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Item A Question That Is Not a Question(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2013-04) Hu, KingKing Hu lays out the "prerequisites" for aspiring Lao She experts and explains what inspired him to research and write a book about Lao She. Lao She is a distinguished Chinese novelist and dramatist, one of the most significant figures of 20th century Chinese literature.Item Understanding the Fundamentals of Cinematic Images(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2013-04) Hu, KingTranslated from Chinese to English for the book "King Hu in His Own Words." Excerpted from King Hu's lecture originally delivered at Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong on March 6, 1970. King Hu explained the fundamentals of cinematic imaging: how cameras perceive images differently than human eyes, and how various focal-lenths of lenses can be utilized to enhance motion, etc.Item Reading King Hu: A Note on His Literary Style(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2013-04) Wang, George Chun HanThis article introduces King Hu's literary styles to the English-reading public unfamiliar with his writings in Chinese. Aside from being a celebrated filmmaker, King Hu was also known to be a productive writer-essayist in his time. From his early days at Shaw Brothers, to the final “quiet” years in Southern California, he wrote more than one hundred short articles, authored a book on Lao She, and began writing a memoir that remains unfinished. For the first time in English, "King Hu in His Own Words" collects and translates a selection of King Hu's writings, presents the major director's reflections on filmmaking, the vicissitudes of life, Chinese history, philosophy and religion.Item A Touch of Zen (Review)(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2013-04) Wang, George Chun HanReview of "A Touch of Zen," and short biography of director King Hu (Hu Jinquan). Considered by many as the defining work of King Hu's career, the meticulously designed, beautifully photographed and rhythmically edited "A Touch of Zen" is a ground-breaking martial arts epic and the first Chinese-language wuxia film awarded at the Cannes Film Festival.Item Raining in the Mountain (Review)(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2013-04) Wang, George Chun HanReview of "Raining in the Mountain," and short biography of director King Hu (Hu Jinquan), who delivered an engaging spiritual journey through this 1979 film, and reflects profoundly on Buddhist philosophy about morals, renunciation, karmic retribution and enlightenment.Item il re della commedia di Taiwan: intervista con Kevin Chu(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2011-04) Wang, George Chun HanThis excerpt from a November 2010 interview with Taiwanese filmmaker Kevin Chu (Chu Yen-ping/Zhu Yanping) features first-person point of view from one of the most prolific commercial feature film directors of Taiwan. Chu’s repertoire consists of more than one hundred mainstream titles, the majority of them comedies. Since his directorial debut "The Clown" (Xiao Cho), a 1980 sleeper hit that launched the superstardom of legendary comedian Hsu Pu-liao (Xu Buliao, 1951-1985), Chu has continuously dominated Taiwan’s box-office for more than three decades. Celebrated as Taiwan’s king of comedy, Chu’s entertaining pictures have been embraced by the mass Chinese-language audiences in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and in mainland China.Item Portare il sorriso in tempi che cambiano: il cinema comico a Taiwan(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2011-04) Wang, George Chun HanTaiwan’s comedy cinema has often been brushed aside as being overly commercial while yielding little intellectual merits. Suffering from such disputable generalization are certain remarkable titles, comedians and filmmakers worthy of attention. Aiming to generate interests to this largely ignored field, this article presents one of the first extensively researched study on Taiwan’s comedy cinema. Analytical emphasis is placed on films deemed most influential, for instance, the Laurel-and-Hardy style comedy Brother Wang and Brother Liu on The Roads in Taiwan. A blockbuster that spawned numerous sequels, this 1958 dialect film is a priceless time capsule for a nostalgic look back at the vistas of pre-industrial Taiwan, and a momentous debut of veteran director Lee Hsing. Through encompassing investigations of historical and biographical records of similar titles that have contributed in facilitating Taiwan’s cinematic progress, the author endeavors to incite awareness that hopefully will lead to broader studies of Taiwan Comedy Cinema.Item Who Is the Real Tycoon? (Review)(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2011-04) Wang, George Chun HanReview of "Who Is the Real Tycoon?" and short bio of director Kevin Chu (Chu Yen-ping/Zhu Yanping). A hilarious and straightforward slapstick comedy packed with numerous physical routines and outrageous cat-and-mouse set-ups, "Who Is the Real Tycoon?" features Taiwan's legendary comedian Hsu Pu-liao (Xu Buliao) in his prime playing two brothers of opposite social classes. The lowbrow film serves as a distinctive manifestation of the Chu and Hsu phenomenon that swept the Taiwanese audience off their feet laughing in the early 1980s.Item Brother Wang and Brother Liu on the Road in Taiwan - Parts 1 & 2 (Review)(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2011-04) Wang, George Chun HanReview of "Brother Wang and Brother Liu on The Road in Taiwan," and short bio of director Lee Hsing (Li Xing). Celebrated as the island state’s first blockbuster comedy. Inspired by Hollywood’s Laurel and Hardy, the film gave birth to Taiwan’s iconic comedy duo of Wang Ge and Liu Ge, who became household names and went on to head- line seven more sequels in this popular silver screen franchise.Item Top Ten Comedies (of Taiwan)(Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, 2011-04) Wang, George Chun HanA list of top Taiwanese feature comedy films selected in terms of historical importance. Part of the Taiwan Chapter of "Asia Laughs! A Survey of Asian Comedy Films" published in 2011.