Research output per year
Research output per year
Description
This is the dataset for the Digital Archive arising from the project “A Critical History of Cantonese Cinema: From the ‘Missing Period’ to the Present (Phase 2)”.
Title Page of Phase 2: Cantonese Cinema (1970 – 1997)
As the Hong Kong society began to recover from the repercussions of the 1967 riots, Cantonese film production entered a new phase in the 1970s, when Mainland China was caught in the midst of the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The seventies can be seen as a critical transition to what is now commonly known as the “golden era” of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s, which saw the coming of age of the Hong Kong New Wave and the unprecedent growth of the film industry.
As a continuation of the “Missing Period” in Cantonese Cinema (1949-1969) project, Cantonese Cinema (1970 – 1997) presents a digital archive of film reviews, media reports, and commentaries on films and filmmakers. The most important primary source is the City Entertainment magazine (formerly known as Film Bi-weekly), which used to be the leading film magazine in Hong Kong. Founded in 1979, the magazine used to be an authoritative voice in film journalism and high quality film reviews. It was also a nurturing ground for local film critics and film audience since the 1980s. Cantonese Cinema (1970 – 1997) is a streamlined keyword searchable database that provides researchers a convenient, at-a-glance index to City Entertainment’s film reviews, interviews, and reports on filmmakers and the film industry. By entering or clicking on a film title, the user will see a complete list of entries with the article’s title, author’s name, issue number, page(s), and a short summary of the content. We hope that the Cantonese Cinema Digital Archive (1 & 2) can serve as a convenient tool for researchers on Hong Kong cinema.
For inquiries, please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr. Vivian Lee, at [email protected]
Title Page of Phase 2: Cantonese Cinema (1970 – 1997)
As the Hong Kong society began to recover from the repercussions of the 1967 riots, Cantonese film production entered a new phase in the 1970s, when Mainland China was caught in the midst of the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The seventies can be seen as a critical transition to what is now commonly known as the “golden era” of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s, which saw the coming of age of the Hong Kong New Wave and the unprecedent growth of the film industry.
As a continuation of the “Missing Period” in Cantonese Cinema (1949-1969) project, Cantonese Cinema (1970 – 1997) presents a digital archive of film reviews, media reports, and commentaries on films and filmmakers. The most important primary source is the City Entertainment magazine (formerly known as Film Bi-weekly), which used to be the leading film magazine in Hong Kong. Founded in 1979, the magazine used to be an authoritative voice in film journalism and high quality film reviews. It was also a nurturing ground for local film critics and film audience since the 1980s. Cantonese Cinema (1970 – 1997) is a streamlined keyword searchable database that provides researchers a convenient, at-a-glance index to City Entertainment’s film reviews, interviews, and reports on filmmakers and the film industry. By entering or clicking on a film title, the user will see a complete list of entries with the article’s title, author’s name, issue number, page(s), and a short summary of the content. We hope that the Cantonese Cinema Digital Archive (1 & 2) can serve as a convenient tool for researchers on Hong Kong cinema.
For inquiries, please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr. Vivian Lee, at [email protected]
| Date made available | 30 May 2025 |
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| Publisher | CityUHK Scholars |
Research output
- 1 RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
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Seen through the Lens of the Other: Figuring Taiwan in Hong Kong Cinema
LEE, V., Apr 2019, The 4th International Conference on the Film Histories of Taiwan and Asia: Taiwan and Hong Kong Cinemas during the 1980s: Conference Proceeding. National Taipei University of the Arts, p. 199-209 10 p.Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review
Projects
- 1 Finished
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GRF: A Critical History of Cantonese Cinema: From the "Missing Period" to the Present (Phase 2)
LEE, V. P. Y. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) & TAM, E. Y. L. (Co-Investigator)
1/09/18 → 24/06/21
Project: Research