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GEM 2005 / HY2243
FILM AND HISTORY
Lecture 9
Martial Arts
and Chinese Identity
The Chinese Connection (aka Fist of Fury - 1972)
1) Introduction: “150 Years of Humiliation”
2) Stereotypes and Images
“Sick Man of Asia”
May 4th Movement and Wuxia
3) Martial Arts in Chinese Cinema
A) Basics
Guomindang ban
Wenyi (literary art)
Huangmei daio
Male Heroic Prototype
B) Wong Fei Hung: A Case Study
Kwan Tak Hing
The Modern Wong Fei Hung
C) “New Action Era”: 1960s
Samurais, Cowboys and Bond
Zhang Che (1932-2002)
Yang gang
Rules of the “new school”
4) Enter the Dragon: Bruce Lee
5) Conclusion/Things to Think about…