Study On The Film Of The Talented Director Pang Ho-cheung

The Hong Kong film industry has historically been called the "Oriental Hollywood".However,in the 1990 s,With the Asian financial crisis,Regime Change and many other issues,Hong Kong films have enteredan unprecedented "cold winter".However,from another perspective,the sluggish environment has also provided a wider stage for the new generation of directors.Pang Ho-cheung stands out from many new generation directors and injects new vitality into the Hong Kong film industry.As an avid movie enthusiast,Pang Ho-cheung has a unique understanding of movies.He respects the author’s theory and works from his own,and his rich personal experience and whimsical ideas in life also provide him with a lot of wild materials.But at the same time,the changing context of "Hong Kong-Mainland" creative environment has also imposed many restrictions on his work.Penetrating his works can restore Pang Ho-cheung’s life attitude and philosophy.From the perspective of film theme selection,Pang Ho-cheung is keen to show the interpersonal relationships in contemporary society.Emotions and gender have become the themes that have been written repeatedly in Pang Ho-cheung’s films.People are driven by desire,their relationships become sensitive and fragile.Sorting out his film works,the themes can be classified into three aspects: "emotional expression","gender relations" and "urban culture".These materials are based on Pang Ho-cheung’s personal interests on the one hand,and the reflection of social reality on the other.From the perspective of aesthetic style,Pang Ho-cheung carried out exploratory innovation in the film narrative strategy.He used the methods of fringe narrative,multi-line interlacing and mixed type to express the attitude of postmodern dissolution.In film language,he conveys a black humor through sound-picture relations,visual design,and vulgar lines.At the same time,he balanced the violent expression in the film through ingenious artistic methods,giving it the characteristics of violent aesthetics.The bold subversion of Peng Haoxiang’s films in narrative expression has refreshed the audience and formed a unique "Pang’s style",known as the director of "Ghost Talent" in Hong Kong.From the perspective of the era of film creation,as a Hong Kong director born in the post-new wave period,Pang Ho-cheung in the film persistently describes the psychology of Hong Kong people during the "post-97" period,and retains profound humanistic care.His attention to the daily life of the grassroots class,through the expression of the dominance between different groups and the transformation of the dominated relationship,finally presented a unique socio-political and cultural ecology.At the same time,in his films,Hong Kong and Beijing are two regions with distinctive symbols of the era.Through the interaction,conflict and tacit understanding between the two places,he conveys a collective unconscious change of Hong Kong people.It also shows a deeper history and era.Pang Ho-cheung ’s film works are an artistic expression based on personal life experience and the transformation of the times.Through the study of Pang Ho-cheung ’s works,I hope that the director will create more outstanding films while maintaining his personal characteristics.More importantly,use Peng Haoxiang as a case to understand and appreciate a neo-realistic film form for Hong Kong films,revival explores a possible path.