The Hong Kong-Guangdong Film Connection
Hong Kong has always maintained a close-knit cultural, economical and political tie with its native province of Guangdong throughout the colonial era to the present. The colony was embroiled in cross-border turmoil such as the massive strike in the 1920s and the eight-year anti-Japanese war. Cantonese operatic arts and influential players, folk legends of Guangdong heroes and household names Wong Fei-hung and Chan Mung-kat, and the Lingnan culture thrived in Cantonese cinema during the post-war years, sending the creative spark flying in the territory.
The book is the first insightful retrospect of the dynamic and profound relationship between Hong Kong and Guangdong cinemas. Renowned scholar Li Yizhuang, cultural worker Reeve Wong and film critics Po Fung and Koo Siu-sun, among other contributors, offer their accounts of the people and places at this historical juncture that helped shape and redefine the cinemas of the two cities. Published in 2005 in separate Chinese and English editions. Priced at HK$110 for English edition; HK$75 for Chinese edition. (Edited by Wong Ain-ling)
English edition: ISBN 962-8050-33-8
