New York. 1996. August 1996. Fireside/Simon & Schuster. 1st Printing. Very Good in Wrappers. 0684803410. Paperback Original. Foreword by Jackie Chan. 272 pages. paperback. Cover design by Timothy Hsu. keywords: Film Hong Kong Reference Asia. DESCRIPTION - Far from the orbit of planet Hollywood, the new cinema of Hong Kong beckons. Authors Stefan Hammond and Mike Wilkins met in the front row of San Francisco's now-shuttered Pagoda Palace Theatre in 1987, where both had gone to watch The Ghost Snatchers. Now they share the results of their long devotion to the form. They give you their picks for which movies to rent, where to rent them in North America, what to look for once you do, and even film titles in Chinese characters. Zealously written and incredibly entertaining, SEX AND ZEN & A BULLET IN THE HEAD is the perfect companion to the over-the-edge mayhem of Hong Kong film. inventory #22634.

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Title: Sex and Zen & a Bullet in the Head: The Essential Guide To Hong Kong's
Publisher: Fireside/Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0684803410
ISBN 13: 9780684803418
Binding: paperback
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Very Good in Wrappers
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Far from the orbit of Planet Hollywood, the new cinema of Hong Kong beckons.
Gone are the flying pigtails and contrived fist-thuds of your father's favorite chopsockies. These are punch-straight entertainers, movies juddering with the excitement that put the "motion" in motion pictures. Dodge a thousand bullets as you contemplate the heroic gangster-knights of Master Director John Woo. Watch international superstar Jackie Chan perform action-comedy on the edge of peril. Wrap your imagination in the fantasy of director Tsui Hark, who proffers comely ghosts floating on silk, otherworldly romance, and no-joke witches and demons. And there's much more! Fighting femme flicks featuring fatales hiking up their designer dresses and bouncing spike heels off the bad guy's forehead. Stylish tragedies rivaling the best of Hollywood noir. Brain-boiling monster weirdies to delight the grindhouse faithful. Subtitles that mangle the English language into fabulous new mutations.

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Jackie Chan is a martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and philanthropist. He has appeared in over 150 films, including Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, Kung Fu Panda, and The Foreigner.

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