These Fists Break Bricks (Revised and Expanded Edition): How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Grady Hendrix, Chris Poggiali, Rza (Foreword by)Publish date:7/8/2025Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Running Press AdultISBN-13:9780762489480ISBN-10:762489480UPC:9780762489480Book Category:Performing Arts, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Film, Martial ArtsBook Topic:Genres, History & CriticismSize:10.10 x 7.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCNNHK3G1Y
These Fists Break Bricks (Revised and Expanded Edition): How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World
From New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix and film historian Chris Poggiali comes the full story of how kung fu movies came to--and conquered--America in this revised and expanded edition. When a Hollywood studio released Five Fingers of Death to thrill-seeking Times Square moviegoers in 1973, only a handful of Black and Asian audience members knew the difference between an Iron Fist...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Running Press AdultISBN-13:9780762489480ISBN-10:762489480UPC:9780762489480Book Category:Performing Arts, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Film, Martial ArtsBook Topic:Genres, History & CriticismSize:10.10 x 7.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCNNHK3G1Y
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...
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