Once a Hero : The Vanishing Hong Kong Cinema by Perry Lam (2011, Trade Paperback)

Hong KONG University Press

9881500516

9789881500519

113089032

Perry Lam

Once a Hero : the Vanishing Hong Kong Cinema

Trade Paperback

English

2011

Textbook

188 Pages

7.1in

0.6in

7.1in

13.7 Oz

Pn1993.5.H6l37 2011

College Graduate Student

The real story about Hong Kong films isn't the dramatic decline in their creativity. It is the surgical removal of their distinctiveness as movies of Hong Kong. In their eagerness to please the mainland audience, Hong Kong filmmakers now churn out movies with ready-made plots, powered by simple demographics. I smell more desperation than inspiration in the race to make the Hong Kong cinema mainland-friendly., The real story about Hong Kong films isn't the dramatic decline in their creativity. It is the surgical removal of their distinctiveness as movies of Hong Kong. In their eagerness to please the mainland audience, Hong Kong filmmakers now churn out movies|9789881500519|

2011

Scholarly & Professional

Film / General

2011-467443

Yes

Performing Arts