One for All: The Union Film Spirit
The Union Film Enterprise Ltd (1952–1967) set out to revamp Cantonese cinema during its days, leaving behind a rich body of quality works as a standard-bearer for Cantonese filmmaking. Its abiding influence is still felt today, and the studio has become part of Hong Kong's collective memory. ‘All for one and one for all', the celebrated quote from In the Face of Demolition (1953), best encapsulates the Union Film Spirit. This volume collects essays by scholars and critics who examine the success and failure of Union Film from the perspectives of history, culture and aesthetics.
Published in March 2011. Priced at HK$93. Bilingual in Chinese and English (English edition in CD-ROM). (Edited by Grace Ng)
ISBN 978-962-8050-58-1
Contents
[Essays]
Glory Be with Cantonese Films: Ng Cho-fan and Union Film
Zhou Chengren
Between Union Film and Sin Fung Ming: Hong Kong Cinema and Cantonese Opera Reformation Projects of the 1950s
Yung Sai-shing
Preliminary Study of the Music in Family
Yu Siu-wah
Union Film: From Noon Till Dusk
Law Kar
The Allure of the Time: The Making of the Union Film Aesthetics
Lo Wai-luk
To Behave Like a Human: The World of Human Emotions in Union's Cinema
Tsui Cheong-ming
Union Film and the War Experience
Po Fung
A Garden of Rare Fragrance: Cantonese Opera Pictures by Union Film
May Ng
Playing with Words in Family, Spring and Autumn
Victor Or
Critical Sentimentalism: A Preliminary Inquiry into Union Film's Recreation of Western Literary Classics
Kenny Ng Kwok-kwan
Personal Weakness, Personal Choice: Eternal Love and Transcultural Adaptations of 1950s Hong Kong Literature
Mary Wong Shuk-han
From ‘Country' to ‘Family': The Moulding of Chun Kim's Creative Style and the Cultural Ties between Singapore and Hong Kong during the Union Film Era
Grace Mak Yan-yan
Swallow at the Threshold, Plum Blossom by the Bridge
Wong Ain-ling
Social Realism of Union Film and the Governmental Fabricated Myth of ‘Hong Kong Spirit'
Chan Wan
[Appendices]
Glory of Union Film
Yuen Tsz-ying
21 Union Film Shareholders: Biographical Notes
Collated & Edited by Yuen Tsz-ying
The Union Filmography
Collated by Yuen Tsz-ying