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Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s
The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s dives deep into the decade that brought martial arts cinema to the masses. This dynamic guide launches into “martialogies” of 500-plus films, including such classics as The Five Venoms, The Big Boss, Drunken Master, and the Lone Wolf and Cub series. Each martialogy is filled with humor and contains a concise plot summary, behind-the-scenes reel and real history, fight statistics, insights into martial arts choreography and style, and other surprising factoids about each title.
The second part of this comprehensive book is a complete index that lists more than 2,000 actors and movies by all their English variations. It also includes an index for movies by country of origin.
Written by a martial artist and movie fan for martial artists and movie fans, The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s is an accurate resource, fun read and excellent steppingstone into the world of kung fu movies.
Dr. Craig D. Reid is one of America’s most respected martial arts film historians and critics. In 1979, he became the first regular Caucasian and American stuntman in Chinese kung fu movies and kung fu TV soap operas in Taiwan. Since then, he has accrued credits as a screenwriter, fight choreographer, kung fu scholar, television personality, and university and guest martial arts lecturer.
“Calling this comprehensive encyclopedia The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s is an apt description. Like the treasure trove of the 500-plus titles it celebrates, the book is a feast.” —John Fusco, screenwriter of The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
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Weapons and Warriors Pack the Ultimate Kung Fu Movies Book
Read the ultimate guide to classic martial arts movies of the 1970s.
The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s delivers more than 500 reviews from respected kung fu movies critic, Dr. Craig D. Reid.
Reid examines the decade that brought kung fu movies to the masses.
To combat a life-threatening illness, Reid began studying kung fu in 1972, after being inspired by Bruce Lee movies. By 1979, Reid was the first American stuntmen to work in the Chinese kung fu movies industry.
For his book, Reid relived the 1970s by watching 500+ martial arts movies. Each review, or “martialogy,” in The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s is filled with Reid’s extensive knowledge of martial arts history, cinema and fight choreography. They include Bruce Lee movies like Enter the Dragon, Jackie Chan movies like Drunken Master, Sonny Chiba movies like Street Fighter, Tom Laughlin movies like Billy Jack, Chuck N.orris movies like Good Guys Wear Black, and Shaw Brothers movies like The Five Venoms.
“The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies is an apt description,” says John Fusco, writer of the martial arts movie The Forbidden Kingdom. “Like the treasure trove of the 500+ titles it celebrates, the book is a feast.”
The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s also contains 150 stills of Shaw Brothers martial arts movies, a catalog of 2,000+ martial arts movies actors and film titles with all their English name variations and a movie index organized by country of origin.
The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s: 500+ Films Loaded With Action, Weapons and Warriors by Dr. Craig D. Reid
$26.95 | 287 pgs. | color pictures
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About the Author
Dr. Craig D. Reid, the respected martial arts film historian and critic, has accrued credits as a screenwriter, fight choreographer, kung fu scholar, television personality, and university and guest martial arts lecturer.
About Black Belt
Black Belt is the world’s leading martial arts books and martial arts DVDs publisher. It publishes martial arts books and martial arts DVDs, including jujutsu, mixed martial arts, reality-based self-defense, grappling and jeet kune do. For more on Black Belt and its line of martial arts books and martial arts DVDs, visit http://www.blackbeltmag.com.
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Plus a few photos I took to share with you what the content looks like. The book could be a coffee table book (but still, it's a paperback here): neat, beautiful, rather big 21,5 X 27.7 cm (8 1/2 X 11 in), more than 1.5cm thick (1/2 in), 290 pages of glossy paper with color photos. I am so impressed by the quality, truly a labor of love from the author. Here are a few samples :    © Black Belt For just over 15 British pounds from Amazon.co.uk, it's a bargain...
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We reviewed the newly released book on martial arts films of the 1970s THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES OF THE 1970S and INTERVIEWED his author DR. CRAIG D. REID. http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/page.asp?aid=273&page=13 What we liked about the book: |
“-Great insights: Behind the scene factoids and cultural, historical and religious references.
-The obvious passion and expertise behind each line."
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Dr. Reid is thorough on many levels and his prose is clear, entertaining, witty and engaging. The 1970s 500+ martial arts films reviewed are mostly from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, USA, and India, with an emphasis on Chinese language kung fu films (354 entries/500).
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Dr. Reid knows his stuff. He speaks fluent Chinese Mandarin, was a stuntman in kung fu films and lived in Taiwan for a while. His life is as interesting as the book itself. In our interview he reveals how he became an action choreographer in the Taiwan film/TV industry. We also discussed his methodology and why he included or excluded things in his book. 
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I recently purchased this book and will vouch for the quality. It is fantastic and regardless of the fact that there are countries other than China/HK/Taiwan represented, fans of 1970s martial arts movies will not be let down. If you have any book collection of martial arts movies, this book is an essential addition. Thanks. Chris
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Ultimate Guide To Martial Arts Movies, Movies of the 1970s, Dr. Craig D. Reid
