Hong Kong Culture: Word and Image

Index

1a space, 37 2 Become 1 (film), 138 2nd Floor 5 Sons Studio, 33 7-Eleven, 184 9/11 (September 11, 2001), 42, 159 24 (TV series), 159 1967 riots, 18, 75, 78, 89, 177 1997 handover. see return to China (1997) 2000 AD (film), 256n9 Abbas, Ackbar, 40, 78, 104, 140, 151, 172, 177–9, 254n13 Abe Hiroshi, 122–3 Abiko, Motoo, 255n5 Abrams, M. H., 98 Academy Awards (Oscars), 148–53, 158–9, 164, 166–7 action films, 5, 118, 120, 122, 128, 130, 147, 149–50, 159, 245, 256n9 activism, 25, 29, 36, 38, 40, 55, 99, 107–10, 174, 220 Adamson, Bob, 251n2 ADC. see Hong Kong Arts Development Council Addison, Joseph, 100 Adeus Macau (documentary film), 99 advertising. see “Brand Hong Kong” Africa, 12 African Americans, 155–6, 166, 256n10 Agnès b. Cinema, 223 alienation, 3, 5, 162, 170, 207 Alive (band), 144 alternative art. see performance art Index Altman, Rick, 261n5 Altman, Robert, 166 amateurism (Beijing documentary film), 221 American Film Market conferences, 143 American Idol (TV show), 101 Amores Perros (film), 214 Amoy Gardens, Kowloon, 15–16 Analyze That (film), 163 Analyze This (film), 163 Anderson, Laurie, 6, 238, 245 animation, 216–17, 255n5, 257n18 see also comics anti-subversion law. see national security legislation Antonioni, Michelangelo, 229 Apocalypse Now (film), 159 Apple Daily, 19 Arac, Jonathan, 64 Arc Light Films, 141 architecture cinema, 200 Hong Kong, 2, 10, 38, 247n3, 247–8n6 language & literature, 60–5, 89 performance art, 26 spectral cities, 172, 180, 188 Tokyo, 122–4 world cities, 42–3, 45, 48–51, 197, 258n2 see also heritage conservation & preservation; housing Argentina, 50, 82, 249n11 art, 3, 13, 27–32, 40 see also sculpture ch16(283-312).indd 283 25/05/2010 3:06 PM 284 Index art actions. see performance art art films, 147–8, 154, 216, 223 Article 23 of the Basic Law, 18, 31–4, 37, 225 see also national security artists & cultural workers, 25, 43, 50–3, 93, 97, 107, 111, 197 Arts Development Council. see Hong Kong Arts Development Council As Tears Go By (film), 150 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), 115 Asia Art Archive, 25–6, 30–1, 40 Asia-Pacific region. see East Asia Asia Society, 247n4 Asian economic crisis. see Asian financial crisis Asian financial crisis (1997–98), 14, 46–7, 116, 119, 127, 136, 196–7, 218 Asian New Force cinema, 217 Asian region. see East Asia “Asian values,” 113, 116 Asians, in the U.S., 256n10 “Asia’s World City.” see “world city” status Assassins (film), 128 Assayas, Olivier, 149 Association of English Medium Secondary Schools, 252n16 Association of Heads of Secondary Schools, 252n16 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 115 Astruc, Alexandre, 148 ATV, 223 Auden, W. H., 81 Audition (film), 148 Aufderheide, Pat, 150 Australia, 2, 4, 12–13, 44, 75, 77–8, 80–2 auteur cinema, 148–9, 152–3, 155, 164, 166–7, 216, 232–3 see also film school style authoritarianism, 13–14, 28, 36, 224–5 B-movies, 156 Baba communities, 84 Bahasa Malaysia, 84 baihua, 4 Baldwin, Alec, 153 Ballhaus, Michael, 152 BAMcinématek (NY), 260n2 Bandung era, 116 Barthes, Roland, 148 Basic Law, 10–11, 14–15, 21, 32, 34–7 see also Article 23 of the Basic Law Batman (film series), 153, 261n3 Battle for the Republic of China, The (film), 136 Battle of Wits (film), 138 Baudelaire, Charles, 189–90 Baudrillard, Jean, 155 BBC television, 12 Beatles, 153 Beijing cinema, 134–5 documentary film, 215, 220–1 Fine Arts Academy, 31 government (see People’s Republic of China (PRC)) Hong Kong compared & linked with, 114, 248n7, 250n15 performance art, 32–3, 35, 37, 40, 53–4 SARS outbreak, 16–17 see also Tiananmen Square Benjamin, Walter, 58, 62, 169–70, 190 Berger, Tobias, 33, 37 Berlin, 40, 53 Berlin Film Festival, 107 Berlin Wall, 12 Bermann, Sandra, 59 Berry, Chris chapter by, 5–6, 213–28 cited, 99, 216, 226, 259–60 (notes) Bertolucci, Bernardo, 229 Bhatia, Tej K., 251n3 Biancorosso, Giorgio, chapter by, 6, 229–45 Bigelow, Kathryn, 128 Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, 47 Bildung, 194–5 ch16(283-312).indd 284 25/05/2010 3:06 PM Index 285 bilingualism & multilingualism cinema, 114, 120, 122–4 cultural identity & education, 56–7, 60, 65–6, 68, 72–3, 251nn2–4, 254n10 literature, 82–3, 86 pop music, 256n10 bird flu (H5N1 virus), 14 blockbuster films, 137...