King Hu's A Touch of Zen
Publication Year: 2007
Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
Series: New Hong Kong Cinema
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Series Preface
The New Hong Kong cinema came into existence under very special circumstances, during a period of social and political crisis resulting in a change of cultural paradigms. Such critical moments have produced the cinematic achievements of the early Soviet cinema, neorealism, the...

2. Pu Songling and the Spider
In chapter 1, I have given a sense of the unprecedented scale on which the production of A Touch of Zen was undertaken, and the extraordinary advantages that Hu enjoyed under Union which he exploited to make his mark as a free, creative artist. The large scale may seem surprising...

7. Conclusion
I began by suggesting that A Touch of Zen is a subversive work because of its feminist sensibility and sexual ambiguity. But by delivering a fantastic-marvelous conclusion that exposes us to the supernatural, the film appears to override the earthly human concerns of our sexual roles...
E-ISBN-13: 9789888052486
Print-ISBN-13: 9789622098152
Page Count: 196
Illustrations: 32 b/w tables and images
Publication Year: 2007
Series Title: New Hong Kong Cinema
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