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[READING RESPONSE] Cuts through Hong Kong by Eunice Seng

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Cheung Wan Suet, UID 3036234401 The reading discussed In The Mood Of Love and the 1960s Hong Kong characterised by its state of temporality and conflicting existence. The impermanency awkwardly puts everything into ambiguity — the ambiguity of love and the ambiguity of this city. Even in a more modern context, I still wonder what defines as characteristically Hong Kong. Is it the Chinese culture, the coloniality, or is it a subtle blending of both? There are no definite answers, as Hong Kong still struggles with the constant phenomena of appearing and disappearing: the Kowloon Walled City, Kai Tak Airport, Edinburgh

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[Reading Response] Urban Cinema And The Cultural Identity Of Hong Kong, by Leung Ping-Kwan

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Reading Response 1 Urban Cinema and the Cultural Identity of Hong Kong Zhao Meijing 3036126991 The article unfolds the history of the Hong Kong film industry from the 1950s to the 1980s, analyzing the balance between the Chinese and the Western elements during the transition of colonization and decolonization. The essence of this issue is the sense of belonging. The limited population and complex context forced the public to align themselves with Chinese or English backgrounds, which led to reinterpretations through different ideologies in the filmmaking sphere. Many directors opted for compromise with uncertainty. However, the answer can be further

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Leung P.-K. and Seng, E.

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films can be a lens for us to understand the urban and interior spaces in the past, not only can I see modernity in the industrial spatial setting of industrializing cities, but also in the film narrative itself. I can see the manifestation of the modernity spirit through the films. The city was undergoing construction, the film captured lots of grid-patterned modern buildings and modern buildings like hospital, highway etc. I think factories is symbolic place that can fully capture the rationality spirit of modernity. Fordism approaches that emphasises efficiency in production can tell what is modernity. We can also see

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Reading Response: Eunice Seng

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Seng’s essay focuses on the role of women during the 60s by analyzing movies from this period. Other than demonstrating the urban interior spaces inhabited by female protagonists, these movies provide insight on the mentality, geopolitical tensions, and inequalities of the time. Within her essay, Seng highlights two main genres: melodramas and noir thrillers. She mentions the movie Black Rose, which talks about a vigilante who steals from the rich to help the poor. With the depiction of a female Robin Hood, this film helped promote a new class of women, who were no longer forced to stay at home

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