hong kong cinema

Assignment 2 ------ topic 4





As a very important part of worldwide popular art, Hong Kong action movies achieved both the high reputation and successful box-office. For the entertainment functions, Hong Kong action movies give the audiences strong stimulation regardless to an impulse from the physical characters on the screen transferring to the emotional senses. More crucially, the visual dynamism determines the real fascination of Hong Kong action movies. There is a term called ¡° expressive amplification¡± by David Bordwell to show how a fight is giving different emotional quality such as ferocity. There are some elements, involving stylish performance, creative cinematography and editing.

For an action movie, audiences¡¯ first gaze to the screen must be the main character. They draw out attentions to those stunts, chases or leaps. And there always exist certain purposes for their actions, either for hate, revenge, pain, or for lost love, loyalty to some organizat...