Tsui Hark’s Peking Opera Blues
Synopsis:Part historical drama, part thriller, and part comedy, Tsui Hark (徐克)’s Peking Opera Blues (“刀馬旦”) (1986) invites—if not demands—examinations from multiple perspectives. Tan See Kam rises to the challenge in this study by first situating Tsui in a Sinophone context. The diasporic director explores different dimensions of “Chineseness” in the film by depicting competing versions of Chinese nationalism and presenting characters speaking two Chinese languages, Cantonese and Mandarin.
ISBN:9789888208869
Language:English
Author:Tan See Kam
Author Biography:Tan See Kam is associate professor of film studies at the University of Macau. He is chief editor of Asian Cinema and chair of Asian Cinema Studies Society. He co-edited Hong Kong Screenscapes: From the New Wave to the Digital Frontier (HKU Press, 2010).
