Last Updated December 6, 2003
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS ON HONG KONG ACTION PERSONALITIES,
assembled by Steven Feldman
Bertolino, Marco, and Ettore Ridola. John Woo: la violenza come
redenzione. Recco (Genova): Le Mani, 1998. ISBN: 88-8012-098-0
Bliss, Michael. Between the Bullets: The Spiritual Cinema of John Woo.
Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN), August 2002. ISBN: 081084110X
hardback
Dannen, Fredric, and Barry Long. Hong Kong Babylon: An Insider's Guide
to the Hollywood of the East. New York: Miramax Books, 1997.
PN1993.5.H6 D36 1997 ISBN 078686267X $18.95 (photo-hardback)
Ducker, Chris, and Stuart Cutler. The HKS Guide to Jet Li. London:
Hong Kong Superstars, 2000.
The Essential Guide to: Deadly China Dolls. Edited by Lisa Baker from
materials compiled by Rick Baker and Toby Russell. London:
Eastern Heroes Publications, 1996. ISBN: 1-899252-02-9
([magazine-sized] softback with endflaps)
The Essential Guide to: The Best of Eastern Heroes. Edited by Lisa
Tilston from materials compiled by Rick Baker and Toby Russell.
London: Eastern Heroes Publications, 1995. ISBN: 1-899252-01-1
([magazine-sized] softback with endflaps)
Galbraith IV, Stuart. The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of
Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune. Faber & Faber, February 2002.
ASIN 0571199828 hardback ISBN 0571211526 paperback
Hall, Kenneth E. John Woo: The Films. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.,
1999. ISBN 0786406194 $45.00.
Heard, Christopher. Ten Thousand Bullets: The Cinematic Journey of John
Woo. Los Angeles, CA: Lone Eagle Publishing Company, 1999.
ISBN 158065021X (288 pages, paperback only)
Ho, Sam, ed. The Swordsman and His Juang Hu: Tsui Hark and Hong Kong
Film. Hong Kong University Press, 2002. ISBN 962805015X
1998:
Miles Wood |
1999:
US |
UK
Chris Heard |
1999:
Kenneth Hall |
2000:
Ducker & Cutler |
2001:
Lisa Morton |
Marx, Christy. Jet Li (Martial Arts Masters). Rosen Publishing Group,
February 2002. ISBN 0823935191 library binding
Morton, Lisa. The Cinema of Tsui Hark. McFarland & Company, October
2001. ISBN 0786409908 hardback
Nazzaro, Giona A., Andrea Tagliacozzo. John Woo: la nuova leggenda
del cinema d'azione [John Woo: The New Legend of Action Cinema].
Italy: Castelvecchi, 2000. ASIN: 88-8210-203-3
Parish, James Robert. Jet Li: A Biography. Thunder's Mouth Press,
June 2002. ISBN 1560253762
Spanu, Massimiliano. John Woo. Castoro, 2001. ASIN: 8880331922
Van Clief, Ron. Black Heroes of the Martial Arts. Brooklyn, NY: A & B
Publishers Group, 1996. ISBN 1881316874 (hard), 1881316785 (soft)
SUBJECT: Afro-American martial artists -- Biography.
Wood, Miles. Cine East: Hong Kong Cinema Through the Looking Glass.
Guildford, England: FAB Press, July 1998. ISBN 0-9529260-2-4
[Perfect bound 164-page book with photos and interviews with Peter
Chan, Maggie Cheung, Lau Ching Wan, Andrew Lau, Clara Law, Gigi
Leung, Joe Ma, Shu Kei, Johnnie To, Anthony Wong, Simon Yam, and
Yim Ho.]
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