Kung Fu Cinema

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This paper looks at how, today, we see the influence of Kung Fu cinema through out the world and how in films such as "The Matrix", "Kickboxer", and "American Ninja", we see how the influence of style and culture of martial arts movies has influenced the way people view action movies and martial artists. It discusses how these films tell stories from Chinese mythology and how they have evolved from a means to save traditional stories and operas into an entire art form and genre used by directors throughout the world.

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"In the 1930's, many movie production companies sprouted up. The Minxin Company became a part of the Linhua Company. This merged company entered the decade as the most important studio in Shanghai. It was a golden age for Chinese cinema until 1937, when the Japanese invaded. In 1933, the first ever Cantonese film with speaking was released by the Tianyi Company. "White Gold Dragon" starred famous Cantonese opera star Sit Kok-sin, and subsequently the movie broke all box office records in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. The success started a trend of Chinese opera movies which peaked until 1937 (Wasted Life par. 5)."

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