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Hong Kong Cinema
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Hong Kong Cinema
A look at Hong Kong films and their effect on American cinema.
1,444 words (approx. 5.8 pages) |
11 sources |
MLA | 2008
Paper Summary:
The paper discusses Hong Kong-influenced films and explains how Hong Kong movies differ from other Asian movies. The paper offers three reasons why the industry has thrived in Hong Kong. The paper then examines the influence of Hong Kong cinema on American films and shows how Hong Kong filmmakers imitate American Western and gangster films, while American filmmakers imitate the panache and energy of the Hong Kong versions.From the Paper:
"Hollywood is known throughout the world for its motion pictures, a major cultural artifact both representing and explaining American culture to the rest of the world. Over the years, the size of the American industry has diminished as fewer and fewer films are produced each year. Hollywood is also not the largest film industry in the world in any case, for that would be in India, sometimes referred to as Bollywood. Another major area of production can be found in Hong Kong, and while the vast majority of films produced in Hong Kong never show in the United States, or at best show only in limited venues, the industry has become a major influence in Hollywood over the past decade or so, in part based on the success of Hong Kong films throughout Asia, a market the U.S. would like to get into more deeply; and in part because a number of Hong Kong filmmakers have been lured to the West and now work in Hollywood itself, among them actors Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat and director Ang Lee."Sample of Sources Used:
- Clouse, Robert. Enter the Dragon. Concord Productions Inc., 1973.
- "Hong Kong Cinema." Tourism in Asia (2007).. December 2, 2007. http://hong-kong.tourism-asia.net/cinema.html.
- "Hong Kong Movie Skills Grow in Hollywood." International Market News (11 July 2002). December 1, 2007. http://www.piercelawgroupllp.com/hongkong_movie_skills.PDF.
- Kei, Sek. "Achievement and Crisis: Hong Kong Cinema in the '802." Bright Lights Film Journal. December 3, 2007. http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/31/hk_achievement1.html.
- Lau, Wai-keung and Siu Fai Mak. Mou gaan dou. Media Asia Films Ltd., 2002.
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Hong Kong Cinema (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Hong-Kong-Cinema/109780
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"Hong Kong Cinema" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Hong-Kong-Cinema/109780>
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