Policy and creative strategies
Hong Kong Cepa films in the China market
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12341024 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emilie Yueh-Yu Yeh (0000-0001-9032-6474, Lingnan University, corresponding author), Shi-Yan Chao (0000-0002-2752-1880, Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 184-201 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10286632.2018.1448805 |
| OpenAlex | W2792242578 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article examines the creative strategies of Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) films in engagements with the China market under the framework of CEPA introduced in 2004. One of the aims of CEPA for the film sector is to boost co-production between Hong Kong and the mainland. In the past 10 years, CEPA has dramatically changed Hong Kong cinema’s relationship with China in that major film directors have moved to produce CEPA films to tap into the rapidly growing mainland market. This shift has been considered as part of HKSAR’s overall mainlandization and subsequent disappearance of a distinct local identity. This article revisits this view by presenting two case studies to see if indeed Hong Kong CEPA pictures are devoid of Hong Kong elements. The case studies analyze textual elements of two CEPA blockbuster films, The Mermaid (dir. Stephen Chow, 2016) and The Taking of Tiger Mountain 3D (dir. Tsui Hark, 2014). Citing the intertextual allusions to the directors’ old works seen in these two films, the authors argue that the market advantage granted by the CEPA scheme in effect allowed Hong Kong filmmakers to revive and extend signature creative strategies of Hong Kong cinema, despite censorship constraints
Art history · Censorship · China · Creative industries · Film industry · General partnership · Mainland China · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Sociology · Cultural and Social Studies · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |