The post-2000 Hong Kong young filmmakers: Embrace, resistance and new chances

Q2 Arts and Humanities
New Cinemas Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.1386/NCIN_00017_1
Fang Chen
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This article is a text-based analysis of 107 Hong Kong local productions produced from 2000 to August 2018. These films are made by the current young generation of filmmakers who joined the industry in the new millennium, when it gradually entered an era marked by the domination of Hong Kong–mainland co-productions. With the aim of expanding the scholarly discussion on the emerging ‘Hong Kong SAR New Wave Cinema’, it identifies four themes that recurrently appear in their films: (1) a tendency to feature people with physical or mental disabilities as their protagonists; (2) the possession of a sense of nostalgia for the glorious 1980s; (3) a manifestation of larger Hong Kong–mainland relations through characters; and (4) varying degrees of politicization. The young generation of filmmakers, whose works denote the social responsibility these young people bring to their filmmaking, shows their greater engagement with civic issues, less consideration of the mainland market and capital and a stronger desire to tell local Hong Kong stories, preserve local Hong Kong culture and emphasize the Hong Kong identity it represents. These traits, as the conclusion argues, are rooted deeply in economic, cultural and political realities.
00后香港青年电影人:拥抱、反抗与新机遇
本文以文本为基础,对2000年至2018年8月香港107部本地作品进行分析。这些电影是由新千年加入该行业的当代年轻一代电影制作人制作的,当时该行业逐渐进入了香港主导的时代——大陆联合制片。为了扩大对新兴“香港特别行政区新浪潮电影”的学术讨论,它确定了四个反复出现在电影中的主题:(1)以身体或精神残疾者为主角的倾向;(2) 对辉煌的20世纪80年代有一种怀旧感;(3) 香港与内地更大关系通过人物形象的表现;以及(4)不同程度的政治化。年轻一代的电影人,他们的作品表明了这些年轻人对电影制作的社会责任,他们更多地参与公民问题,更少地考虑大陆市场和资本,更渴望讲述当地的香港故事,保护当地的香港文化,并强调其所代表的香港身份。结论认为,这些特征深深植根于经济、文化和政治现实。
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