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[Field-Homework 3] Disappearing city: Tong Lau, Shanghai Street

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Disappearing city: Tong Lau, Shanghai Street Director: Zhao Yuxuan Video: https://youtu.be/UIkMxrw38QU Brief introduction Hong Kong is a legendary city with a bright past. It used to be a shining star over the sky of China. When the mainland was still in rural scene with low houses, Hong Kong was already a prosperous city with a series of tall buildings. However, like the sun always has a setting moment, while the surrounding cities developing rapidly, Hong Kong has gradually dimmed instead for its limited developing space. Those once shining tall buildings gradually shed their flourishing coats and were stained with dust

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Cat Links Lecture 7: Monsters, Materials & Skyscrapers

[READING RESPONSE] WILLIAM M. TSUTSUI: Oh No, There Goes Tokyo

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In Oh No, There Goes Tokyo, the author mainly analyzes the relationship between Japanese culture transition and Japan history, logic behind the appearance of Godzilla and its post influence on city landscape. What attracts me most is the rigorous analysis on strong correlation between Japanese culture and history. Start with the history before WWII, Japanese culture was constantly influenced by natural disaster, nuclear explosion and economic crisis. Elements of devastation and annihilation was subliminally added in creations, leading to a disastrous style of culture. It stimulates my thoughts of Chinese movie culture under certain historical background. Similarly, Chinese movie culture

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 1: Architecture, Film & The Modern City

[READING RESPONSE] ROLAND BARTHES: Leaving the Movie Theater

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This passage mainly discuss the role of cinema when people are watching films, theoretically explain that the darkness environment can provide people with relaxation and self-preoccupation. The author analyzed his state when watching films. Interestingly, he points out a mode of watching: having two bodies and being fascinated twice. According to the text, there are two sources of fascination for watching films in cinema. One is the surroundings associated with the perverse body; another is the image associated with the narcissistic body. Here, I want to focus mainly on the surroundings. The author put forward a concept as a cinema

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