Hong Kong Cinema Since 1997: The Post-Nostalgic Imagination [Hardcover]

Taking as its point of departure the three recurrent themes of nostalgia, memory and local histories, this book is an attempt to map out a new poetics - the 'post-nostalgic imagination' - in Hong Kong cinema in the first decade of Chinese rule.Introduction PART I: TIME AND MEMORY Post-Nostalgia: In the Mood for Love and 2046 Cinematic Remembrances: Ordinary Heroes and Little Cheung Allegory, Kinship, and Redemption: Fu Bo and Isabella PART II: SCHIZOPHRENIA, AMNESIA AND?CINEPHILIA Lost in the Cosmopolitan Crime Zone: Johnnie To's Urban Legends The Kung Fu Hero in the Digital Age: Stephen Chow's 'Glocal' Strategies Karmic Redemption: Memory and Schizophrenia in Hong Kong Action Films PART III: IN AND OUT Migrants in a Strange City: (Dis-)locating the China Imaginary Outside the Nation: the Pan-Asian Trajectory of Applause Pictures The Hong Kong Multiplex: An Unfolding Narrative Notes Bibliography Index

'An important contribution to a growing body of scholarly literature on contemporary Hong Kong cinema, and a valuable update on current trends and practices in Hong Kong film culture.' - Gina Marchetti, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong

'Lee's book offers students of Hong Kong cinema a new and fascinating line of enquiry into the field.'

- Dr Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film