Johnnie to Kei-fung's Ptu (New Hong Kong Cinema)

ISBN: 9789622099197

出版社: Hong Kong University Press

出版年: 2009-05-30

页数: 149

定价: USD 17.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

"Ingham has produced a well-written and clearly argued analysis of PTU that will be of interest to both undergraduates and advanced readers alike. He positions his monograph very firmly in terms of emerging critical work on Johnnie To as auteur as well as other industrial, social and cultural contexts. Above all, he develops a strong argument for the film's philosophical maturity, insisting upon its moral complexity and indeterminacy. Ingham makes a convincing case for PTU as a film that offers viewers space to think." – Julian Stringer, University of Nottingham

"PTU is a refreshing subversion of an entire Hong Kong genre of films that seek easy heroism in rogue cops out for justice and sharply dressed gangsters who live by the codes. In PTU there is no code and less justice. A bit like real life." – Bryan Walsh, Time Asia

"The police and criminals are different sides of the same coin. Where there are thieves, there are police. Where there are police, there are thieves. You cannot have one without the other." – Johnnie To

PTU is an underappreciated noir masterpiece by one of Hong Kong's most prolific and . ...