Arresting cinema : surveillance in Hong Kong film /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fang, Karen (Karen Y.), 1973- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Surveillance in motion pictures. Crime films > China > Hong Kong > History and criticism. Motion pictures > China > Hong Kong > History. Crime films. Motion pictures. China > Hong Kong. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : a race of peeping Toms? : "Rear window ethics" in Hong Kong
Watching the watchman : Michael Hui's surveillance comedies
On the "China watch" : prosperity and paranoia in reunification-era Cinema
"Only" a policeman : joint venture cinema and the mediatization of the Hong Kong police
"Representing the Chinese government" : Hong Kong undercover in an age of self-censorship
Conclusion : toward a global surveillance cinema.