The MOVIES of AMY YIP
by Chaz Gower
Welcome to the first post of the Amy Yip Fan Blog, my companion project to my book (pictured above) 'The Movies of Amy Yip.' If you haven't got your copy yet, what are you waiting for?
It's CHEAP - only $7 for the paperback and $3 for the Digital Version (which isn't as good - Kindle throws everything out of whack, BUT) it's chocked full of pictures and reviews and insight and more information about Amy than you could ever spend a NORMAL amount of time online trying to find.
So what's the purpose of this blog?
To present stuff I DIDN'T get to put in the book as well as other stuff I find as I go along/ Oh yeah. I'm STILL looking for stuff. There's more out there, and I'm going to find it!
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Hi Chaz,
ReplyDeleteI'd like to just say that I really appreciate the book. Being a fan myself, it's quite encouraging to know that there's a fellow Amy Yip fan out there who would go out of his way to write this book! And finding this blog is also a pleasant surprise, I'm so please to see that, unlike the facebook fan page, this blog is still being constantly updated.
I would actually love to support and pay for the hard copy, but I don't live in the states and don't have a valid credit card to shop on Amazon... Luckily (for me) there's the free Kindle version, but like you said, the arrangement of the text and images were all out of whack... I guess I shouldn't complain... Although it's "legally" free, I still can't help but feel like I stole the book...
So I thought the least I could do was to write a decent review, but Amazon wouldn't let me because I didn't buy it... Well, I don't know if you can somehow use this, or if it would help the book in anyway, but here's my review:
Finally a proper tribute to one of the most iconic sex symbols in Hong Kong cinema.
The original "eye candy" and the original "boba" (Giant Breasts; yes, the name of the Taiwanese tapioca drink was inspired by her) to the Chinese speaking world. Amy Yip's influence as a culture icon is rarely discussed, but it's most certainly apparent; one cannot talk about the Hong Kong's "naughty films" without mentioning her names, and how she represented "every man's fantasy" for a whole generation of people.
However, to quote from the book, Amy Yip "wasn't just a pair of boobs."
Much like those beloved Hollywood sex symbols whose popularity carried on even after they retired from the silver screen, Amy Yip is right in that league with them, besides her good looks, she can actually act!
This book explores these aspects of Amy Yip, an actor and a star that she rightfully is.
Despite the exploitative nature of Amy's film career, the writer never took that route. This is a work by a true fan, with thorough film reviews, and interesting anecdotes and reports. It also provides some intriguing insights to the Hong Kong cinema of the era, so for the non-fans, it'd still be a fun additional material for Asian cinema study, or for cinephiles who's looking to explore films that aren't likely to appear on any critic's top list, but might just suit your fancy.
Definitely recommended.