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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Book Title
- Experts in Action : Transnational Hong Kong–Style Stunt Work and
- ISBN
- 9781478010579
- Subject Area
- Performing Arts
- Publication Name
- Experts in Action : Transnational Hong Kong-Style Stunt Work and Performance
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Film / Genres / Action & Adventure, Film / History & Criticism
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 15 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
1478010576
ISBN-13
9781478010579
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22050379614
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Experts in Action : Transnational Hong Kong-Style Stunt Work and Performance
Publication Year
2021
Subject
Film / Genres / Action & Adventure, Film / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2020-027523
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Students and scholars of Hong Kong cinema, global media, performance, and industry studies will find much of value in Experts in Action . As a behind-the-scenes look into the specialized labor of contemporary stunts and physical performance, Steimer's book offers a fascinating glimpse into how the human spectacle of modern action cinema straddles both cutting-edge motion capture technologies and low-tech paraphernalia such as cardboard boxes to break falls., Experts in Action is a rich, painstakingly researched work on the evolutions of global stunt acting as a mode of performance. It beautifully shifts conversations about expertise into the realms of fandom, without relinquishing the rigor of its mixed methods engaging production history, performance studies, and transnational media theory. There's nothing at all like it in other accounts of Hong Kong cinema, and its consideration of the craft of stunt techniques is matched by the craft and meticulousness of Lauren Steimer's prose., With high ambition and conceptual creativity, Experts in Action is the first book on stunt work that takes its topic from the specialist margins of cinema and media studies and lobs it right at the heart of broad critical debate about transnationalism in culture. A breakthrough achievement.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.43028095125
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Experts in Action 1 1. Risky Business: Financial and Physical Risk in the Action Stardom of Jackie Chan 23 2. Hong Kong Action Cinema as a Mode in Thai Action Stardom: Tony Jaa and the New Stunting Star Model 56 3. A Hong Kong Reservoir for Xena : Communicative Translation and the Bodily Disposition of Stunting Star Zoë Bell 86 4. Hong Kong Action in Transit: The Postmillennial Stunt Craftwork of Chad Stahelski and Dayna Grant 121 Conclusion. Novice and Expert Performance--a Call to Action 162 Notes 175 Bibliography 199 Index 215
Synopsis
Lauren Steimer examines how Hong Kong-influenced action movie aesthetics and stunt techniques have been taken up, imitated, and reinvented in other locations and production contexts around the globe., Action movie stars ranging from Jackie Chan to lesser-known stunt women and men like Zoë Bell and Chad Stahelski stun their audiences with virtuosic martial arts displays, physical prowess, and complex fight sequences. Their performance styles originate from action movies that emerged in the industrial environment of 1980s Hong Kong. In Experts in Action Lauren Steimer examines how Hong Kong--influenced cinema aesthetics and stunt techniques have been taken up, imitated, and reinvented in other locations and production contexts in Hollywood, New Zealand, and Thailand. Foregrounding the transnational circulation of Hong Kong--influenced films, television shows, stars, choreographers, and stunt workers, she shows how stunt workers like Chan, Bell, and others combine techniques from martial arts, dance, Peking opera, and the history of movie and television stunting practices to create embodied performances that are both spectacular and, sometimes, rendered invisible. By describing the training, skills, and labor involved in stunt work as well as the location-dependent material conditions and regulations that impact it, Steimer illuminates the expertise of the workers whose labor is indispensable to some of the world's most popular movies., Action movie stars ranging from Jackie Chan to lesser-known stunt women and men like Zo Bell and Chad Stahelski stun their audiences with virtuosic martial arts displays, physical prowess, and complex fight sequences. Their performance styles originate from action movies that emerged in the industrial environment of 1980s Hong Kong. In Experts in Action Lauren Steimer examines how Hong Kong--influenced cinema aesthetics and stunt techniques have been taken up, imitated, and reinvented in other locations and production contexts in Hollywood, New Zealand, and Thailand. Foregrounding the transnational circulation of Hong Kong--influenced films, television shows, stars, choreographers, and stunt workers, she shows how stunt workers like Chan, Bell, and others combine techniques from martial arts, dance, Peking opera, and the history of movie and television stunting practices to create embodied performances that are both spectacular and, sometimes, rendered invisible. By describing the training, skills, and labor involved in stunt work as well as the location-dependent material conditions and regulations that impact it, Steimer illuminates the expertise of the workers whose labor is indispensable to some of the world's most popular movies.
LC Classification Number
PN1995.9.S7S745 2021
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