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Contents Series Preface vii Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction: The New Wave and the Generic Abyss 1 2 Forgotten Times: Music, Memory, Time, and Space 9 3 Allegories of Hell: Moral Tales and National Shadows 51 4 Postmodern Allegory: The Global Economy and New 97 Technologies 5 Identity as Static: Surveillance, Psychoanalysis, and 117 Performance ● vi CONTENTS 6 Thieves and Pirates: Beyond “Auteur” Cinema 155 Appendix 1: Plot Summaries 169 Appendix 2: Interview with Andrew Lau and Alan Mak 177 Notes 185 Credits 203 ...

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