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7. Citing the American Dream in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Clara Law’s Like a Dream and Red Earth
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Gina Marchetti
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- 1. Introduction: Hot Air and High Hopes in World Cinema 1
- 2. Storms over Asia: Mongolia, Montage Aesthetics, and Jia Zhangke’s The World 26
- 3. Bicycle Thieves and Pickpockets: Jia Zhangke’s Xiao Wu and Patrick Tam’s After This Our Exile 52
- 4. Brecht in Hong Kong Cinema: Ann Hui’s Ordinary Heroes and Evans Chan’s The Life and Times of Wu Zhongxian 76
- 5. Les Maoïstes, les Chinoises, and Jean-Pierre Léaud: China, France, and the Sexual Politics of the Cultural Revolution 108
- 6. Dragons in Diaspora: The Politics of Race in Bruce Lee’s Way of the Dragon and Louis Leterrier’s Unleashed 138
- 7. Citing the American Dream in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Clara Law’s Like a Dream and Red Earth 151
- Conclusion: Cinematic Citations and the Circulation of Chinese- Language Motion Pictures 180
- Notes 189
- Filmography 207
- Bibliography 213
- Index 225
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- 1. Introduction: Hot Air and High Hopes in World Cinema 1
- 2. Storms over Asia: Mongolia, Montage Aesthetics, and Jia Zhangke’s The World 26
- 3. Bicycle Thieves and Pickpockets: Jia Zhangke’s Xiao Wu and Patrick Tam’s After This Our Exile 52
- 4. Brecht in Hong Kong Cinema: Ann Hui’s Ordinary Heroes and Evans Chan’s The Life and Times of Wu Zhongxian 76
- 5. Les Maoïstes, les Chinoises, and Jean-Pierre Léaud: China, France, and the Sexual Politics of the Cultural Revolution 108
- 6. Dragons in Diaspora: The Politics of Race in Bruce Lee’s Way of the Dragon and Louis Leterrier’s Unleashed 138
- 7. Citing the American Dream in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Clara Law’s Like a Dream and Red Earth 151
- Conclusion: Cinematic Citations and the Circulation of Chinese- Language Motion Pictures 180
- Notes 189
- Filmography 207
- Bibliography 213
- Index 225