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This module surveys the industrial patterns, aesthetics, themes and challenges of Hong Kong cinema, from its inception to the most recent years in a global context. In this process, students would be familiarized with the history and the scholarly discussion of this unique cinema. They would also be guided to understand its connection to local issues as well as its interaction with the world cinema. At the end of the module, students are expected to have not only a solid knowledge of this important part of Chinese-language films, but also a high level of media literacy to read an audiovisual text independently and critically.
Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:
a. Demonstrate a solid knowledge of Hong Kong cinema, in terms of its history, common themes and styles;
b. distinguish major theories and scholarly discussions in Film/ Cultural Studies.
c. apply evidence-based approaches to the socio-political implications of cultural artefacts in Hong Kong context; and
d. Interpret a film text independently and critically.
1. Introduction
1.1 The Ideas of “National Cinema” and “Chinese Language Films”
1.2 Early Cinema
1.3 Shanghai Connection
1.4 The Rise of Hong Kong Cinema
2. The Cantonese/ Mandarin Cinema in the 50s and 60s
2.1 The Left Camp vs. the Right Camp
2.2 Cantonese Filmmaking and Union Motion Picture
2.3 The Two Major Studios: Shaw Brothers and Cathay
3. Film Genres, Auteur Theory and Film Music
3.1 The New Martial Arts Movies, “Hero Films”, Film Noir and Musical
3.2 New Wave Cinema and Hong Kong New Wave
3.3 Films by Wong Kar-wai
4. Localization and Globalization
4.1 Nostalgia Film and Hong Kong Identity
4.2 Pan-Asian Cinema
4.3 The Non-Mainstreams: Documentaries and Independent Production
1. Participation (10%)
2. Group Presentation (20%)
3. Midterm Paper (20%)
4. Final Paper (50%)
References in English
1. Bordwell, David. Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
2. Chan, Joseph M., Anthony Y.H. Fung, and Chun-hung Ng. Policies for the Sustainable Development of the Hong Kong Film Industry. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, 2010.
3. Cheung, Esther Mee-kwan, and Yiu-wai Chu. Ed. Between Home and World – a Reader in Hong Kong Cinema. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 2004.
4. Curtin, Michael. Playing to the World’s Biggest Audience: The Globalization of Chinese Film and TV. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.
5. Fu, Poshek, and David Desser. Ed. The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
6. Law, Kar, and Frank Bren. Hong Kong Cinema: A Cross-Cultural View. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2004.
7. Morris, Meaghan, Siu Leung Li and Stephen Chan Ching-ki. Ed. Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema. Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press, 2005.
8. Teo, Stephen. Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimension. London: British Film Institute, 1997.
9. Tyler, Lisa and Michael Hoover. City on Fire: Hong Kong Cinema. New York: Verso, 1995.
中文參考資料
1. 何思穎及何慧玲編.《劍嘯江湖:徐克與香港電影》. 香港:香港電影資料館, 2002.
2. 吳君玉及黃夏柏編. 《娛樂本色 : 新藝城奮鬥歲月》. 香港:香港電影資料館, 2016.
3. 李焯桃編.《浪漫演義:電影工作室創意非凡廿五年》. 香港:香港國際電影節協會, 2009.
4. ————.《陳可辛自己的路》. 香港:三聯書店, 2012.
5. 卓伯棠. 《香港新浪潮電影》. 香港:天地圖書, 2003.
6. 卓男及吳月華編. 《許鞍華:電影四十》. 香港:三聯書店, 2019.
7. 張美君編.《既近且遠、既遠且近──關錦鵬的光影記憶》. 香港:三聯書店, 2007.
8. ————.《尋找香港電影的獨立景觀》. 香港:三聯書店, 2010.
9. 彭麗君. 《黃昏未晚:後九七香港電影(增訂版)》. 香港:香港中文大學, 2018.
10. 黃愛玲編.《邵氏電影初探》. 香港:香港電影資料館, 2003.
11. ————.《國泰故事(增訂本). 香港:香港電影資料館, 2009.
12. 廖金鳳, 卓伯棠, 傅葆石及容世誠編. 《邵氏影視帝國: 文化中國的想像》. 台北: 麥田出版, 2003.
13. 潘國靈及李照興編. 《王家衛的映畫世界》及 《王家衛的映畫世界:2015版》香港: 三聯書店, 2004及2015.
14. 潘國靈編. 《銀河映像,難以想像——1996-2005》. 香港:三聯書店, 2006.
15. 鍾寶賢.《香港影視業百年》(修訂版). 香港:三聯書店. 2010.
16. 鄺保威及老蕙兒. 《雌雄大導 : 張婉婷 x 羅啟銳》. 香港:天地圖書, 2012.
