The film sector as a creative and economic hub in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong is a major hub of cinema in Asia and in the world, only behind the United States and India. Hong Kong is the channel of Mainland Chinese cinema to Europe and the North America, the host of numerous film festivals, and the centre of cinema production in Asia. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the different portrayals of Hong Kong through the eyes of local and international film directors. From Oliver Assayas’s Boarding Gate, to Wong Kar-Wai’s Fallen Angels, all have a different visual take on the same place.
How do they see Hong Kong through their lenses? How does the architecture, and the businesses shape Hong Kong films? Is this Hong Kong familiar to yours?