許鞍華 – Dr. Esther M.K. Cheung

On the Edge of the Mainstream: Interview with Ann Hui:

November 1, 2010 admin Academic Writings by Dr. Cheung, Interviews with Practitioners

Abstract: Acclaimed New Wave director Ann Hui held a preview screening of her film, The Way We Are, at the University of Hong Kong shortly after its premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in April 2008. This low-budget feature deals with the quotidian lives of the residents of Tin Shui Wai, a satellite town in Hong Kong’s New […]

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Ann Hui, indie film, 獨立電影, 許鞍華

On Spectral Mutations: The Ghostly City in The Secret, Rouge and Little Cheung

July 1, 2010 admin Academic Papers on Film Studies, Academic Writings by Dr. Cheung

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 […]