Director in Action: Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film

by Stephen Teo

This is a collection of articles on the topic of self-access language learning by a variety of experienced educators currently active in the field of English language teaching in Hong Kong. Separate chapters discuss a wide range of issues confronting ELTprofessionals in tertiary and secondary education, and in the private sector.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction

306 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Stephen Teo is currently associate professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

He has done significant research work in the field of the Hong Kong cinema, and his research areas include other Asian cinemas, revolving around subjects of genre theory, film history, auteur studies, cultural studies, national cinema, and investigations into the literary and visual aspects of film theory.

Reviews

[owena chan]

dissertation speed run

[Mathew Lui]

This is a good read for anyone interested in Johnnie To. The author also includes a decent interviews with the director in the appendix.