Main Melody Films : : Hong Kong Directors in Mainland China / / Stephen Yiu-Wai Chu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022
• VerfasserIn: Yiu-Wai Chu, Stephen,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film : ESEAF
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 1 B/W tables

Provides an in-depth study of Hong Kong directors’ participation in Chinese 'main-melody' blockbusters in the 2010sSheds light on the development of cross-border cooperation of Mainland and Hong Kong film industries, and general film studies regarding cross-cultural collaborationsExplores the move from Mainland-Hong Kong dichotomy, shifting the emphasis to cultural translations across the borderHelps researchers understand changing values in a new era of Chinese film productionMain melody films are propaganda works that pay tribute to the Chinese nation, the party and the army. Since the turn of the century, they have gradually developed into the main genre of Chinese cinema, and its blockbusterization" is arguably the most phenomenal aspect of the 2010s Chinese film industry.As an increasing number of Hong Kong directors are commissioned to direct main melody blockbusters, Chu examines their contributions to this genre, shedding light on the development of cross-border cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong film industries."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Romanisation, Translation and Box Office Records -- Introduction: Main(land) Melody Films and Hong Kong Directors -- 1 How to Take Tiger Mountain? The Tsui Hark Model -- 2 Will Our Time Come? Ann Hui’s Fallen City -- 3 Hong Kong Dreams in Mainland China: The Leap of Peter Chan -- 4 Founding an Army with Soft Power: Captain Andrew Lau -- 5 Stepping to the Fore: Dante Lam’s Operation Trilogy -- 6 Underneath the Shock Waves: The (Un)told Stories of Herman Yau -- 7 Jumping on the Bandwagon: The Ensemble of Hong Kong Film Directors -- Epilogue -- Select Bibliography -- Filmography -- Glossary -- Index