The Sinophone Cinema of Wong Kar‐wai

Yue, Audrey

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“…While the framework of “between colonizers” is specifically formulated to understand Hong Kong, Shih’s framework of the “Sinophone” is intended to critique China’s sub-imperial oppression of all sinophone cultures: “Sinophone studies— conceived as the study of Sinitic-language cultures on the margins of geopolitical nation-states and their hegemonic productions—locates its objects of attention at the conjuncture of China’s internal colonialism and Sinophone communities everywhere immigrants from China have settled” (Shih, 2011: 710). Shih and others have utilized the framework to analyze Hong Kong culture (Shih, 2008; A Wong, 2018; Yue, 2016). Like Chow, Shih adopts the core insight of the sub-imperialism perspective—she emphasizes that some local societies experience cultural oppression by both global imperialist powers and regional sub-imperial powers: “If the critical operation of Sinophone studies involves a trenchant critique of China-centrism, it equally involves a critique of Eurocentrism and other centrisms, such as Malay-centrism in Malaysia.…”

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Rethinking the Cultural Relations between Hong Kong and China: An Analysis of the Chinese Reception of Stephen Chow’s Films

Chew

2022

Modern China

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This is a cultural sociological study of the mainland Chinese reception of the films of Stephen Chow, the popular Hong Kong actor and director. This study’s theoretical objective is to rethink the cultural relations between post-handover Hong Kong and China. Its empirical analysis challenges five major frameworks of studying post-handover Hong Kong culture that interpret Hong Kong–China cultural relations as hegemonic and conflictual. The study’s first substantive section establishes that the Chinese reception of Chow’s films has been very positive and well participated. The second and third sections illustrate that the Chinese scholarly reception of Chow’s films and the Chinese popular audience reception of them stress their counter-hegemonic characteristics. This study’s data include the hundreds of Chinese-language publications on Chow, online sources, and interviews with twenty-four informants.

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Rethinking the Cultural Relations between Hong Kong and China: An Analysis of the Chinese Reception of Stephen Chow’s Films

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2022

Modern China

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“…Most of his films depict the setting of the handover in Hong Kong. Using his film, he challenges both British and Chinese post-socialist and Hong Kong neoliberal hegemonies, which includes the impact on Eastern Asia Communities [4]. Investigating how Wong Kar-wai addresses these controversial issues in his films provides valuable insights into his directorial style and thematic concerns.…”

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Exploring Philosophical Dimensions in Wong Kar-wai's Filmography

Lee

2024

J. Global Res. Educ. Soc. Sci.

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The Auteur theory is a theory that says directors serve as the primary creative force behind films, shaping their narratives and imbuing them with their personal philosophies. This paper delves into the cinematic filmography of Wong Kar-wai, a renowned Hong Kong film director known for his exploration of philosophical themes within the context of Asian society. Through examinations of his films, this study investigates the subtle interplay between Wong’s directorial vision and the philosophical underpinning embedded within each film. Including themes that are controversial in Asian society in the past, such as Queer and marriage affairs, prevalent in Wong Kar-wai’s every work, this research explores the cultural and societal implications of these issues within the Asian community. Despite the evolution of the film industry, Wong’s commitment to infusing his films with thought-provoking philosophical perspectives remains evident, and his movies are absolutely fascinating and worth studying. By analyzing five different Wong Kar-wai films, Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love, Happy Together, Fallen Angels, and Days of Being Wild, through the lens of auteur theory, this study aims to explore the intricate relationship between the director’s ideology and the thematic elements present in his cinematic works. Furthermore, the author explored the cultural and societal issues and implications within the Asian community beyond Wong Kar-wai’s and found how the social and cultural situations have affected the film style of Wong Kar-wai in this research.

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The Sinophone Cinema of Wong Kar‐wai

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Rethinking the Cultural Relations between Hong Kong and China: An Analysis of the Chinese Reception of Stephen Chow’s Films

Rethinking the Cultural Relations between Hong Kong and China: An Analysis of the Chinese Reception of Stephen Chow’s Films

Exploring Philosophical Dimensions in Wong Kar-wai's Filmography

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