2-page report in which you briefly summarize the plot of the film screened in a certain week and describe your reactions and reflections.
4/21Infernal Affairs無間道 (Dir. Andrew Lau 劉偉強 & Alan Mak 麥兆輝, 2002)
4/28Her Fatal Ways表姐，妳好嘢！(Dir. Alfred Cheung 張堅庭, 1990)
5/5Comrades, Almost a Lover Story甜蜜蜜 (Dir. Peter Chan 陳可辛, 1997)
5/12Durian Durian 榴蓮飄飄 (Dir. Fruit Chan 陳果, 2001)
Week 4 (4/20 & 4/22)Action/Gunplay, John Woo, Chow Yun-fat, and Others
Reading: Planet Hong Kong, Chapter 4, pp. 51-71.
Screening: Infernal Affairs (Dir. Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau, 2002) Handing out Mid-term Paper Topic
Week 5 (4/27 & 4/29)Action Cinema in the Age of Telecommunication
Reading: Planet Hong Kong, Chapter 5, pp. 72-83; part of Chapter 10, pp. 203-213.
Screening: Her Fatal Ways (Dir. Alfred Cheung, 1990) Midterm paper due: Thursday, April 29
Week 6 (May 4 & 6) Popular Hong Kong Cinema, Comedy, Satire of Mainland China
Reading: Planet Hong Kong, Chapter 6, pp. 93-108; Chapter 7, pp. 114-126.
Screening: Comrades, Almost a Love Story (Dir. Peter Chan, 1996)
Week 7 (May 11 & 13) Waiting for 1997–Hong Kong’s Return to Mainland China; Border-crossing between the mainland and Hong Kong, Independent Cinema
Reading: Planet Hong Kong, Chapter 10, pp. 186-202.
Screening: Durian Durian (Dir. Fruit Chan, Qin Hailu’s debut, 2001)
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