Twin-city Film In Terms Of Culture Rsearch Of Shanghai Images In Hong Kong Films

Shanghai and Hong Kong are two cities that have common geological and cultural characteristics. They are always set to be two models in comparative study by historians and cultural scholars. As a media to convey the social changes, film witness development and transition in both cities, and Shanghai and Hong Kong are usually be known as"Twin-City"at the same time. As we can see during the war-time, culture exchanges between two cities not only cultivate environment to create films but also give the historical material and identify with self-identity of the Hong Kong people. In the view of"the other", Hong Kong films use movies to establish the unique Shanghai metropolis features by different style and types, with which a serial of research on the history of"Twin-City"are pointed out.Standing in the point of film study and making history go through the whole thesis, this essay try to carding history of city construction, twin-city culture exchange history and twin-city film cooperation. By researching films from different directors and types, Shanghai Cultural can be easily found as produce elements in Hong Kong films and the purpose of why they establish Shanghai-images have also be known. It can be clearly seen that re-construction of Old Shanghai-images is the continue of the former culture exchange of two cities and Hong Kong people's self-identity are also be obtain and strengthen from that. However, we can not ignore that film has become an independent industry nowadays. History has become consumer products during the process of reorganized on purpose.