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Under "Western Eyes": The Personal Odyssey of Huang Fei-Hong in Once upon a Time in China
- Cinema Journal
- University of Texas Press
- 40, Number 1, Fall 2000
- pp. 3-24
- 10.1353/cj.2000.0023
- Article
- Additional Information
Rather than being read in exclusively postmodernist terms, Tsui Hark's series Once upon a Time in China may be understood as a new version of a Hong Kong cinematic discourse involving historical "interflow." It deals with dispersion, China's relationship to the outside world, and strategic forms of reintegration designed to strengthen national identity.