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1990s: Asian financial turmoil-> a few movie companies closed up-> overall market shrinked
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2003: SARS-> theaters virtually empty-> shut down film production for four months-> only 54 local movies were made (Li, 2004).
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Famous actors (e.g. Jacky Chan) quitted the HK movie industry but work for Chinese or Hollywood productions
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Exhaustion of overused formulas (Yang, 2003)
e.g. vulgar comedies
2000s: Less freshmen enter the industry; Lack of capital and government support
Unprofessional new actors-> idolized star without acting skills
Immature and insufficient CG techniques
Audiences turn to Hollywood and Taiwanese productions !!!
Prosperous period of HK movies: 1960s-1990s
e.g. Fist of Fury, Teddyboy
Local production’s box office dropped from $10 hundred million in 1993 to $4.5 hundred million in 2001 (HKfilm100, 2015)
Purpose of writing:
- To arouse the attention of HK people to local movie industry
-To suggest possible solutions for government and movie industry to rescue HK movies
THESIS STATEMENT
This study provides insight into the current development of HK movies, discover the failure and discuss the possible ways to save HK movie industry, as well as helping HK’s cultural and creative industry, in order to create a better unique characteristic of HK through movies.