Cheung Esther M. K. - A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema

1. Chapter 01
2. Chapter 04
3. Chapter 20

1. Chapter 01
2. Chapter 04
3. Chapter 06
4. Chapter 07
5. Chapter 09
6. Chapter 10
7. Chapter 11
8. Chapter 18
9. Chapter 19
10. Chapter 20

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Esther M. K. Cheung, Gina Marchetti, Gina Marchetti, and Esther C.M. Yau

This edition first published 2015
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A companion to Hong Kong cinema / edited by Esther M.K. Cheung, Gina Marchetti, and Esther C.M. Yau.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
ISBN 978-0-470-65928-1 (cloth)
1. Motion pictures ChinaHong KongHistory and criticism. 2. Documentary filmsChinaHong KongHistory and criticism. I. Cheung, Esther M.K., editor. II. Marchetti, Gina, editor. III. Yau, Ching-Mei Esther, editor.
PN1993.5.H6C88 2015
791.43095125dc23
2015004135

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Cover image: Scene from 2046, directed by Wong Kar-Wai, 2004. Photo: Columbia / Block 2 / Jet Tone Films / The Kobal Collection / Shya, Wing

Dr. Esther Mee-kwan Cheung, a pioneering figure in the field of Hong Kong studies and an important force in research on Hong Kong film, literature, and cultural studies passed away on February 9, 2015.

This volume is dedicated to her memory.

Esther Cheung was actively involved in the editing of A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema from the very outset and remained an indispensable member of the editorial team. She wrote an important essay for , Narratives and Aesthetics.

Many months of editorial coordination and checking received assistant support through Esther Cheungs generous sharing of research funds.

The volume has been enriched by Esthers intellectual presence, wisdom, attentiveness, and generosity.

The editors thank the contributors and the commentators for their excellent work and their patience. We thank all those who helped to make this book possible: Jayne Fargnoli, and Julia Kirk of Wiley-Blackwell for their continuous support throughout this process. Luna Ngai has generously offered her expert help in collating the material, formatting the chapters, compiling the filmography, and keeping us all on schedule. We also wish to thank Man Man (Kasey) Wong, Sonya Wong, and Natalie Wong for their help at various stages of the production of this book.

Research support for portions of this volume come from General Research Fund (GRF) grants. Research for was funded by the General Research Fund entitled Creativity, Crisis and Everyday Life: Studies of Hong Kong Urban Cultural Texts (HKU 743110H).

Research for sections of Esther C.M. Yaus chapter was funded by the General Research Fund for the project entitled Transformative Witnessing and Everyday Ethics: A Study of Cultural Memory in Chinese Films and Public Discourse.

Research for Gina Marchettis chapter was funded by the General Research Fund for the project entitled, Hong Kong Women Filmmakers: Sex, Politics and Cinema Aesthetics, 19972010.

Ackbar Abbas is professor of comparative literature at UC Irvine, USA, and author of Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance (1997).

Ian Aitken is a professor of film studies in the Academy of Film, School of Communications, Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests lie in the fields of documentary film studies and realist film theory. He is the author of, amongst others, Hong Kong Documentary Film (co-author, 2014),