Hollywood of the East: the rise and fall of the Hong Kong film industry since the 1970s.

Shin, Kei-Wah Victor."November 2010."Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 177-198).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.iAcknowledgments --- p.ivTable of Contents --- p.viList of Tables --- p.ixList of Figures --- p.xiiChapter Chapter 1: --- Framing the Puzzles --- p.1"INTRODUCING: ""The Curious Case of... a Fallen 'Asian Hollywood'""" --- p.3METHOD AND DATA --- p.6STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS --- p.12Chapter Chapter 2: --- "“The Blind Side"" of Existing Explanations" --- p.15CONVENTIONAL EXPLANATIONS --- p.17Triad Intrusion and Piracy --- p.17Hasty and Unpolished Productions --- p.19EXPLANATIONS DERIVED FROM THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES --- p.21The Cultural Imperialism approach --- p.22The Cultural-flows/ Network approach --- p.27Suppositions related to the Cultural-flows/ Network approach --- p.32The Reception approach --- p.36The Cultural Policy and Strategies approach --- p.41What about the Receiving Countries? --- p.46THE POLITICAL-CULTURAL APPROACH --- p.48Chapter Chapter 3: --- The “Bloom´ح in the 1970s and the 1980s --- p.53"THE ""BLOOM""" --- p.53BRINGING IN THE POLITICAL-CULTURAL APPROACH --- p.57THE INDUSTRIAL SETTING OF THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET VIS-A-VIS HOLLYWOOD --- p.59THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET --- p.62From Studio System to Independent Production System since the 1970s --- p.63The Revenue-sharing Structure --- p.68"""CONCEPTIONS OF CONTROL"" IN THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET (1970s - 1980s)" --- p.70Distributor-driven Exhibition --- p.72Distributor-driven Production --- p.75HONG KONG FILM INDUSTRY AT ITS PEAK IN THE LATE 1980s --- p.81SUMMARY --- p.88Chapter Chapter 4: --- "The ""Twilight"" since the mid-1990s" --- p.91WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE 1990s? --- p.91The Plot in Brief --- p.92THE KEY TO SUCCESS TURNS INTO A SOURCE OF STRESS --- p.97"Conventional Practices inscribed in the ""Conceptions of Control""" --- p.99The Entwined Financial Practice --- p.99The Exclusive Exhibition Practice --- p.101What caused a Turn in the late 1980s? --- p.102"The ""Meteor Shower"" of Taiwan Capital" --- p.102China's Cinematic Reform --- p.104"The Resultant Cross-Strait “Industrial Complex""" --- p.106The Exogenous Shock Induced --- p.108Reduction of Theatres in each Theatre Chain and its Impact --- p.110The Consequence of Exclusive Exhibition Practice --- p.113The Consequence of Entwined Financial Practice --- p.114A REVERSAL OF FORTUNE IN 1993 --- p.117"The Short-lived ""Newcomers""" --- p.119The Rising Land Price --- p.122The Ebb Tide of the Taiwan Capital Flood --- p.128The Last Samurai and the Finale of the Distributor-led Production System --- p.134Summary --- p.138TRANSFORMATION IN THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET --- p.139The Return of the Challengers: Distributors of Foreign Movies --- p.143"The Emergence of New ""Conceptions of Control""" --- p.147The Impact on Film Companies producing Local Movies --- p.151Chapter Chapter 5: --- "A ""Revolutionary Road"" to the Peak and Drop" --- p.156A BRIEF REPRISE --- p.156"The ""Bloom"" in Retrospect" --- p.158"The ""Twilight"" in Retrospect" --- p.161IMPLICATIONS OF THIS STUDY FOR EXISTING APPROACHES --- p.168Implications for the Cultural Imperialism approach --- p.168Implications for the Cultural-flows/ Network approach --- p.169Implications for the Reception approach --- p.172AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO CURRENT THEORIES --- p.174LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE DIRECTIONS --- p.175REFERENCES --- p.17