Always in the dark: a study of Hong Kong gangster films

Hong Kong Film Archive

2014

235 p.

9789628050680

Contents: Reminiscences. Master of the impossible / Johnny Mak. Unique aesthetics of death and violence / John Woo. Acting on a hunch / Ringo Lam. Ekin Cheng has that 'end of an era' air / Wong Jing. 'Young and dangerous' as a teen franchise / Manfred Wong. Taking reference from the past / Herman Yau. Gangsters are no heroes in my films / Johnnie To. The origins of Hong Kong gangster films / Po Fung. The making of the myth of Hung League and Shaolin / Sek Kei. Black gangs, Black Path, and black film / Stephen Teo. Born in an age of turbulence : emergence of the modern Hong Kong crime film / Kristof Van den Troost. Chang Cheh, Kuei Chih-hung and the birth of Hong Kong gangster cinema in the 1970s / Matthew Cheng. Alan Tang : from the gangland hoodlum to the tender hero / Lam Chiu-wing. Changing colours : the gangster hero / Sam Ho. Discreet charm of the gangster / Mao Jian. Renouncing the underworld : society, culture and persistent experimentation / Chow Sze-chung. Undercover cops, informants and snitches / Winnie Fu. Inside and outside the Circle : the narrative function of 'Big Circle Boys' in Hong Kong gangster films / Po Fung.

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