Editing Wire fu (section)

{{Short description|Mix of Chinese martial arts and cinematic visual effects}}
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'''Wire fu''' is an element or style of [[Hong Kong action cinema]] used in [[stage combat|fight scenes]]. It is a combination of two terms: "[[wire-flying|wire work]]" and "[[kung fu]]".

Wire fu is used to describe a subgenre of [[kung fu film]]s where the stuntmen's or actor's skill is augmented with the use of wires and pulleys, as well as other stage techniques, usually to perform fight-scene stunts and give the illusion of super-human ability (or [[qinggong]]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Rahner |first=Mark |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2002129305_martialarts24.html |title=Wire-fu flicks: Pouncing public, hidden treasures |date=2004-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102125529/http://seattletimes.com/html/movies/2002129305_martialarts24.html |archive-date=January 2, 2015 |publisher=[[Seattle Times]]}}</ref> It is exemplified by the works of [[Tsui Hark]], [[Yuen Woo-ping]], and [[Jet Li]]. [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] has subsequently adopted the style for the American film industry.<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary World Cinema: Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia |url=https://archive.org/details/contemporaryworl00chau_965 |url-access=limited |author=Shohini Chaudhuri |year=2005 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=074861799X |page=[https://archive.org/details/contemporaryworl00chau_965/page/n128 125]}}</ref> Almost all modern [[wuxia]] films fall in this category. Not all [[martial arts film]]s use wire work.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsweek.com/2003/07/23/the-problem-with-fx.html |title= The Problem With Fx |access-date=2010-07-04 |work= Newsweek |date= 23 July 2003 }}</ref>