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Amerikai és keleti hagyományok Yimou Zhang Hero című filmjében
American and Eastern Tradition in Yimou Zhang’s Hero

Author(s): Annamária Búzás
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Medea Egyesület
Keywords: culture; tradition;East; West; Yimou Zhang; Hero

Summary/Abstract: The American and Eastern tradition mutually influence each other. The present essay analysis the presence of these two in a typical eastern martial art-film. It presents the Hollywood type narrative and the exact choreography of the wuxia-films, including the characteristic image building techniques presented in the film. This movie is able to capture the attention of both the American and the Eastern public due to the use of these two different traditions.

  • Issue Year: VII/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 99-104
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Hungarian
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