The Urban Cinema and The Cultural Identity Of Hong Kong written by Leung Ping-Kwan listed the history of Hong Kong cinema around the 1980s, and how movies related to Hong Kong city. Movies within this period mainly focus on social context, history, mix culture of western and Cantonese. For example, the difference between social class and local Hong Kong culture compare with the western. It surprised me as the connection between Chinese films and western films is huge!
Foreign influence was strong from the 1960s to the 2000s, I would like to use “Infernal Affairs” (2002) to discuss more Hong Kong movies. This film describes Hong Kong’s cultural identity, which has been mentioned in the reading. This is a Hong Kong crime film, which has a complex relationship between police and gangster. It talks about traditional Chinese culture and highlights personal connections. One of the major focuses of this film is the difference between social classes. When this film was released, Hong Kong just transferred from Britain to China in 1997, this film shows the complex role of Hong Kong, and the colonization is the argument between two governments.
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Your work has shown your abilities in adopting examples in attempt to support your argument. Although the film you used has strong correlation in extrapolating Hong Kong’s identity, the example used may not have sufficient linkage to the idea of ‘social class and ‘colonization’ that you mentioned in your response. Stronger coherence in the concepts discussed is preferred.