Name: The Cinema of Stephen Chow
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Author: Gary Bettinson;Vivian P.Y. Lee
ISBN: 9781350362178

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Bloomsbury Academic

Author

Gary Bettinson;Vivian P.Y. Lee

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Global East Asian Screen Cultures

Year

2026

Pages

312

Format

Paperback

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23.4x15.6 cm

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9781350362178

The Cinema of Stephen Chow

Gary Bettinson;Vivian P.y. Lee (Author) · Bloomsbury Academic · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Cinema of Stephen Chow"

In the West, Stephen Chow is renowned as the ground-breaking director and star of global blockbusters such as Kung Fu Hustle (2004) and Shaolin Soccer (2001). Among Hong Kong audiences, Chow is celebrated as the leading purveyor of local comedy, popularising the so-called mo-lei-tau (“gibberish”) brand of Cantonese vernacular humour, and cultivating a style of madcap comedy that often masks a trenchant social commentary. This volume approaches Chow from a diverse range of critical perspectives. Each of the essays, written by a host of renowned international scholars, offers compelling new interpretations of familiar hits such as From Beijing with Love (1994) and Journey to the West (2013). The detailed case studies of seminal local and global movies provide overdue critical attention to Chow's filmmaking, highlighting the aesthetic power, economic significance, and cultural impact of his films in both domestic and global markets.