Hong Kong superstar's speech at Korean Film Festival sparks discussion Recently, a speech by Hong Kong superstar Lee Ming at the Korean Film Festival has caused extensive discussion.
He bluntly pointed out that Hong Kong films face serious censorship problems in the creation process, and called this an objective phenomenon.
This sentence has resonated with many people and also triggered everyone's deep thinking about the Hong Kong film industry.
Hong Kong superstar pointed out that the censorship problem exists objectively, and the censorship problem pointed out by Li Ming does exist objectively. Domestically, censorship and the public opinion environment have great restrictions on filmmakers.
Some sensitive themes or ideas cannot pass the censorship smoothly, resulting in many excellent works not being published, and the creative freedom of creators has been constrained to a certain extent. The decline of Hong Kong films has nothing to do with the mainland market, and many people will immediately associate the rise of the mainland market.
However, this is not the case. From the late 90s to the present, the fundamental reason for the decline of Hong Kong films is not competition in the mainland market, but the accumulation of its own problems.
Hong Kong films rely on the mainland market to continue their livesIn fact, after the decline of Hong Kong films, they began to gradually rely on the mainland market to continue their lives.
The booming mainland film market has provided new opportunities and living space for Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong filmmakers have turned their attention to the mainland market and continue to cooperate with mainland directors, actors and investors, hoping to restore the glory of Hong Kong films in this way. However, the decline of Hong Kong cinema is also partly related to narrow-mindedness.
In the creative process, Hong Kong filmmakers may think more about how to please mainland audiences, while ignoring their own innovative ability and unique style. This has made Hong Kong films to some extent become accessories of mainland films, without an independent soul.
At the same time, the creative ability and market competitiveness of mainland filmmakers have been continuously improved.
They have the courage to innovate, dare to break through, constantly innovate, and actively expand the international market.
The mainland film industry has emerged internationally, and some outstanding works have been recognized and loved by audiences around the world. To a certain extent, this progress and development also contrasts the nostalgia and backwardness of Hong Kong films.
However, we cannot ignore the mainland's efforts to go global. Mainland filmmakers actively seek international cooperation, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the international market, and strive to bring more outstanding works to the world stage.
In this way, they hope to break the negative stereotype of Chinese films in the world and show the new atmosphere and new style of the mainland film industry.
In this regard, the attitude of Hong Kong filmmakers is different.
Some Hong Kong filmmakers are mocking and envious of the rise of mainland films. They believe that the mainland film market has not yet reached their level, and the works of mainland filmmakers are not worthy of their praise.
However, I am afraid that this attitude will only make Hong Kong films more and more in decline.
The progress and development of the mainland film market has sounded the alarm for Hong Kong filmmakers.
They should abandon arrogance and face up to the competitiveness and development prospects of the mainland film market. Only by working harder to improve their creative ability and market competitiveness can they gain a foothold in a larger market.
To sum up, the speech of the Hong Kong superstar at the Korean Film Festival has caused people to think about the reasons for the decline of Hong Kong films. The decline of Hong Kong films has nothing to do with the mainland market, but also with censorship issues and narrow-mindedness.
The progress and development of the mainland film market reminds Hong Kong filmmakers to face up to the competition and development prospects of the mainland market, abandon their arrogant attitude, strive to improve their creative ability and strive for a larger market share.