Li Han-hsiang, Storyteller
Sometimes enfant terrible, sometimes a hack of the Chinese speaking cinema, director Li Han-hsiang started and consolidated his filmmaking career in Hong Kong, self-exiled to Taiwan in the prime of his career in the mid-60s, returned to the ex-colony in the 70s, then steered majestically into the mainland with the liberalising of Chinese economy in the 80s. Li Han-hsiang, Storyteller comprises two sections: essays re-evaluating his rich, versatile and often controversial career, and revealing interviews of both Li himself and his collaborators.
Published in 2007 in separate Chinese and English editions. Priced at HK$128 each. (Edited by Wong Ain-ling)
Chinese edition: ISBN 962-8050-40-0
Contents
ESSAYS
When the Director was Young and Handsome
Wong Kee-chee
Women in Charge, Men in Exile
Wong Ain-ling
A Storyteller for All Seasons
Michael Lam
The Northern Flavour of Li Han-hsiang's Films
Po Fung
Stolen Glimpses of the Forbidden City: The Qing Imperial Court in Li Han-hsiang's Films
Wallace Kwong
Profiling Cixi
Siu Wai
Hong Kong Vice: The Cheating Trilogy
Sam Ho
A Sensuous Misunderstanding: Women and Sexualities in Li Han-hsiang's Fengyue Films
Yau Ching
From Shaw Brothers to Grand Motion Picture: Localisation of Huangmei Diao Films
Emilie Yeh Yueh-yu
The Li Han-hsiang Effect on Mainland-Hong Kong Film and Television Collaboration
Zhao Weifang
REMINISCENCES
Li Han-hsiang's Long Men Zhen
A Conversation with Li Han-Hsiang
Lee Yen-ping
Margaret Li
Zhu Mu
Sung Chuen-sau
Lin Fu-ti
Lam Wa-chiu
Lai Yuk
Wan Pak-nam
A Four-Decade Remembrance
Shu Don-lok
Actors on Li Han-hsiang
Chronology
Filmography
Glossary
Acknowledgements