This article sketched a landscape of Hong Kong’s film industry from a cultural perspective. The author considered the changing contexts of socioeconomics, politics and linked them with filmmaking. From 1930s to 1950s, receiving great influences from mainland immigrants, Hong Kong movie shows a rather negative attitude towards capitalism and urban development, serving as social critiques. When it came to the 1960s, as industrialization proceeded, Hong Kong films’ attitude towards urbanization and modern life became ambiguous. After 1970, locally born directors became more selfconcious and attempted to build Hong Kong’s own identities in their films.
Shen Kaizhe
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