From Hong Kong To The World
Recently, Hong Kong movies as well as the Hong Kong filmmakers, actors are being more and more famous among the film in the world. For example, a Hong Kong actress, Deanie Ip, playing the titled role as Sister Peach in "桃姐(A Simple Life)", won the Best Actress Award in the Venice International Film Festival
The success of the Hong Kong movies in the international film festival helps the promotion of Hong Kong popular cultures. It provide with a good opportunity for the global audience to know what Hong Kong is and what Hong Kong popular cultures are like. The flows of popular culture are not simply from center to periphery, it is possible that on one day in the future, Hong Kong popular cultures can influence the leading cultural center such as America, Britain, France, etc. And this is indeed processing.
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"復仇" (Vengeance) is a movie co-produced by Hong Kong and France. It carries the unique feature of Hong Kong movie. When the audience is attracted by the Hong Kong popular culture, maybe they will be driven to learn even more about Hong Kong, including the history, the language and so on.
This is the power of popular culture.
However, Hong Kong movie still has a long way to go.
This is the power of popular culture.
However, Hong Kong movie still has a long way to go.