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Hong Kong Babylon is one of the better books about the wild and entertaining world of Hong Kong Cinema. The writers briefly touch all the bases with the information provided. Get this book and the one by Bey Logan and you'll have a nice overall view of this cinema.

Hong Kong Babylon is one of the better books about the wild and entertaining world of Hong Kong Cinema. Strongly recommended.

Dannen, Fredric; Long, Barry.

Hong Kong Babylon is one of the better books about the wild and entertaining world of Hong Kong . Good basic intro to HK cinema world.

The Hong Kong cinema is one of the world's most prolific and energetic. The remainder of the book consists of very brief interviews by Dannen, with numerous directors, producers, and actors, accompanied by filmographies; capsule descriptions by Long of some 300 key Hong Kong films; and recommendations from a dozen critics.

Hong Kong Babylon book. An exploration of the Hong Kong film market chronicles its history and worldwide influence, profiling its most important films and figures while providing photographs, filmographies, and a video guide.

More recently, Dannen was the co-author (with Barry Long) of Hong Kong Babylon: An Insider's Guide to the Hollywood of the East, in which Dannen examines the connections between the Hong Kong film industry and Asian organised crime. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Channels, Barron's and Rolling Stone.

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Previous page navigation. There is little to no damage to the packaging, but it may have minor wear from storage over a long period of time. There may be minimal wear on the exterior of the item. View All: Jackie Chan Michelle Yeoh items Product Types: Books Hardcover Books Lines: Cult Cinema Icons Genres: Action Adventure Buddy Films Comedy Crime Cult Cinema Foreign Films Martial Arts Studio: Miramax Item Release Date: November 28, 1997 Visit our main page for additional items Here.

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In the second part, film critic Barry Long looks beyond John Woo and Jackie Chan to compile an exhaustive reference guide to dozens of lean, mean Hong Kong flicks, which cram enough thrills into 90 minutes to put the average Hollywood blockbuster to shame. A-. Hong Kong Babylon: An Insider's Guide to the Hollywood of the East.

Hong Kong theater is a big deal in America at last, with Jackie Chan, John Woo and Chow Yun Fat finally earning the respect they have long deserved. But as Frederick Dannen and Barry Long have deftly illustrated, these men and their films are the products of a long, vital film tradition which is still being overlooked in our part of the globe. Hong Kong theater is a big deal in America at last, with Jackie Chan, John Woo and Chow Yun Fat finally earning the respect they have long deserved.