China Forever: The Shaw Brothers And Diasporic Cinema

摘要

the films. The successive release of dozens of titles on DVD has changed all that. China Forever is the first English-language anthology on the topic. Taken together with Wong Ain-ling's generously illustrated bilingual tome, The Shaw Screen: A Preliminary Study (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Film Archive, 2003), it provides a well-informed and analytical introduction for both the specialist and general reader, and also enables courses on Shaw Brothers' films at all levels. China Forever is eclectic in the types of essay included. They range from a delightful memoir by Cheng Peipei, the Shaw star who returned to the screen as Jade Fox in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, to critical appreciation, history, business studies, genre analysis and case studies based on individual films. There should be something for everyone.