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The fall and trials of the Hong Kong film industry
Mass Culture Final Report
Contents
1. Introduction
2. History and characteristic of Hong Kong film genre
1) Hong Kong Noir
2) The 1970s kung fu wave
3) Chinese Ghost Story
3. Fall of Hong Kong film: 1997
4. Struggle of Hong Kong film industry
5. Discussion & Conclusion: Korean Film Industry
6. Reference
1. Introduction
Almost of us have memories about movies. Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, and misfortune actor, Leslie Cheung, those guys have something in common. They are famous actor in Hong Kong film, like as “A Better Tomorrow, 1986”, “A Chinese Ghost Story, 1987”, “Drunken Master, 1978”.
(From right side, “A Better Tomorrow, 1986”, “A Chinese Ghost Story, 1987”, “Drunken Master, 1978”)
To 1997, Hong Kong movies have their own style, Hong Kong Film Noir, Ghost movies, and Kung-fu movies, and their own style made success in world movie market(in Korea, too). In 1997, as we know Hong Kong is returned from Engl…(생략)
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style was quiet stylish. Exaggerated gunfight, glorified mafias by firm friendship, corrupted cop images, all of those details make their own greatest commercial movie style. At the first onset “A better tomorrow, 1986”, in 1980s, many noir films are takes sensational public interest.
(From right side, “City on Fire, 1987”, “The Big Heat, 1988”, “The Killer, 1989”)
In Hong Kong film, there are several characteristics:
Exaggerated gunfight: In movie, guys don’t care about gun’s recoil after shot.
Glorified mafias by firm friendship: There are glorified crimes, and criminals, with skewed firm friendship, like as heroes.
Corrupted cop images: Almost of cops are corrupted or incapacity.
With those characteristics, Hong Kong noir movie style is very famous until nowadays. But from 1997, Hong Kong noir film has not been made that much and even if it is screening, its box-office profits are far lower than its glory time. After the reversion of Hong Kong to China, Hong Kong film
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