Hong Kong Crime Films : : Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986 / / Kristof Van den Troost.
Examines the history of the Hong Kong crime film before 1986Departs from the predominant focus on action aesthetics in studies of Hong Kong cinema to focus on the early crime film's close links to local society and politicsDraws on years of research on censorship and the crime film in archives...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023] 2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 27 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables 27 b&w images and 1 table |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Transliteration
- Introduction: Criminal Realism
- Part I: The Generic Landscape of the Post-War Hong Kong Crime Film, 1947-1969
- 1. Gangsters and Unofficial Justice Fighters: Realist Lunlipian versus Action-Adventure Films
- 2. Detectives and Suspense Thrillers: Remaking Hitchcock in Hong Kong
- Intermezzo: Censorship of Cinematic Crime and Violence in Colonial Hong Kong
- Part II: The Modern Hong Kong Crime Film, Criminal Realism and Hong Kong Identity, 1969-1986
- 3. A New Form of Criminal Realism
- 4. Crime Films and Hong Kong Identity
- 5. The New Wave, Critical Discourse and Deepening Localisation
- Afterword: The Uncertain Present and Future of Criminal Realism in Hong Kong
- Glossary
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index