In the early 1980s, some young directors and screenwriters who came to film through televison began to address the city's tensions in several Hong Kong films that conveyed a strong sense of the city's contemporary rthythms. Beginning in 1979, the impact of these young people on Hongkong's Cantonese cinema was powerful. Young critics used a borrowed label and began debating the existence of a New Wave cinema in Hong Kong. Even though this new cinema has changed its contours, the directors associated with it, such as Tsui Hark and Ann Hui, have continued to play a significant role in it s subsequent development. To the extent that the New Wave filmmakers helped turn Cantonese cinema into a modern cultural entity with a comopolitan outlook, their contribution bears further discussion and analysis.
Chinese movie is divided into three part: Mainland Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hong Kong is the earliset origin one and the first one to be well known by all of the world, it is a remarkable "milestone" in Chinese movie history. In my project, I will select the early films of Hong Kong's, especially three filmmakers who modernized Cantonese Films. In the mid-1960s, Hong Kong cinema was dominated by studio productions and two major film genres: the Cantonese " youth" films and the Mandarin Wuxia pian ( swordplay movies).
" Youth film" director: Chan Wun & Wong Yiu
( On the fashionable trends inspired by American popular culture, particularly the Beach Boys.)
Chor Yuen
( The film shot in color for wide screen, responded to increasing youthful restlessness in Hong Kong by playing on young people's feeling of repression and their hatred of the bourgeoisie.)
Lung Kong
( A talented diretor who sometimes acted in his own films, responded to film theory and practice in a more systematic way.)
Between 1967 and 1971, these three directors and their remarkable efforts lit a beacon for a modern cinema to come, even though they could not stem the immediate decline of Cantonese cinema at the time.
Bibliography:
1. Law Kar (2001) , At Full Speed : Hong Kong Cinema in a Borderless World , Unversity of Minnesota Press.
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