Film & Festivals goes to the Far East to discover the state of play of Asia's film industry and documentary makers, and interviews Takeshi Kitano and Kim Jee-Woon. Read it here. The print on demand version is available from Magcloud (now shipping to UK, USA and Canada).
Hong Kong Cinema: The Sequel
Written by Hong Kong Trader
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 14:22
The headlines on stories about the Hong Kong film industry in recent years have made for grim reading. "The industry is struggling" was about as positive as it got. To be sure, things are a far cry from Hong Kong cinema's heyday, from the 1970s well into the 1990s. By the late 1990s, the industry had settled into a funk, stung by piracy, reports of links to triads and international competition that increasingly crowded out local fare.
