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Heroism in Chinese and Hollywood Movies
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POLS 3620 Contemporary Europe and Asia
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Content• Definition of Heroism• Heroism in Chinese movies• Heroism in Hollywood movies• Interaction of Chinese and Hollywood movies• Conclusion
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Definition of Heroism
• Hero cult• Demigod in Greek mythology• Display courage and will of self-sacrifice• Martial courage• Moral examples
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Heroism in Chinese movies• Wuxia (武俠 )• Martial Arts (武術 ) and Chivalry (騎士精神 )
• From lower classes in ancient China• Fight for righteousness• Patriotism• Confucian brotherhood
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Wuxia Films in 1960s-1970s
• Bruce Lee• The Big Boss (唐山大兄 ), 1971• Fist of Fury (精武門 ), 1972• Bruce Lee was the symbolic figure
of righteousness and patriot
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Definition of Heroism
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Sick Man of the East – A century national humiliation of China
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Wuxia Films in 1980s – 1990s
• Jacky Chan• Project A (A 計劃 ) series• Police Story (警察故事 ) series• Everyone can be a hero,
heroic image is no longer divine
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Heroism in Hollywood movies• Blockbuster Film• Patriotism (E.g. War, National
Defense) • Characteristics of Heroes
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Saving Private Ryan
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• 70 millions of production budget• D-Day landing at Omaha Beach• Americentric Centre• Patriotism
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Captain John.H Miller and his colleagues overcome all the obstacles with death to save Ryan in the last stage.
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Iron ManIron Man
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• -• Cold War Period• 170million Production • Patriotism • Advanced Technology
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Chest-mounted laser beam
Repulsor rays
Cruise: Mach1.2flying range:2,000 miles
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Interactions between Chinese and Hollywood Movie
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Thank You
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