Golden Harvest: Leading Change in Changing Times
The 1970s were a time when the baby-boomer generation entered adolescence and Hong Kong cinema underwent a major transition. Golden Harvest was one of the film companies that came on the scene during that period. With a flexible mode of operation, Golden Harvest gave free rein to its filmmakers and let their talents shine. It quickly rose to prominence as the biggest player in the industry, opening up global markets and bringing out a wealth of quality productions throughout the years.
Golden Harvest: Leading Change in Changing Times traces the studio's development and its varied achievements with a collection of essays and oral history interviews, supplemented by filmmakers' biographies, and more.
308 pages with English edition in CD-ROM. Published in March 2013. Priced at HK$140. Currently out of stock. (Co-edited by Po Fung and Lau Yam)
ISBN 978-962-8050-65-9
Contents
Po Fung
[Essays]
The Organisational Structure and Developmental History of Golden Harvest
Po Fung
The Vicissitudes of Golden Studios: From Factory-Oriented Production to Star System and Satellite Operation
Sek Kei
Golden Harvest's Outreach Strategy and Competitive Fronts in Thailand and Korea During Its Early Years
Law Kar
From Shaw Brothers to Golden Harvest: Raymond Chow and Japan
Kinnia Yau Shuk-ting
More Detour Than Legacy: Golden Harvest's Hollywood Gambit
Sam Ho
Mischievous Urban Fantasia: Michael Hui's Comic Mode
Ernest Chan
Sammo Hung, the One and Only
Lam Chiu-wing
The Kid, the Cop, the Adventurer
Cheng Chuen-wai
The Female Kung Fu Chop in Golden Harvest's Films of the 1970s
Stephen Teo
Like Brother, Like Sister: Angela Mao, the ‘Female Dragon' in the Eyes of Japanese Fans
Udagawa Koyo
From Wuxia to Comedy: Lo Wei and John Woo's Early Works
Matthew Cheng
Middle-Class Comedies by Mobile Film Productions
Wong Ain-ling
[Reminiscences]
The Way of the Big Boss: Interview with Raymond Chow
Good Business is the Best Art: Louis Sit on the Management Style of Golden Harvest
Riding High on Big Tides: Albert Lee on Overseas Distribution of Golden Harvest's Films
[Appendices]
The Golden Harvest Chronology
Profiles
Acknowledgements