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Author Ingham, Michael (Michael Anthony)

Title Johnnie To Kei-Fung's PTU / Michael Ingham.

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2009.
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 149 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series The new Hong Kong cinema series
New Hong Kong cinema.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149).
Contents Series Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 -- Introducing the Film; Introducing Johnnie -- 'One of Our Own'; 2 -- 'Into the Perilous Night' -- Police and Gangsters in the Hong Kong Mean Streets; 3 -- 'Expect the Unexpected' -- PTU's Narrative and Aesthetics; 4 -- The Coda: What's the Story? -- Morning Glory!; Notes; Appendix: An interview with Johnnie To; Credits; Bibliography.
Summary PTU is an underappreciated noir masterpiece by one of Hong Kong's most prolific and commercially successful directors. In terms of character development and psychological complexity, Mike Ingham argues that PTU is the most aesthetically rigorous and satisfying of To's many films.
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Subject To, Johnny -- Criticism and interpretation.
To, Johnny.
Criticism and interpretation.
Hong Kong Police Force -- In motion pictures.
PTU (Motion picture)
Motion pictures -- China -- Hong Kong.
Motion pictures.
China -- Hong Kong.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title PTU
In: HKU Press digital editions.
Other Form: Print version: Ingham, Mike. Johnnie To Kei-Fung's PTU. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2009 9789622099197 (OCoLC)295002143
ISBN 9789888052479 (electronic book)
9888052470 (electronic book)
9789622099197 (paperback)
962209919X (paperback)
Standard No. 9786612709098

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