Twilight is not late: Hong Kong Movies after 1997 (extended version) / Peng Lijun

From the perspective of cultural research, this book studies the development and situation of Hong Kong film in recent years, and explores the different attempts and dilemmas of film texts, film workers, and the film industry. Through the multi-angle reading of Hong Kong films, this book focuses on the struggle and exploration of Hong Kong's local identity in global transnational films and cross-border productions in Greater China. In an atmosphere of depression and decline, this industry still has amazing flexibility and vitality. Is the current Hong Kong film twilight or is it rushing to rebirth? This book hopes to present the complexity in it. It also hopes to re-discuss the relationship between film and society from a micro and local perspective, and present the meaning and potential of Hong Kong culture. This updated edition contains two new chapters, discussing the significance of Hong Kong's independent film culture and the boundary between China and Hong Kong, and also updated some basic information to give more overview of the impact of the development of the Chinese film market in recent years on Hong Kong films. Author: Peng Lijun ISBN: 9798882370814 Finishing: Paperback Language: Traditional Chinese Number of pages: 334 **About the Author** Peng Lijun is a professor in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Chinese books include "The Art of Copying: Cultural Production and Practice during the Cultural Revolution" (2017) and "Mirror: Chinese Visual Modernity" (2013). **recommend** "When Huang Jingfu, Chen Guo, and even the images of the Milky Way all tended to become invisible, Peng Lijun used umbrellas and cross-border movies between China and Hong Kong to continue the belief that the sunset is infinitely good. Not for the rise and fall of the middle road-Nianzxiang City." ─Tang Zhenzhao, writer and senior film critic "Although this book will be the theme of Hong Kong movies from 1997, it also attempts to start a dialogue with the local discourses of recent years. The author advocates replacing "time" or "generation" with "place" and "leapfrogging", and discussing in a global context Hong Kong identity is very enlightening. " ─Xiaoxi, Hong Kong Cultural Critic "Peng Lijun's "Twilight is Not Late" implements her many years of focus on copying, performance, and subjectivity, layering various cultural theories, linking up with Jackie Chan's crossover, the dynamic capital, Huang Jingfu's "failure work", and Chen Guo's ghostly freedom and other Hong Kong movies. cultural phenomenon. This book is compatible with cross-regional cultural perspectives, and places Hong Kong in cross-border mobility. The two updated chapters also continue this local and cross-local dialogue. If you want to understand Hong Kong's post-97 films, "Twilight is Not Late" will definitely bring a different perspective. " ─Tan Enoch, writer and lecturer at HKBU Film Academy "When I read the first edition of this book, I felt that what I said was relevant. Eight years later, as the author said, most of the analysis in the book has not been outdated. The two new chapters have been added to explore the new direction of Hong Kong movies from different angles. Look, "Twilight Is Not Late" is not only a beautiful vision, but also a visionary." ─Zhu Yaowei, Professor of School of Modern Languages and Culture, University of Hong Kong, Director of Hong Kong Studies Program