Steimer Experts in Action

Transnational Hong Kong–Style Stunt Work and Performance
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2126-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 234 Seiten

Lauren Steimer examines how Hong Kong-influenced action movie aesthetics and stunt techniques have been taken up, imitated, and reinvented in other locations and production contexts around the globe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steimer, Lauren

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Experts in Action 1
1. Risky Business: Financial and Physical Risk in the Action Stardom of Jackie Chan 23
2. Hong Kong Action Cinema as a Mode in Thai Action Stardom: Tony Jaa and the New Stunting Star Model 56
3. A Hong Kong Reservoir for Xena: Communicative Translation and the Bodily Disposition of Stunting Star Zoë Bell 86
4. Hong Kong Action in Transit: The Postmillennial Stunt Craftwork of Chad Stahelski and Dayna Grant 121
Conclusion. Novice and Expert Performance—a Call to Action 162
Notes 175
Bibliography 199
Index 215

Über Autor(innen)

Lauren Steimer is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and Media Arts at the University of South Carolina.