POSTWAR HONG KONG CINEMA 1950S~1980S: SHAW BROTHERS, NEW WAVES & GENRE FILMS

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a reminder:
please watch the film before you attend this lecture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMFUQwf4nA0&list=PLNJlkYIxT5Ve7fdGLRQUbh919-qMJYr1t

WEEK 6*MAY 19TH   Lecture
Required Readings:
Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin. (2010). Film History: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, pp.647-652
[distribute in class]

Chung, Stephanie Po-yin. (2007). “Moguls of the Chinese Cinema: The Story of the Shaw Brothers in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, 1924-2002.” Modern Asian Studies 41 (04): 665–82. doi:10.1017/S0026749X98003011.
[click HERE to download]


Teo, Stephen. (2009). “Introduction” [click HERE to download] & section of Chapter 4 [click HERE]. Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition. Pp.1-16 & pp. 93-107

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