Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai investigates the rich, prolific career of an acclaimed leading man of Hong Kong and Chinese film and television: the star of more than 70 films and dozens of television series, and the only Hong Kong actor to earn the Cannes Film Festival's best-actor award. This book addresses the dynamics of media stardom in Hong Kong, mainland China and the East Asian region, including the importance of television series for training and promotion; the phenomenon of regional, transmedia stardom across popular entertainment genres; and cultural and political considerations as performers move among different East Asian production environments. Attentive to Leung's position in both East Asian and global screen cultures, the book addresses relations among acting, global stardom and internationally circulating film genres and acclaimed directors. Overall, this unique study of Leung - who the New York Times calls "one of the world's last true matinee idols" - illuminates challenges and opportunities for Chinese screen actors in local, regional and global cultural and industrial contexts.

Auteur

Mark Gallagheris co-editor, with Yiman Wang, of Bloomsbury's Global East Asian Screen Cultures series and co-editor, with Chi-Yun Shin, of East Asian Film Noir (2015). He is the author of Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (2018), Another Steven Soderbergh Experience: Authorship and Contemporary Hollywood (2013) and Action Figures: Men, Action Films and Contemporary Adventure Narratives (2006).

Résumé

In exploring the exceptionally varied career of Tony Leung, one of greater China's most acclaimed contemporary film stars, Mark Gallagher examines the dissemination and reception of Chinese cinema and popular culture and illuminates the nature of contemporary Hong Kong, Chinese, pan-Asian and global stardom.

Contenu

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1: How to Act Sexy.- 2. 1980s Hong Kong Television and Early Film Efforts.- 3. Pan-Asian and Global Art-Cinema Stardom.- 4: Tony Leung and Genre Stardom.- 5: The Mainlanding of Tony Leung Chiu-Wai.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Filmography.- Index.