Hong
Kong
Babylon
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An
Insider's
Guide
to
the
Hollywood
of
the
East
(1997)
by Fredic Dannen and Barry Long
ISBN : 0-7868-6267-X
Hong Kong Babylon contain a few hundred movie reviews about Hong
Kong
and some Taiwanese movies. The reviews pertaining to Brigitte Lin
are:
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Ashes of Time
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The Black Panther Warriors
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Boys Are Easy
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The Bride with White Hair
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The Bride with White Hair II
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Chungking Express
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Deception (aka Web of Deception)
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Dragon Inn
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Dream Lovers
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Eagle shooting Heroes
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East is Red (aka Swordsman III)
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Handsome Siblings
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Lady in Black
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Love Massacre
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Peking Opera Blues
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Police Story
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Red Dust
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Royal Tramp
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Royal Tramp II
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Semi-Gods and Semi-Devils (aka Dragon Chronicles)
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Starry is the Night
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Swordsman II
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Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Black and white photographs containing Brigitte Lin from Ashes of Time,
Peking Opera Blues, Swordsman II, Chungking Express,
The book contain many interveiws with producers, directors and
actors.
Of interest are interviews with Wong Kar Wai and Christopher Doyle
about
their films with a mention of Brigitte Lin. When you read the
Christopher
Doyle interview, take a look at the book Light
Values. Then you will understand what he says about a fellow
crew member who looks like Brigitte.
The book has a chapter on Recommended Viewing which list the
highest-rated
Hong Kong films and the opinions of 12 critics. In the
list,
it includes Chungking Express, Peking Opera Blues, Swordsman II, Ashes
of Time, Police Story, Zu : Warriors from Magic Mountain, The Bride
with
White Hair, Dragon Inn, East is Red, Dream Lovers, Red Dust and Eagle
Shooting
Heroes.
I like the interviews whether they pertain to Brigitte Lin or
not.
Nice to read other people's opinions.
Other reviews:
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American Library Association - Hong
Kong Babylon
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Combustible Celluloid - Hong
Kong Babylon
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Heroic Cinema - Hong
Kong Babylon
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HK Cinema View from Brooklyn Bridge - Hong
Kong Babylon
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Hong Kong Movie Database - Hong
Kong Babylon
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The Onion A.V. Club - Hong
Kong Babylon
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