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These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World

These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World


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About the Book

When a major Hollywood studio released Five Fingers of Death in 1973, only a handful of Black and Asian American audience members knew the difference between an Iron Fist and an Eagle's Claw. That changed overnight as kung fu movies kicked off a craze that would earn millions at the box office, send TV ratings soaring, sell hundreds of thousands of video tapes, influence the birth of hip hop, reshape the style of action we see in movies today, and introduce America to some of the biggest non-white stars to ever hit motion picture screens. Here, for the first time, is the full uncensored story.

About the Author :
Grady Hendrix is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author and one of the founders of the New York Asian Film Festival. He's covered the Asian film industry for Variety, Sight & Sound, and Film Comment, among others. He lives in NYC. Chris Poggiali is a librarian, writer and film historian who edited the fanzine Temple of Schlock from 1987 - 1991, and brought it back as a blog in 2008. He has written about film for numerous magazines, websites, and DVDs/Blu-rays.

Review :
"...funny, fascinating, and encyclopedic..." -- The Playlist "...a fascinating overview of martial arts movies..." -- SlashFilm "These Fists Break Bricks is a bone-crushing blast!" - Steven Puchalski, Shock Cinema Magazine "These Fists Break Bricks is a total blast! Impeccably researched, it's perfect for both the Tarantino-level fanatic or a newbie who has only seen Enter the Dragon." - Larry Karaszewski, screenwriter (Ed Wood, Dolemite Is My Name) "These Fists Break Bricks is that rare combination of a fun read combined with true scholarship, complemented by an amazing collection of images..." - C. Courtney Joyner, screenwriter (Class of 1999, From a Whisper to a Scream) "A fascinating and amazingly complete tome..." -- Larry Hama, writer/artist (G.I. Joe, Wolverine) "Chris Poggiali and Grady Hendrix really have a special thing in These Fists Break Bricks, and I can't wait to suggest it to others." - Book Squad Goals "Full of great illos and facts about the producers, directors, stars, distributors, theaters, and the endless retitles and rip-offs. This book is excellent." -Michael J. Weldon, author/editor (The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film, Psychotronic Video) "This book oughta be called KungFuPedia -- you can just look at the pictures and increase your martial-arts movie knowledge by a thousand percent. If you don't own it, you deserve to be whopped on the right side of your face by Billy Jack's right foot." -Joe Bob Briggs "This intelligent, witty, respectful virtual encyclopedia is as fun as the subject it covers. Marvelously designed and written by two experts, it is the book all kung fu movie fans have been waiting for." -- Danny Peary, author and film critic (Cult Movies 1-3, Cult Movie Stars) "This is no schlock-by-numbers quickie film book. Hendrix and Poggiali are twin ninjas of celluloid..." - Donald Guarisco, Schlockmania! As featured in Entertainment Weekly, Polygon, and Collider Gift Guide Mentions: The New York Times, Rizzoli Bookstore, GeekDad, The Playlist, and SlashFilm


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781736891605
  • Publisher: Mondo Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Mondo Books
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 432
  • Sub Title: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World
  • ISBN-10: 173689160X
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jan 2022
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 203 mm


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