Afterword: The Uncertain Present and Future of Criminal Realism in Hong Kong

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Notes on Transliteration xii
6. Introduction: Criminal Realism 1
7. Part I: The Generic Landscape of the Post-War Hong Kong Crime Film, 1947–1969
8. 1. Gangsters and Unofficial Justice Fighters: Realist Lunlipian versus Action-Adventure Films 27
9. 2. Detectives and Suspense Thrillers: Remaking Hitchcock in Hong Kong 55
10. Intermezzo: Censorship of Cinematic Crime and Violence in Colonial Hong Kong 82
11. Part II: The Modern Hong Kong Crime Film, Criminal Realism and Hong Kong Identity, 1969–1986
12. 3. A New Form of Criminal Realism 113
13. 4. Crime Films and Hong Kong Identity 141
14. 5. The New Wave, Critical Discourse and Deepening Localisation 164
15. Afterword: The Uncertain Present and Future of Criminal Realism in Hong Kong 190
16. Glossary 198
17. Filmography 206
18. Bibliography 218
19. Index 236