The copy of the article i link below comes from the cuhk library. Reprinted with revisions in the cinema of hong kong. Cambridge university press 0521776023 the cinema of. Previously, kwans gayness as a director had been limited to a hint of transvestism in rouge 1987 and maggie cheungs subdued portrayal of a lesbian in full moon in new york 1990, a. Mar 03, 2014 as such this dissertation deserves to be widely read by scholars interested in the cinemas of hong kong and taiwan, and equally by students of national identity and those working on the chinese diaspora. Providing an overview of major directors, genres, and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines hong kong cinema in historical, transnational, cultural and political contexts. Office for film, newspaper and article administration. Office for film, newspaper and article administration film. Most parts of this the history of hong kong action cinema series will be broken into decades. While hong kong s film industry is not as strong as it was before the handover, and while production of films overall has lessened considerably, the openness of queer themes in hong kong cinema is apparently here to stay. History, arts, identity cambridge university press, 2000. Of course, hong kong predates its colonial period, having probably first been settled some 5000 or 6000 years ago.
Cambridge university press 0521776023 the cinema of hong. Hong kong identity has to assert itself against a variety of threats and changes, most notably, rapid integration with the chinese mainland in economic and, increasingly, in sociopolitical terms. Hong kong cinema is one of the success stories of film history. Remarks by national endowment for the arts chairman jane chu. Providing an overview of major directors, genres, and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines hong kong cinema in historical. Marc siegel, the intimate spaces of wong karwai, in at full speed.
As filmart, asias largest film rights sales market, rolls out march 1922, hong kong sales agencies are. Introduction perspectives basis of all history o national humiliation. This paper concludes that the civic part of the hong kong identity has. Oct 07, 2011 contrary to the common belief that hong kong cinema excels only in martial arts and gangster genres but has little to do with literature, recent research hong kong film and literature filmography.
Similarly, hong kong is found under the formal jurisdiction of china during most of recorded history. Because it is a mirror of hong kong society and therefore a meaningful medium for conveying what rey chow, in writing diaspora. University, and has published articles on world cinema in film quarterly, cinema journal, literaturefilm quarterly, film criticism and cinemaya, among others. Contemporary taiwan and hong kong cinemas in comparison. The focus is not only on the textual and discursive transfers but also on the different ways in which the people of hong kong perceive their identity in the performances. Hong kong cinema and the 1997 return of the colony to. Poshek fu and david desser ed, the cinema of hong kong. Nationalism, identity and chinese martial arts films data in international journal of the history of sport 3 february 2014 with 443 reads how we measure reads.
Film served as the primary source of entertainment. Providing an overview of major directors, genres and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines hong kong cinema in transnational, historical, and artistic contexts. The influence of classical chinese culture on gender representation in martial arts films is examined in order to formulate an understanding of how these films use gender issues to negotiate a sense of cultural identity in the face of unprecedented. Many of the new wave directors had a westernstyle education and thus, were influenced by western filmmaking and culture. The redhot chinese box office has created big problems for hong kong sales companies. As a former british colony, hong kong had a greater degree of political and economic freedom than mainland china and taiwan, and developed into a filmmaking hub. Remarks by national endowment for the arts chairman jane. History of hong kong history of hong kong lecture 1.
The cinema of hong kong examines one of the most popular and dynamic cinema traditions in the history of film. In addition, various aspects of the work of the hkta inevitably focus on hong kongs past. Due to its significance as a trade port, both china and the united kingdom had a lot to gain by making this agreement. In analyzing the production and reception of the wuxia movie in hong kong during the 1960s and 1970s, this paper argues that the popularity of the genre was not solely due to its entertainment value. A brief history of hong kong cinema to 1988 film studios. Hong kong film archive, soak in the magic of the glamorous cinema history and catch an old flick. Through the 1950s hong kong film companies produced 150 to 200 or more. Nov 22, 2017 ultimately, the research argues that contemporary taiwan and hong kong cinemas over the past decade showcase structural similarities and differences in the light of sociopolitical engagement, and both cases have become a crucial sociocultural site in which the growing taiwan and hong kong identities and local consciousness amidst the. Coproduction, censorship, and chinese democracy interviews with johnnie to, stanley kwan.
Originally, a british colony, hk was given back to mainland in 1941 when the japanese people occupied hongkong. Nyu department of cinema studies chineselanguage cinema. The story of hong kong identity 18412017, told through. Observations on the visual arts and cinema of china and japan second edition, university of texas press, 2000. Jackie chan is not only a celebrated martial arts film star in hong kong, but also a. The campaign was to promote some of hong kongs lesserknown treasures. History, arts, identity, edited by poshek fu and david desser, contributes a variety of perspectives by established and emerging voices in cinema studies.
The film is a sequel to the 1994 film fist of legend, which starred jet li as chen zhen. A series of clashes between hong kongers and mainland chinese happened in early 2012. This means, they control and govern themselves, separate from mainland china. History, arts, identity, edited by poshek fu and david desser, contributes a variety of perspectives by established and emerging voices in cinema. The gangster films that milkyway image produced from 1997 to 1999 like dark flowers, expect the unexpected, the missiontoo many ways to be no. No doubt,my own history as someone who was raised in hong kong as an ethnic minority and then moved to the us in the mid1980s,structures my own gaze on hong kong. As the books subtitle suggests, the contributors write at the intersection of the political and the aesthetic. History, arts, identity edited by poshek fu and david desser excerpt more information. Colonialism and the politics of chinese history in hong kong. Individual essays focus on hong kong cinema before and during world war ii. A florid game with a lampshade suggests that murayama had been watching the ipcress file or maybe.
A comparison of contemporary films from the peoples republic of china and hong kong. View test prep history of hong kong from his 385 at university of toronto. The return of chen zhen is a 2010 hong kong superhero martial arts film directed and produced by andrew lau and starring donnie yen as chen zhen, a role made famous by bruce lee in the 1972 film fist of fury. To get a feeling for the location, well shortly consider the history of hong kong itself. This chapter demonstrates the ways that the official museum of art in hong kong realizes its strategies and influences of identity formation by utilizing its resources and representative position in both the colonial and postcolonial spaces. Hong kong is a big art market, but theres a huge gap between the art market and practices in the community, said vivienne chow, an art critic.
In 1842, hong kong was leased to the united kingdom for a period of 156 years. Contrary to the common belief that hong kong cinema excels only in martial arts and gangster genres but has little to do with literature, recent. About the nea the national endowment for the arts supports the arts in many ways. History hong kong is an independent country of china. Hong kongs cultural identity reflected in jackie chans films.
This is related to, but not the same as, hong kong s colonial history, which will be further elaborated on bellow. As such this dissertation deserves to be widely read by scholars interested in the cinemas of hong kong and taiwan, and equally by students of national identity and those working on the chinese diaspora. In their second to fourth years students may take all their courses in history, or they may combine some history courses with courses from the departments and programmes in the faculty of arts or the faculty of social sciences. Popular cinema and the art of entertainment, published by bordwell 2010, has become a classic study of hong kong cinema now, begins with the following paragraph. In this installment of the history of hong kong action cinema series, we wont be digging into that many movies, but this time marks a serious change in the blossoming movie business in hong kong. Learn everything there is to know about cinema while gazing through books, magazines and much more.
Department of fine arts school of humanities room 10. This project is an examination of the hong kong film industry, focusing on the years leading up to the handover of hong kong to communist china. I believe it was published in 1988, in renditions, a literary magazine published by the research centre for translation rct at the chinese university of hong kong. This paper concludes that the civic part of the hong kong identity has remained the most resilient, despite the absence of.
Wong has published two collections of short stories and is chief editor of the series literature and cinema hong kong university press. In chapter 3, i will give a particular introduction about the development of hong kong film industry during the last thirty years since the 1970s, in order to give prominence to the uniqueness of hong kong cinema in the past ten years. Around the 1930s, hong kong was going through a period of change during the devastating war years and japanese occupation. Five partial recollections of hong kong museum of art 19891993. Her research interests include contemporary taiwan and hong kong cinemas, chineselanguage cinemas and visual cultures. Symbolising the people of hong kong, a merman named luting is now the main character in a physical theatre trilogy centuryold dreams of a fishing harbour that narrates the citys 175. Tactics of intervention in contemporary cultural studies 1993, calls postcolonial nostalgia, the cinema of hong kong has become a hot topic. History, arts, identity edited by poshek fu and david desser frontmatter more information. Looking beyond relatively wellstudied cities like shanghai, these essays foreground cinemas relationship with imperialism and colonialism and emphasize the rapid development of cinema as a sociocultural institution.
Hong kongs filmart braces for shifting landscape of asian. Paul fonoroff, well known hong kong film critic and historian, wrote, a brief history of hong kong cinema. During the 1980s, the film industry began to flourish. Department of fine arts the university of hong kong. By exploring the translation strategies of various theatre practitioners in hong kong, the book also analyses a number of foreign plays and their stage renditions. Also during this period, stanley kwan, hong kongs foremost gay director, decided to come out cinematically with his fascinating semiautobiographical documentary yang and yin. As a former british colony, hong kong had a greater degree of political and economic freedom than mainland china and taiwan, and developed into a filmmaking hub for the chinesespeaking world including its.
Colonialism and the politics of chinese history in hong kong s schools introduction history tends to be the most politically and culturally sensitive of all school subjects, particularly because of the way it relates to an often highly politicised public discourse over national identity. Her doctoral thesis examines the politics, identities and activism in contemporary taiwan and hong kong cinemas over the past ten years. This volume features new work on cinema in early twentiethcentury hong kong, taiwan, and republican china. Speech and dramatic arts, concentration in film university of iowa, 1972. Identity formation in taiwan and hong kong how much. Oct 23, 2017 hong kong is a big art market, but theres a huge gap between the art market and practices in the community, said vivienne chow, an art critic and founder of the hong kongbased cultural. History delivered in frames, and how one thing led to another web exclusive by louis menashe. Film guarantee legal documents commissioned by the hong kong government in late april 2003 are based on. This is related to, but not the same as, hong kongs colonial history, which will be further elaborated on bellow. Early film culture in hong kong, taiwan, and republican china. Identity and theatre translation in hong kong shelby kar. The cinema of hong kong examines one of the most popular, dynamic, and important cinema traditions in the history of film. Colonialism and the politics of chinese history in hong. She is the coeditor with david desser of cinematic landscapes.
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