Cinema: East Meets West

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This essay examines the impact and influence of Hong Kong filmmakers, such as Wong Kar-Wai, on their Western counterparts in Hollywood. This paper focuses especially on the works of Quentin Tarantino and how he drew ideas and inspiration from Hong Kong screenplays.

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"When maverick filmmaker Quentin Tarantino exploded onto the Hollywood scene in the early 1990's with Reservoir Dogs, he established his own unique style pieced together from a myriad of influences. From Hong Kong cinema for instance, Tarantino lifted plotlines set against a morally ambiguous criminal underworld that distorted the dichotomy between law and lawbreaker. Often characterized by anti-hero personas and dedication to values such as loyalty, honor and integrity, his characters are also deeply rooted in the Hong Kong tradition. Tarantino however, breaks from fast paced Hong Kong editing by combining longer takes with lateral camera movement to construct diegetic space in Reservoir Dogs, a film whose plot Tarantino admittedly lifted from Ringo Lam's Hong Kong masterpiece City on Fire."

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