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Martial arts films(information required)


Daniel Primed

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G'day folks,

I have decided that for a critical year 12 assignment(of 3 components, english written, chinese written and oral) to do Chinese martial arts films as my topic. I have always loved martial arts films, especially Chinese ones.

Although I know a bit about it already I wouldn't mind a bit more info. Essentially, who the big actors/actresses areJackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun Phat etc. Most popular movies and why. How they have effected the chinese culture. Commonly used techniques(eg. heros always fight villians in ancient temple etc.) and just some other information that you might deem as useful.

Thanking in advance.

BTW I hope to help out a bit here too sometimes. Sorry for the constant taking and not giving.

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I was going to suggest a bunch of books that I've read, but I think I know what you're looking for.:wink:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_action_cinema

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_arts_film

In exchange for that, how about telling why the first place you went to research your topic was chinese-forums.com.

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One thing you might like to comment on is the difference perceptions of a given film by Western and Chinese audiences. The prime example that comes to my mind is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which Western audiences loved, but I'm yet to meet a Chinese person (from mainland China) who likes it.

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