{"id":656,"date":"2012-07-26T20:20:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T20:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/?p=656"},"modified":"2019-07-08T20:51:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T20:51:59","slug":"the-cinema-of-tsui-hark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/the-cinema-of-tsui-hark\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CINEMA OF TSUI HARK"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Cinema of Tsui Hark<\/em>, published by McFarland and Co. publishers<\/a> in fall of 2001 (reissued in 2009 in trade paperback). A complete critical overview of the works of the ultimate Hong Kong auteur, emphasizing such seminal films as Peking Opera Blues<\/i>, Once Upon a Time in China<\/i> and A Chinese Ghost Story<\/i>. Includes extensive interviews with Tsui, illustrations, and more.<\/p>\nBuy Now<\/span><\/a>\n

“…a labor of love…provides a thorough look…Morton writes with great passion, providing a worthy analysis of the director’s filmography that accurately relays the sense-heightening thrills of Tsui’s best work…succeeds in offering a fine profile of a remarkable talent.”<\/i> – John Charles (Video Watchdog magazine #88, October 2002)<\/p>\n

“If I were forced to make a list of my favorite Hong Kong movies, titles like Iron Monkey, Time and Tide, Black Mask and the Once Upon a Time in China series would be included. All these have in common the involvement of writer\/director\/producer Tsui Hark, one of the most creative filmmakers not only in his homeland, but all the world. Morton clearly has a love for her subject, which gives her book a sense of energy, but thankfully never treads into ass-kissing. It begins with an essay that serves as a nice overview to Hark and his wildly varied career. The majority of the book is taken up by analyses of each film, but the real meat is a lengthy Q&A with Hark himself. He seems like a smart guy (so one wonders why he said yes to Van Damme twice) and Morton takes a similar approach with her well-written book – a must for Hark and HK film fans.” <\/i>(Hitch magazine #29, Spring 2002)<\/p>\n

“A must for Asian-Cinema buffs, Morton’s tome offers a thorough, impassioned exploration of prolific producer\/director\/writer\/actor Tsui (Peking Opera Blues, Once Upon a Time in China) Hark’s major and minor films, along with a brief bio and running commentary by the man himself.” <\/i>VideoScope magazine #41, Winter 2002<\/p>\n

“…Lisa Morton’s book is a valuable introduction to the films of Tsui Hark and it is indispensable for any future studies.”<\/i> – Tony Williams, Film Quarterly magazine Vol. 56 No. 1, Fall 2002)<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read more writings on Asian film, including “Why Tsui Hark Matters”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cinema of Tsui Hark, published by McFarland and Co. publishers in fall of 2001 (reissued in 2009 in trade paperback). A complete critical overview of the works of the ultimate Hong Kong auteur, emphasizing such seminal films as Peking Opera Blues, Once Upon a Time in China and A Chinese Ghost Story. Includes extensive  [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2160,"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions\/2160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}