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The Rise of Johnnie To

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(Johnnie To photo © Laurent Koffel www.laurentkoffel.com)
How did Johnnie To go from an almost unknown director in Western circles circa 2000 to one of the world’s most talked about international filmmakers today? This is the tale by Marie Jost of fanboys and cult cinema, film festivals and bitter debates waged by critics, and ultimately the embrace of Johnnie To by international film festival programmers and the academic community. Marie also analyzes how To talks about To in the Western media. As a complement, Thomas Podvin interviewed five persons living in Hong Kong, critics, academics and fanboys. They offer a Hong Kong perpective on Johnnie To and his work.
A PDF version of the document is available to download on page 1.
 
Author(s) : Marie Jost
Date : 28/2/2011
Type(s) : Analysis, Food for thought, Information

Table of content
 
Foreword   Page 0
 
Introduction   Page 1
 
From fanboy favorite to internationally acclaimed filmmaker   Page 2
 - Milkway Image and the Fanboys   Page 2
 - First Years on the Festival Circuit   Page 3
 - 100 Years of Film: Commerce and Art   Page 4
 - A Fresh Look at Johnnie To: the early retrospectives   Page 5
 - Return to Noir: A Rising Star on the International Festival Circuit   Page 6
 - The Apotheosis of Johnnie To   Page 7
 
Critical darling   Page 8
 - Johnnie To and the Critics   Page 8
 - Johnnie To best films?   Page 9
 - To On-line: Critics and Professors, Fanboys and Bloggers   Page 10
 - The Academics   Page 11
 
Johnnie To Story, To by To   Page 12
 - Johnnie To in his own words: The interviews   Page 12
 - The Extended Interviews   Page 13
 
Books on Johnnie To   Page 14
 
Addendum: The HK perspective   Page 15
 - Thomas Shin, the critic   Page 15
 - Vivian P.Y. Lee, the scholar   Page 16
 - Sebastian Yim, the postgraduate   Page 17
 - Ross Chen, the film buff   Page 18
 - Can Tse, the film enthusiast   Page 19
 - Conclusion and Thanks   Page 20
 
 

Links
 
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People :
  Johnnie To Kei Fung   Page : 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  15  16  18  19  20  
  Wai Ka Fai   Page : 2  12  13  15  17  18  19  20  
 
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Companies :
  Milkyway Image (HK) Ltd.   Page : 2  3  4  6  11  12  13  
  One Hundred Years of Film   Page : 12  
 
 
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