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Volume 36, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1059-440X
  • E-ISSN: 2049-6710

Abstract

This article reassesses Wayne Wang’s (1997) a quarter century after the film’s production with a focus on ‘transition’. It aims to ‘recover’ on different levels, arguing that this complex film is an important historical artefact from the handover period of Hong Kong and a clear to which the director’s vision is the key. In contrast with the cold critical reception of the film at the time of its release, this article posits that is an accomplished work of transnational cinema that, merging fiction and documentary, constitutes a powerful personal reflection on Hong Kong and its diverse communities in a time of flux.

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This study was supported by the:
  • Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship (Award ECF-2020-514)
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