation with Progressive Cinema, 1947–57 Law Kar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
Chapter 3 Sword, Fist or Gun? The 1970s Origins of Contemporary Hong Kong Noir Kristof Van den Troost Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
PART TWO. NEO-NOIR FILMS IN CLOSE-UP
Chapter 4 Doubled Indemnity: Fruit Chan and the Meta-Fictions of Hong Kong Neo-Noir Adam Bingham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 5 Running on Karma: Hong Kong Noir and the Political Unconscious Gina Marchetti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 6 Beyond Hypothermia: Cool Women Killers in Hong Kong Cinema David Desser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Chapter 7 Tech-Noir: A Sub-Genre May not Exist in Hong Kong Science Fiction Films Kwai-Cheung Lo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
PART THREE. COSMOPOLITAN CITYSPACE AND NEO-NOIR
Chapter 8 Location Filmmaking and the Hong Kong Crime Film: Anatomy of a Scene Julian Stringer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Chapter 9 Running Out of Time, Hard-Boiled and 24-Hour Cityspace Kenneth E. Hall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Chapter 10 Exiled in Macau: Hong Kong Neo-Noir and Paradoxical Lyricism Jinhee Choi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Chapter 11 The Tentacles of History: Shinjuku Incident’s Return of the Repressed Tony Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Filmography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 280
Illustrations
- Other: 30 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: December 13, 2016
ISBN: 9781474412674