Introduction
This HTML article looks at the changing shapes of global Chinese
cinema through the works of Hong Kong/New York filmmaker Evans
Chan. As Chinese films cross beyond traditional borders, they
move in directions and among audiences far removed from the Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asian and "Chinatown" markets
that transnational Chinese cinema addressed from its inception.
From the edges of Hong Kong’s traditional markets, there
emerges a new kind of film culture, mingling more freely with
Taiwan and the PRC, drawing on the overseas Chinese experience,
produced by filmmakers who often live outside of Asia. This give
and take between Hong Kong (or China) and the world necessitates
a new way of thinking about film culture that transcends the
linguistic and cultural determinism of national cinema as well as
the aesthetic strictures of established auteurs, genres, and
styles.
Continue to Part II: Thinking Beyond
Culture