Apart from the advantage of the statutory exemption, companies can benefit from the expertise of hong kongs film industry and its understanding of the preferences of chinese audiences. An analysis of efforts to revive the hong kong film industry. In response with public support towards promoting cruise industry, the sar government announced its plan of constructing an integrated and wellequipped port, the kai tak cruise terminal in august 2008. The film development fund fdf was first set up by the government in 1999 to support projects conducive to the longterm development of the film industry in hong kong. This week, city weekend explores the long and colourful history of cinema in hong kong its. Cinema of hong kong, cinema of china, and cinema of taiwan. During its early history, hong kongs cinema played second fiddle to that of the mainland, particularly the city of shanghai. Manufacturing salary get a free salary comparison based on job title, skills, experience and education. The desire for wartime propaganda created a renaissance in the film industry in britain, with realistic war dramas.
How did the hong kong film industry get so big and why. The onset of american involvement in world war ii also brought a proliferation of films as both patriotism and propaganda. During the 1960s hong kong filmmakers became famous throughout asia for martialarts action films. Hong kong has a pool of directors, actorsactresses, art directors, action directors and photographers etc.
Hong kongs film industry has existed since the beginning of the century. East asian market, eventually destroying one neighboring countrys film industry. Once known as the hollywood of the east, the citys cinema has. These three things contributed to the lack of innovation in many industries the film industry being one of the hardest hit and as a result what used to be a unique selling point e. Hong kong cinema was born long before the stardom of bruce lee and jackie chan, or the arthouse films of wong karwai and ann hui. In recent years, the flow has reversed somewhat, with american and. The abyss was hailed by the film industry to be one of the most technologically advanced and difficult motion pictures ever filmed.
The history of chinese film has three separate threads of development. The studio was originally used to make the productions of the kin sing film company but starting from the 1970s it was rented out to oether. The founding director of emorys film studies program, cook received his phd in english literature. Hong kong triads and their lucrative movie industry. The software ran on sgi 4d70g and 4d80gt workstations. Most parts of this the history of hong kong action cinema series will be broken into decades. One of the leading directors in the genre was king hu hu. It combines elements from the action film, as codified by hollywood, with chinese storytelling, aesthetic traditions and filmmaking techniques, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural appeal. The autodesk maya software package will be used to illustrate the principles and. Mostly wu xia films with cheesy props and special effects using crude animation drawn on top of the film. Sustainability of cruise tourism development in hong kong. Conde nast traveller, uk in its readers travel awards 2008 has ranked india among the top 2 most favoured countries in the world, consecutively for the second year.
In 1996, five of the 10 highest grossing movies in hong kong were home made. The film industry in hong kong can be traced back to early 20th century when movies were silence. Hong kongs tv industry is facing an existential crisis. Its a stat often used to trumpet the former strength of the industry. The hong kong film industry is no stranger to controversy a look at the history of the citys category iii films proves that. Its fade out for hong kongs film industry as china moves. Distributed in the west, hong kong films became a cult phenomenon on an unprecedented scale. China coproductions breathe life into hong kong film.
Shi is a leading corporate reseller of software, hardware, and related services, providing government agencies, educational institutions and fortune fortune 500 companies with all. After the world war ii, local films were still in bw and mostly about the poor life and labour among common people, or based on traditional chinese folklores. The founders were the kwan brothers, chikin and chising. The hong kong film industry portrayed itself as an international film. Unfortunately the hong kong film industry didnt take off until after world war ii. Chinas film industry introduction the tide of cultural reform in china came in three waves. The asian dvd guide the most complete online database for asian dvd information, including new releases from hong kong. A history of traditional hong kong cinema 191970 culture trip.
Shaw studios is one of the largest and most advanced film facilities in greater china. The film industry is represented by two major industry associations, the movie producers and distributors association of hong kong ltd mpda and the motion picture industry association mpia. During its early history, hong kongs cinema played second fiddle to that of the mainland, particularly the city of shanghai, which. How hong kong is home to the crazy rich and the mega poor. Hong kongs film industry has its roots in cantonese opera. Hong kong has a population of about 7 million people. Hong kong horror the 90s and beyond senses of cinema. Castillo, gilbert gerard, gender, identity, and influence. Toray announces consolidated results for the nine months ended december 31, 2019 feb. Monkeypeaches uptodate chinese and hong kong film news with plenty of graphics to satiate the visuallystimulated.
It is primed for the demands of todays diverse, global production. Hong kong film archive, soak in the magic of the glamorous cinema history and catch an old flick. This year, 2011, marks the 100th anniversary of the republic of china roc, when the chinese people overthrew the qing dynasty in 1911 and established a. The hong kong international film festival society hkiffs is a charitable, nonprofit and nongover. The cinema of mainland china after 1949 has grown up somewhat suppressed by the communist regime until recent times, although certain chinese films are still being routinely censored or banned there but allowed to be played abroad. Despite rumours to the contrary, post97 hong kong cinema is not dead. In 2019, the company was placed on the united states bureau of industry and security blacklist known as the entity list for allegedly. Why is hong kongs film industry no longer internationally. This first part of the series is going to focus on a wide span of time where a lot was going on in hong kongs growing movie business, and the region. The second wave came between 1998 and 2002, when the cultural.
The internet, for instance, was designed in 1974, though it did not open up until the 1980s. Over the decades we have diversified into new markets and built a strong presence around the globe. Welcome to the homepage of the hong kong film development council in his policy address in october 2006, the chief executive announced that the secretary for commerce, industry and technology retitled as the secretary for commerce and economic development with effect from 1 july 2007 will coordinate the film related policy, planning and activities, including manpower training. Fujifilm was established in 1934 with the aim of producing photographic films. The history of chinese cinema can be traced as far back as 1905, when the. Commercialization and censorship in chinese cinema after 1989. Early on, the citystate stood in the shadow of shanghai, a more sophisticated metropolis. Learn everything there is to know about cinema while gazing through books, magazines and much more. As a former british colony, hong kong had a greater degree of political and economic freedom than mainland china and taiwan, and developed into a filmmaking hub for the chinesespeaking world including its. But although local filmmakers now create less and less of those. This created a milestone for the development of cruise industry in hong kong by sharpening it into a more competitive one in the region. Based on statistics complied by screen digest, hong kong ranked second in the worlds per capita film production after iceland in 2006. Hong kong action cinema is the principal source of the hong kong film industrys global fame. Unlike many film industries, hong kong has enjoyed little or no direct government support, through either subsidies or import quotas.
One side of the building is dedicated to storage, which has independent air conditioning system with dehumidification and acidic gaseous removal functions. During the peak years of production in the early 90s, per capita hong kong had the most active film industry on the planet. Santosh sandhu discusses the hong kong film industry. But during the years of the mainlands civil war 19461949, the movie business took off. In the 1950s and early 1960s, cantonese movies were the dominant. Fivestorey high, its net floor area of 7,200 square meters is structurally divided into two big partitions. Hong kong produced 400 films a year in the early 90s, but that number has dropped to around 60 today. The difficulty of writing about hong kong film history is that so few. We study hong kong cinema history through issues such as chinese.
Hong kongs changing film industry faces uncertain future. Linkpage citation pinyin names in this article are all quoted with the last name first, to respect the proper way of addressing a chinese person. History of the motion picture transition to the 21st century britannica. How has the hong kong film industry been impacted since. The first occurred from 1978 to 1997 when the chinese government started to open up the chinese market and reform the socialist market economy. India received the award for the leading destination at the asia world travel awards 2008asia and indian ocean. A history lesson on alias 3d software design engine. As asias business hub, tradefair capital and convention hub, hong kong attracts plenty of international buyers, suppliers and companies to participate in the range of events taking place here. Despite its small size, hong kong has been a major player in world cinema for many years. Hong kong became the home for free market film in the region. Actionfilled hong kong cinema has long history emory university. The hong kong film industry saw a decline in the 1990s due to rampant piracy and the loss of regional markets.
This project is an examination of the hong kong film industry, focusing on the years leading up to the handover of hong kong to communist china. Instead, its morphed into a whole new animal showing greater stability and strength than its pre1995 incarnation. Master of arts radio, television and film, december 2002, 78 pp. Kin sing film studio t 19681988 his was formerly the grandview studio which was reorganised twice and renamed the diamond hill studio and the hong kong film studio. It was founded in hong kong with additional offices across china, singapore, japan, and the united states. Wong cholam, kate tsui, angelababy, race wong, jj jia.
Everything you want to know about the hong kong film industry. Future, for example, is about a driver who is hired by a hong kong company which. This timeline excludes a few technologies that might seem obvious choices, but they appeared before 1982. The hong kong film archive building is a worldclass facility. Personal digital assistants first appeared in 1975. The situation worsened during the first five years after hong kong became a special. Big pictures hong kong star x media local production.
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