In the 1960s, foreign influence was extremely strong. People in HK can find western movies, TV series, books, magazines, and pop music almost everywhere. Those influences not only changed the city’s outlook but also the lifestyle and thinking. Also, the government promoted western cultures. However, China left some traditional cultures. During that era, there were many highly educated social figures who were from the Mainland who immigrated to Hong Kong, and their arrival strengthened the Chinese culture in Hong Kong. Therefore, the culture and politics were mixed and assorted.
This book gave us some examples of films at that stage, such as <Teddy Girls> and <A Purple Stormy Night>. Some films contain two different cultures, while others are dedicated to the narration of one cultural form. Those films illustrated contradictions subtly and told later generations that it is almost impossible to understand Hong Kong and its cultural identity by means of only the Western model or Chinese model.
This shows that the ideology and cultural background influenced the creation of the film, and the film is also a good way to show the ideology and cultural background of the era to future generations.
Name: Xu Deming
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