Good news for HK film lovers. They do have a tough hill to climb because South Korea, Japan and Thailand have upped the ante and made awesome films while the HK industry was slumping.
There are still good films coming out of HK like SPL and Triad Election but they aren't the powerhouse they were in the late 80s and early 90s. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hong Kong Plans To Revive Its Film Industry > > 18 November 2008 1:31 AM, PST > > While at its peak in the 1990s, the Hong Kong film industry was churning out > more than 300 movies a year. That number fell to 50 last year and is > expected to be even lower still this year, Wellington Fung Wing, secretary > general of the Hong Kong Film Development Council, told the South China > Morning Post on Monday. The drastic decline of an industry that was once > called "Hollywood of the Orient" has spurred the council to reach out to > Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia to arrange co-productions that could appeal > to their joint markets. It also plans to send a delegation to nearby > Guangdong province on the mainland next month to explore the possibility of > co-productions with studios there, the Morning Post said. > > http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0608615/ >
