Asian Pop Cinema : Bombay to Tokyo
Editorial Reviews
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This visually explosive, engaging volume covers its topic with amazing facility. Moving from Hong Kong to China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and India, author Lee Server explores the most thrilling popular films of these regions. No genre is left untouched. While Server is clearly well rounded in cinematic history, he focuses on the action, horror, fantasy, erotic, gangster, and animated films that have emerged most recently. Packing the pages with full-color photographs and writing with wonderful enthusiasm for the medium, Server reveals the diversity with which each country and its respective directors approach their material. He also includes interviews with movie masters like José Lacaba, Eddie Romero, Tomoaki Hosoyama, and of course, John Woo, whose immigration to America in the 1990s led to the creation of Face/Off and the sequel to Mission: Impossible. Asian Pop Cinema is a delicious treat for fans of Eastern cinema, and a splendid introduction for novices in search of enlightenment. --Raphael Shargel
Cinescape
Lee Server's 'Asian Pop Cinema: Bombay to Tokyo' survey[s] the region's exhilaratingly diverse motion picture fare, from slick anime to Indian musicals to Chinese historical epics and everything in between. The book is gorgeously designed, with judicious use of full-color stills and posters which evoke Asia's vibrant cinema without overwhelming the eye. Server devotes sections to Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Southeast Asia and India; individual chapter topics include examinations of anime and sword epics as well as interviews with Woo and a few other notable directors.
Asian Pop Cinema : Bombay to Tokyo
Asian Pop Cinema : Bombay to Tokyo,Lee Server,Chronicle Books LLC,0811821196,Asia,Film & Video - General,Film - General,Film - History & Criticism,History,Motion Pictures (General),Motion picture industry,Motion pictures,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Body, Mind & Spirit / General
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