In Loving Memory
In recounting the last fifteen years of the independent film movement in Hong Kong, it is impossible not to mention Tammy Cheung’s name. Even though she does not make narrative films, she has nevertheless made inroads with documentary films. She focuses on social and human problems as her subject matter and uses direct cinema as her approach. Without the use […]
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獨立電影在香港屬於小眾文化，很多人對這個詞語的定義一知半解，有些人甚至會戴上有色眼鏡，視之為異類。有見及此，本書的編著者張美君教授策劃了一連串有系統的訪問，把內容分類整理，收錄了不同業界人士的真情剖白，為讀者描繪出一幅香港獨立電影的「風景圖」。
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獨立電影的路途悠遠漫漫，險惡重重。在香港電影業減產轉型的今天，主流工業也上下求索，尋找生存的路徑，獨立電影人所走的路豈不是更崎嶇？香港的獨立及實驗電影由來已久，卻從未開展真正的電影運動。論者都一致認為本地的獨立電影始於上世紀六十年代，於九十年代復甦。香港於六十年代透過電影學會引進十六米釐菲林及超八，那時候還未有政府資助，業餘製作者的興趣已萌芽。「第一影室」（Studio One）在1962年成立，主要成員是在港工作的外國人，後來「大影會」在1966年成立，其前身亦即「大學生活社」學生活動的「電影小組」，主辦放映、研討和座談等活動，並且推廣電影創作的風氣。
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Abstract: This chapter explores how various moments of disjointed time in Hong Kong history are associated with the expression of a sense of ghostliness, alienation and homelessness. It discusses the possibility of writing a meta-history of Hong Kong over the past thirty years or so through a hermeneutical reading of the cinematic depictions of space. It focuses on how an […]
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Abstract: With persistent efforts on constructing personal and collective memories arising from the unprecedented transformations in post-socialist China, Jia Zhangke has produced an ensemble of realist films with an impressive personal and authentic appeal. This paper examines how his films are characterised by a variety of accents, images of authenticity, a quotidian ambience, and a new sense of materiality within […]
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When you leaf through the following pages of this year’s Comparative Literature Bulletin, you will see how the spirit of revenge has gone through many forms of metamorphosis. From the ancient Hellenic view of divine retribution to contemporary popular modes of vengeance, stories of revenge engage their readers/viewers as much as they consume their creators. Acts of revenge probably embody […]
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This tragic coming-of-age story follows three disillusioned local youths struggling to navigate Hong Kong public housing projects and late adolescence amid violent crime, gang pressure, and broken homes. Their personal friendships and family lives intersect with a mysterious fourth protagonist, a girl whose suicide haunts the other three throughout the film as they move toward their own premature ends. This […]
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