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Global connections and screen innovations converge in Hong Kong cinema. This volume focuses on the film clubs of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, as well as new waves since, that have both refreshed and ruptured Hong Kong screenscapes. Energized by transnational image and human flows from China and Asia, Hong Kong's commercial filmmakers and independent pioneers have actively challenged established genres and narrative conventions to create a cultural space independent of Hollywood. The circulation of Hong Kong films through art house and film festival circuits, as well as independent DVDs, galler ... More
Keywords: Hong Kong, cinema, film, screenscapes, human flows, China, Asia, Hollywood
Print publication date: 2010 | Print ISBN-13: 9789888028566 |
Published to Hong Kong Scholarship Online: September 2011 | DOI:10.5790/hongkong/9789888028566.001.0001 |
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