
	Where results make sense

Topic: Action cinema

	Hong Kong action cinema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame.
		The signature contribution to action cinema from the Chinese-speaking world is the martial arts film, the most famous of which were developed in Hong Kong.
		Action movies are now generally headlined by babyfaced Cantonese pop music idols, such as Ekin Cheng and Nicholas Tse, enhanced with wires and digital effects - a trend also driven by the waning of a previous generation of martial arts-trained stars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong_action_cinema (3828 words)

	Talk:Hong Kong action cinema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HK Action Cinema inspires so much interest in its own right and is so influential in global cinema today that it probably needs its own space.
		"Reinventing action cinema" section should mention the prevalence of supernatural/horror stuff that started from shaw bros' legend of the 7 golden vampires, was popularised by sammo hung's spooky encounters, and hit heights with mr vampire and chinese ghost story.
		A number of your concerns occur because this section started when I moved it over in one chunk from the general Cinema of Hong Kong page because the action cinema material was getting long and unwieldy as a section there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Hong_Kong_action_cinema (2583 words)

	Female Action Film Overview
		Action movies have contributed prominently to the appeal and commercial success of recent HK cinema.
		Despite HK cinema being in advance of Hollywood by at least a decade in its portrayal of female action roles, the contributing factors were not predominantly feminist.
		Indirectly, therefore, many HK action film plots rest on the theme of vengeance as a means of restoring honor or “righting wrongs.” This not only may involve honor-related themes that can differ according to the gender of the protagonists, but also broader themes of underlying duty that differ from Western notions of individual autonomy.
	www.brns.com /femalewarr/pages/overview1.html (979 words)

	Cinephilia and Monstrosity: Deleuze
		What cinema does, in its representative capacity, is suppress both the anchoring of the subject and the horizon of the world, thereby substituting an implicit knowledge and second intentionality for the conditions of natural perception.
		Marks notes how haptic cinema puts the cinema's illusion of representing reality into question by pushing the viewer's look back to the surface of the image where it is engulfed by a flow of tactile impressions.
		By encouraging this look which moves on the surface plane of the screen, haptic cinema induces a kind of visual agnosia whereby, although the basic visual functions of acuity, colour and motion are preserved, the viewer can't recognise the object before their eyes.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/books/00/8/deleuze.html (4371 words)

	Cinephobia Essays: Action Films / Action Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		An action moment can be enjoyed in a narrative sense, with the audience's excitement being induced by their submersion in the situation: the thrill is a diegetic one.
		Action films highlight spectacle at the expense of narrative: now, with the genre crossing into a new medium, the narrative has been superseded entirely.
		The differences that exist are centred primarily around the player's active involvement in the action, which becomes (at least until boredom sets in), the ultimate high-concept "hook" for differentiating action games from their Hollywood competition.
	home.mira.net /~satadaca/action.htm (3812 words)

	Embracing the dark side with 'SPL'
		Once the center of martial arts and action moviemaking, where several hundred films were released annually, Hong Kong's film industry has become a mere shadow of its former self with only a couple genre-related films released a year.
		As is usually the case, an action director's best work is also born from his collaboration with a talented cast and crew.
		It's a place where action and storytelling merge into one, bodies may pile high and trained screen fighters engage in a finely-crafted dance of death and mayhem that no computer or visual effect can replace.
	www.kungfucinema.com /2005/062701.htm (1546 words)

	Lethal Weapons, Die Hards and Terminators: Exploring Action-Adventure Cinema in "Action Speaks Louder: Violence, ...
		Action Speaks Louder is the first of its kind to dedicate itself entirely to US action movies, presenting a fantastic opportunity to completely dissect every area of American action cinema.
		In her introduction, Tasker stresses that the intention is not to argue for the complexity or ambiguity of action-adventure cinema, but instead to highlight “a thematic significance that is too often overlooked” (3).
		Bean suggests that it is precisely this emphasis on “trauma thrills” that makes action cinema so intriguing rather than worthless, and she proposes that such films “offer us something different” by providing “a plot designed to flaunt difference, to defamiliarize the familiar, to unsettle the viewer's equilibrium” (28).
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/books/05/37/action_adventure_cinema.html (2741 words)

	Humanitarian action and cinema: ICRC films in the 1920s
		The Nyon film festival, Visions du Réel, is to devote the evening of 20 April 2005 to the double DVD entitled Humanitarian action and cinema: ICRC films in the 1920s.
		The second attempts to re-create, for the benefit of the public, cinema buffs and historians, the films produced by the ICRC in 1921, which have now disappeared.
		Upon release on April 20th, the double DVD Humanitarian action and cinema: ICRC films in the 1920s may be ordered from the Memoriav or the ICRC catalogue.
	www.icrc.org /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/humanitarian-cinema-050418 (399 words)

	Score 2 : The Big Fight Review
		The content of these pages is copyright © 1999-2005 by "KFC Cinema" and may not be copied or reprinted without the written consent of the publisher.
		The tension climbs and the paranoia begins to propagate among the criminals but to complicate the matter even more; the two crooked cops who were investigating their case are also determined to get their hand on the money.
		A brainless straightforward gun/yakuza action movie, borrowing a lot of style to HK movies, Score 2 might not be a chef d'oeuvre of action cinema, but is rather entertaining and enjoyable for an action movie.
	www.kfccinema.com /reviews/action/score2/score2.html (1242 words)

	Hong Kong Action Cinema: An Introduction
		HK cinema also mixes styles and moods in a a film in away that is quite unlike anything else.
		Comedy, melodrama, romance, tragedy, action, horror, and even musical numbers will all be thrown into one film (in fact, a good number of HK films will have at least one excruciatingly bad Hong Kong pop ballad somewhere in it, mainly because the most popular film stars in Hong Kong are also the most popular singers).
		HK action cinema itself comprises a number of different subgenera, from modern gunplay to period Kung Fu to swords and sorcery and horror-fantasy.
	www.fortressofshadow.org /hk/intro.php (2212 words)

	Cinema Confidential: Action Hero of the Millenium - By Clint Morris
		This year it looked like Wesley Snipes, Keanu Reeves and Mel Gibson were the big action heroes - but even those guys are looking elsewhere for their next film project.
		Bruce Willis became big time action man after the "Die Hard" series and rehashed it for other action numbers like "The Last Boy Scout", "Striking Distance", "Mercury Rising" and "The Jackal", but even Mr Willis seems tired of playing big hero.
		A new breed of action hero are joining the current list of heavies.
	www.cinecon.com /action.html (825 words)

	[KFCC] Score Review
		Since a lot of elements and main ideas in the story come from other movies, I can't say that there's a lot of originality in it, and it was sometimes a little annoying to watch ideas, taken from someone else, completely wasted in a movie like this.
		This is an action movie with a lot of action and most of it consisting of guns fights.
		At least the action was very entertaining, fun to watch and well filmed but I was waiting for something a little more spectacular on the action side, since it is the only thing that the movie really has to offer.
	www.kfccinema.com /reviews/action/score/score.html (1019 words)

	Rob Nilsson, Director / Nine at Night Films / Direct Action Cinema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Direct Action Cinema is a practice created to allow actors and technicians high freedom and deep responsibility to create memorable cinema.
		Anything might be used later in the cinema magician's laboratory: the editing studio.
		In my Direct Action lab the story which occurs to me, coming from God knows where, is only a starting point, a road map, a pithy suggestion of a juicy outcome.
	www.robnilsson.com /dac.html (891 words)

	Cinema Warehouse of Movies,Films:Comedy,Action,Foreign,Romance,Documentaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cinema Warehouse is an on-line film distribution company dedicated to providing talented filmmakers direct access to the movie-viewing public.
		Cinema Warehouse is a distributor that brings quality unreleased or underreleased films to viewers looking for more variety than the latest box office blockbuster with the current Hollywood action hero or starlet.
		Cinema Warehouse adds the title to our list and stores them in our 'virtual warehouse.' Visitors to Cinema Warehouse can read summaries of the film and purchase the titles they want.
	www.cinemawarehouse.com (196 words)

	screenonline: Cinema Action Biography
		This allowed it to produce, in particular, two longer films analysing key political and union actions of the time.
		They were designed to provide an analysis of struggles, which could encourage future action by other unions or political groups.
		Cinema Action's response to the 1972 Dockers' dispute
	www.screenonline.org.uk /people/id/529319/index.html (286 words)

	Hong Kong Cinema
		Action films, such as those of John Woo, move according to Hong Kong’s accelerated social pace.
		Thus Hong Kong cinema seems to be playing “Hollywood”; in the age of global capitalism, only on a smaller scale.
		Looking closely at the style and shot-by-shot mechanics of Hong Kong action cinema, Bordwell compares the action sequences of Hong Kong action movies to Hollywood’s, suggesting specific ways Hong Kong artists have perfected their craft in pursuit of emotional effect.
	www.ejumpcut.org /archive/jc45.2002/szeto/index.html (2030 words)

	Crtic Cinema Recommendations - Action Titles
		Even the action scenes, somewhat muted but graphic in terms of implied violence and liberal bloodletting, are shot with a veracity that brings to mind--believe it or not--Saving Private Ryan, even if everyone is wearing a toga.
		Boasting a wealth of breathtaking scenery and high-intensity action, Rob Roy is further blessed by a splendid supporting cast (including Brian Cox and Eric Stoltz), and the lush soundtrack by Carter Burwell strikes a perfect balance of romanticism and vigorous dramatic energy.
		And while the climbing action is pretty darn breathtaking, somebody forgot to put the brakes on the clich machine while penning the screenplay.
	www.criticcinema.com /r-action.html (2577 words)

	The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: A pause in cinema's action
		Action films are usually about the male hero, and if you live in a time when you don't believe in heroes, it makes it difficult...
		And then there are the sheer technical challenges facing people who want to create a better cinematic thrill ride now that many of the visceral, pulse-pounding effects that once belonged solely to the province of action films appear on TV and in video games.
		In this year of the missing moviegoer, perhaps no genre has proved as perilous as the old stalwart of action, where the failures tend to be colossal, and the red ink runs in rivers.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/artsentertainment/2002458957_filmaction31.html?syndication=rss&source=seattletimes.xml&items=189 (876 words)

	Cinema Treasures \| Action Christine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cinema Treasures is looking for a volunteer editor (or two) to help us with our daily theater news.
		John Waters's Divine was discovered there and a revival of "Dial M for Murder" in 3D was a major hit.
		When the manager of the chain retired in the 80s, the Action chain took over the theatre after a total renovation.
	cinematreasures.org /theater/7588 (236 words)

	Morphizm.com -- Adieu to Wushu: Interview with Jet Li
		Which to outsiders might not sound like much, but in the annals of Hong Kong action cinema history B.T. (before Tarantino ripped it off), Li is a wushu supernova.
		Which is not to say that Li's done with action films altogether: Filmgoers love their violence, and martial arts cinema has particularly nasty ways of delivering it.
		Action films that employ the use of martial arts are just like films where you a car in a car chase.
	www.morphizm.com /recommends/interviews/jetli_fearless.html (768 words)

	Books at Duke University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Since the 1960s, Hong Kong cinema has helped to shape one of the world’s most popular cultural genres: action cinema.
		Hong Kong action films have proved popular over the decades with audiences worldwide, and they have seized the imaginations of filmmakers working in many different cultural traditions and styles.
		In the process, this collection examines diverse cultural contexts for action cinema’s popularity and the problems involved in the transnational study of globally popular forms, suggesting that in order to grasp the history of Hong Kong action cinema’s influence we need to bring out the differences as well as the links that constitute popularity.
	www.dukeupress.edu /books.php3?isbn=1-932643-01-x (716 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - Are the final 40 minutes of AOTC the best in action cinema history?
		Cinema history is far richer and varied than these fora tend to admit; I think it's being tossed around too lightly and without sufficient justification.
		Other great action scenes I would nominate - the multi-weapon fight between the two women in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; the chariot race in Ben Hur (if that counts); the opening battle against the Germanic tribes in Gladiator; the rescue of Morpheus in The Matrix.
		The CloneTroopers in action was pretty cool but altogether with the other scenes of lightsaber duels and all I still think BHD was more powerful and you felt like you were actually right there in the firefight!
	boards.theforce.net /Message.aspx?topic=8288125 (2163 words)

	Images - Hong Kong Action Cinema
		For these authors, Hong Kong cinema didn't really begin until John Woo broke the mold with his hyper-kinetic violent action movies, and for others it didn't begin until Jackie Chan emerged as a big star in the '80s.
		One of the intentions of a new book by Bey Logan, Hong Kong Action Cinema, is to restore the older movies to their proper place in history.
		Thanks to his approach, Hong Kong cinema emerges for American readers as not just a recent development, but a cinema with a history that stretches back into the '50s--a relatively young cinema, yes, but one with a history that is three or four times deeper than many other writers would have us believe.
	www.imagesjournal.com /issue02/reviews/hongkong.htm (528 words)

	Once Upon a Time in China: Movie review
		The recent U.S. re-release of Hong Kong action cinema milestone Once Upon a Time in China, does more than just bring a kung fu classic to a wider American audience; it exposes the Chinese sources that are reinventing Hollywood action cinema.
		Hong Kong action flicks draw on a pool of talent that has long years of experience training in Asian martial arts and wushu, as well as some of the most technically demanding stunt work attempted in recent cinema.
		Whatever its imperfections, the action sequences and the movie's take on history make the re-release worth a viewing on the big screen for both newcomers to Hong Kong martial arts movies and old fans who are jumping at the chance to see this classic on a big screen.
	www.culturekiosque.com /nouveau/cinema/rheonceuponatimeinchina.html (905 words)

	First Semester Cinema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		cinema that involves certain narrative and stylistic practices.
		Cinema is one of the most technological of art forms.
		The action moves on as a cause and effect process.
	home.comcast.net /~cardi55/first_semester_cinema.htm (8374 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- FANTASTIC FOUR
		As a childhood fan of the comic book, I was delighted that the filmmakers got everything just right in their transcription of the character’s powers from the printed page to live action cinema.
		Plot-wise, the origin story of how The Fantastic Four gained their superpowers after being exposed to cosmic rays in outer space takes up so much of the film’s running time that number of potential the action sequences are limited.
		Going forward, the proposed sequel should offer a more consistent level of action and hopefully a little more character development in the screenplay, since all that nasty exposition is now out of the way.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2005/ff-05-ws-dvd.htm (891 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)