Many directors of the hong kong new wave studied overseas, and were therefore bringing some westernised approaches to cinema to the east. A look at how hong kong cinema scene changed from making kung fu films in the 1970s to an artistic powerhouse of the 1990s and onward. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Here, the sphere of cinema was taken as a metaphor for society. Botang zhuo annotation the increasingly popular films of the hong kong new wave grapple with such issues as eastwest cultural conflicts, colonial politics, the divide between rich and poor, the plight of women. This one is an odd glimpse of major talents in their early years, of little interest to the english speaking market so often unfamiliar with their important films. Second wave films dealt with contemporary issues, particularly those related to the 1997 reunification of hong kong with china. B though dated by todays standards, dennis yus the imp is an eerie blend of rosemarys baby and the exorcist, with a hong kong new wave twist. Come drink with me by king hu reinvents the kung fu genre and ushers in the new wuxia era of hong kong cinema.
Move away from traditional wuxia film styles to new styles of kung fu. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hong kong new wave cinema 19782000. How hong kong flattened the curve without total lockdown. Hong kong and bollywood offers an overview of new cinematic trends from hong kong and bollywood, and the challenges they pose to hollywood critically examines issues of cinema as they relate to globalization, glocalization. Hong kong sar new wave cinema in face of neoliberalisation. The rise of new wave cinema in 1970s hong kong has had a significant cultural and economic impact on the film industry of china. Hong kong action cinema is the principal source of the hong kong film industrys global fame. The rise of new wave cinema in 1970s hong kong has had a significant cultural and economic impact on the film industry of. The hong kong new wave began in 1979, and its unique visual style and reliance on local themes continued into the early 1990s. Hong kong cinema led the taiwanese government to promote its film industry in the early 1980s. Movies from the mid1980s to early 1990s highlight the rise of the second new wave cinema. However, many hong kong cinema aficionados, who passionately followed the rise of the hong kong new wave during the eighties and early nineties, only to become increasingly disenchanted since then, are now looking to south korea for asias boldest and most innovative films. Like their first wave predecessors, many of the second wave s works were shown on the international festival circuit, at the cannes film festival, new york film festival, and tokyo international film festival. These directors represented a new force and new orientation in hong kong cinema, and their appearance was a sign of its future vitality.
Hong kong new wave cinema 19782000 presents a comprehensive picture of the films made in this vibrant era and the complexity of issues they tackle such as eastwest conflict, colonial politics, the struggle of women in a modernizing asian city and identity crisis, all portrayed in visually striking ways. Pak tong cheuk, hong kong new wave cinema 19782000. The hong kong second wave, a list of films by jakarta. Shaw subsequently enjoyed a golden age of wuxia films, which was followed by an equally successful wave of. By embracing the interdisciplinary approach of contemporary film and cultural studies, this collection navigates theoretical debates while charting a new course for future research in hong kong. The 1980s was the golden era of hong kong cinema, in which the industry opened many untapped markets both locally and overseas. The hong kong new wave a new direction in hong kong cinema 19801997 2. Provides the first comparative study of the two fastgrowing film industries. Hong kong sar new wave cinema in face of neoliberalisation and mainlandisation. Hong kong new wave cinema 19782000 isbn 9781841501482. Whilst most films in china were made in mandarin chinese and filmed on stages, a few cantonese speaking hong kong filmmakers who had studied european films, decided to break apart from the mainstream. Instead of continuing this trend, impressionists created entirely new theories as to how a film can articulate a wide range of emotions, situations and subjective realities. A companion to hong kong cinema provides the first comprehensive scholarly exploration of this unique global cinema. The coloured gel lit hong kong club scene is quite vivid but comedy is totally unfunny and at odds with the serious elements.
Hk film archive to present revisiting the new wave with. New wave filmmakers explored new approaches to editing, visual style, and narrative, as well as engagement with the social and political. Hong kong new wave cinema 19782000 the increasingly popular films of the hong kong new wave grapple with such issues as eastwest cultural conflicts, colonial politics, the divide between rich and poor, the plight of women in a modernizing asian city, and the identity crises provoked by hong kong s estranged motherland. During the 1980s, the film industry began to flourish. In fact, the new wave bridges east and west in a way that could perhaps only have happened in hong kong, given the islands complicated political history as a british colonial city for 157 years. The hong kong film archive hkfa of the leisure and cultural services department will present revisiting the new wave. One notable victim is susumu hani, whose pioneering melding of fiction and documentary techniques in films like bad boys 1961 and she and he 1963 are little remembered outside japan. Of the films produced, i am particularly drawn to the wuxia pian films of the hong kong new wave. Hong kong new wave cinema presents a comprehensive picture of the films made in this vibrant era and the complexity of issues they tackle such as eastwest conflict, colonial politics, the struggle of women in a modernizing asian city and identity crisis, all. Though most of this periods films were melodramas, derivative comedies, and opera adaptations, hong kong cantonese flourished for more than a decade before giving way to a new, buttkicking literally genre of mandarin film that took asian cinema by storm beginning in the late 60s.
Many of the new wave directors had a westernstyle education and thus, were influenced by western filmmaking and culture. Hong kong new wave cinema 19782000 kindle edition by cheuk, pak tong. New wave cinema synonyms, new wave cinema pronunciation, new wave cinema translation, english dictionary definition of new wave cinema. Hong kong films overflow with dynamism, unparalleled action aesthetics, and good old fashioned violence. The movement was characterized by its rejection of the eras traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation and a spirit of iconoclasm. Success followed by handover to china yearning for old hk clash of old and new, modernity and technology with traditional values tiannanmen square events industry context. This formula distinguishes the second wave cinema from other popular mainstream hong kong films at the time. Prior to french impressionist cinema, the majority of conventions were inspired by live theatre. I chose the theme of history of hong kong cinema for the film assignment. Intellect books hong kong new wave cinema 19782000. It was a sigh of relief for the semiautonomous chinese territory, which has so. The content divided between the background and development of hong kong new wave cinema and critical appraisals of central directors plus author cheuks nuanced comprehension from proximity to the subject make the work of particular interest to students of contemporary cinema. Japanese new wave films also come with perennial problems of availability to englishspeaking audiences.
The extra, produced in 1978, marked the beginning of the new wave. Pak tong cheuk the increasingly popular films of the hong kong new wave grapple with such issues as eastwest cultural conflicts, colonial politics, the divide between rich and poor, the plight of women in a. A companion to hong kong cinema wiley online books. In the late 1970s, a new generation of filmmakers transformed the film industry with new themes and cinematic language, leading to the emergence of the hong kong new wave, an important chapter of hong kong cinema history. Preceded by tsui hark, john woo, kirk wong and other new wave generation filmmakers, the second wave offers something more experimental, bold, coherent, and highly stylized cinematography and editing. New wave cinema definition of new wave cinema by the. It combines elements from the action film, as codified by hollywood, with chinese storytelling, aesthetic traditions and filmmaking techniques, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural appeal. Hong kong and bollywood globalization of asian cinemas. Hong kong new wave cinema 19782000 in searchworks catalog.
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