by Grace Leung Lai-kuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-124). / Preface --- p.ii / Abstract --- p.iii / Contents --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Theoretical Review and Method of Study --- p.5 / Chapter i) --- An Anomaly to Media Imperialism / Chapter ii) --- Inadequacies of Non-Marxists Theories / Chapter iii) --- Analytical Framework / Chapter iv) --- Research Questions and Research Design / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Hong Kong as a Regional Movie Production & Export Centre -- a Statistical Review --- p.19 / Chapter i) --- Hong Kong as a Movie Production Centre / Chapter ii) --- Hong Kong as a Movie Export Centre / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Evolution of the Movie Industry in Hong Kong -- a socio-historical analysis --- p.44 / Chapter i) --- An Overview / Chapter ii) --- Stages of Development / Chapter 1) --- Initial Period / Chapter 2) --- Nascent Period / Chapter 3) --- Growing Period / Chapter 4) --- Developing Period / Chapter 5) --- Quiescent Period / Chapter 6) --- Reconstruction Period / Chapter 7) --- Prosperity Period / Chapter 8) --- Declining Period / Chapter 9) --- Revival Period / Chapter Chapter 5. --- In Search of an Explanatory Framework --- p.77 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Conclusion --- p.111 / Appendices --- p.118 / Reference --- p.120

From the polluted canals of turn-of-the-century Birmingham, England, William Moxley is an ineffectual captain of industry burning for a Music Hall life. With his unlikely bride Elvina in tow, he journeys to the west coast of the United States, only to shipwreck against his lifelong dream--a vaudeville hall called "The Sunshine." In "Dear Clara," a depression-era love story, Warren Wilkerson has been a Sunshine fixture since the age of six; suddenly forced out by the theatre's back-stabbing, bootlegging "owner," Warren must resort to desperate measures in order to pay for his dying wife's insulin. Freewheeling philosopher Holly Jo is a Seattleite sausage cart owner with a bun in the oven. Having recently lost her parents, she forges a new family from the fringes of 1974 arthouse--it's "The Labor of Holly Jo Daffodil." In "Chapter Eleven," foul-mouthed Red--the Helios's manager--learns that his boss is selling out to evil Emerald Cinemas; the news triggers a long-overdue heart attack, which turns out to be the least of his worries. Beginning with the birth of the feature length and ending at the onset of the digital age, Cinerati is a comic salute to the celluloid era--a grand era spanning over a century. Featuring an eccentric ensemble where a bit player in one decade can take a lead role in the next, Cinerati celebrates the venues in which cinema was meant to be seen, and the strange families that pop up wherever the projectors flicker.

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