After Li Bingbing and Fan Bingbing Melt the Hollywood Audiences… :
Re-evaluating the Chinese “faces” in the Global Cinema Development
李冰冰和范冰冰融化好萊塢觀眾之後：重檢全球電影趨勢中的中國「面貌」
Dr. Chan Ka Ming
Lecturer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
香港中文大學講師 陳嘉銘博士
5月26日13：30-16：20/May 26, 13:30-16:20
交通大學人社二館106A研討室/
R106A, HA Building 2, NCTU
主持人：劉紀蕙教授/Moderator: Prof. Joyce C.H. Liu
Abstract
The participation of the Hong Kong and Chinese filmmakers in Hollywood and other overseas film production are not uncommon nowadays.However this kind of participation, especially with the analysis of Chinese / Hong Kong stars’ performance in the U.S. film representation, reflects “Chinese Face-Off”. This is a thesis proposed by Lo Kwai-cheung in 2005 highlighting the “double negation” of Chineseness in Hollywood films – firstly negating the Chinese / Hong Kong subjectivity and secondly negating the plurality of Chineseness with the stars always casted as stereotyped Asian characters.
In this lecture, I will review the participation of Chinese and Hong Kong filmmakers in the U.S. cinema production. With the review, the “Chinese Face-Off” thesis will be discussed. Furthermore, with the development of Chinese big-budgeted cinema in targeting the world audiences, a new perspective on seeing the Chinese “faces” withrespecttofilmic representation will be developed. There are two directions of analysis - (1) the persistent participation of Chinese / Hong Kong stars in Hollywood, and (2) the making of Hong Kong – Chinese – Hollywood cinema co-production with the concern of China, Asia and world markets. The analysis not only can shed light on the new perspective in seeing the Chinese “faces” but also provide a framework for discussing the Asian “faces” with the rise of East Asian stars joining the world cinema.
主辦單位：臺港頂尖大學學術交流計劃「亞際文化：二十世紀與當代」、台灣聯合大學系統＆國立交通大學文化研究國際中心、亞際文化研究國際碩士學位學程（台灣聯合大學系統）、交通大學社會與文化研究所
