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Article: Action in tranquillity: Sketching martial ideation in The Grandmaster
Title | Action in tranquillity: Sketching martial ideation in The Grandmaster |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Chinese martial arts The Grandmaster Wing Chun action aesthetics kung fu cinema |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | Intellect Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=219/ |
Citation | Asian Cinema, 2018, v. 29 n. 2, p. 201-223 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This article argues that the concept of wuyi (‘martial ideation’) forms the aesthetic core of kung fu cinema. Rather than focusing on the expressive amplification of emotion, martial ideation negotiates action and stasis through stabilization and eventually reaches a state of tranquillity. In The Grandmaster (Wong, 2013), such an ideational experience is sketched through the Buddhist notion of guan (‘perspicaciousness’). Perspicaciousness is embodied by three ways of ‘seeing’ in the mise-en-scène, including ‘listening bridge’ in martial arts performance, ‘looking back’ in narrative structure and ‘visioning’ in theme. In this light, Wong’s kung fu debut treats the southern hand-to-hand combat tradition not as a spectacle, but as an embodied knowledge that links kung fu practice with Chinese aesthetics and philosophy. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/279221 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.147 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | WONG, W | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-21T02:21:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-21T02:21:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Asian Cinema, 2018, v. 29 n. 2, p. 201-223 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1059-440X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/279221 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article argues that the concept of wuyi (‘martial ideation’) forms the aesthetic core of kung fu cinema. Rather than focusing on the expressive amplification of emotion, martial ideation negotiates action and stasis through stabilization and eventually reaches a state of tranquillity. In The Grandmaster (Wong, 2013), such an ideational experience is sketched through the Buddhist notion of guan (‘perspicaciousness’). Perspicaciousness is embodied by three ways of ‘seeing’ in the mise-en-scène, including ‘listening bridge’ in martial arts performance, ‘looking back’ in narrative structure and ‘visioning’ in theme. In this light, Wong’s kung fu debut treats the southern hand-to-hand combat tradition not as a spectacle, but as an embodied knowledge that links kung fu practice with Chinese aesthetics and philosophy. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Intellect Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=219/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Asian Cinema | - |
dc.rights | Asian Cinema. Copyright © Intellect Ltd. | - |
dc.subject | Chinese martial arts | - |
dc.subject | The Grandmaster | - |
dc.subject | Wing Chun | - |
dc.subject | action aesthetics | - |
dc.subject | kung fu cinema | - |
dc.title | Action in tranquillity: Sketching martial ideation in The Grandmaster | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | WONG, W: king.wong@kcl.ac.uk | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1386/ac.29.2.201_1 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 307691 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 29 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 201 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 223 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000450420700004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1059-440X | - |