Tom Vick's Asian Cinema: A Field Guide
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Asian Cinema: A Field Guide (2007) by Tom Vick is a book about the history of cinema in various regions throughout Asia. This is a list of films mentioned in the book.
Part One: The Old Guard
China: Tradition and Resistance (#1-76)
Japan: Cinema of Extremes (77-268)
India: All That and then Some (269-358)
Part Two: Postwar Booms
Hong Kong: The Fine Art of Popular Cinema (359-453)
Korea: Rising from the Ashes of History (454-578)
Part Three: Recent Arrivals
Iran: A Continuing Conversation (579-637)
Taiwan: The Little Island that Could (638-682)
Part Four: New Players
South and Southeast Asia: Coming Into Focus
Bangladesh (683 & 684), Bhutan (685 & 686), Cambodia (687-689), Indonesia (690-696), Malaysia and Singapore (697-711), Nepal (712 & 713), Pakistan (714), The Philippines (715-739), Sri Lanka (740-744), Thailand (745-774), Tibet (775-780), Vietnam (781-792)
Central Asia and the Middle East: Global Intersections
The Former Soviet Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia (793-808), The Middle East (809–841), Turkey (842-852)
Part Five: Where to Go from Here
(List of websites and books)
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Rush Hour
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The Tuxedo
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1977 — a.k.a. Amar, Akbar and Anthony, in 4 top lists Check -
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2003 — a.k.a. Save the Green Planet!, in 4 top lists Check -
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1983 — a.k.a. Project A, in 4 top lists Check -
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1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check -
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2003 — a.k.a. Last Life in the Universe, in 2 top lists Check -
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2002 — a.k.a. Unknown Pleasures, in 2 top lists Check -
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Yin shi nan nu
1994 — a.k.a. Eat Drink Man Woman, in 4 top lists Check -
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1986 — a.k.a. Peking Opera Blues, in 5 top lists Check -
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2000 — a.k.a. Tears of the Black Tiger, in 3 top lists Check -
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Minnâ-yatteruka!
1994 — a.k.a. Getting Any?, in 1 top list Check -
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Salam Cinema
1995 — a.k.a. Hello Cinema, in 6 top lists Check -
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Xi yan
1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check -
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Linda Linda Linda
2005, in 2 top lists Check
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