Re-enter the dragon: Hong Kong's film sceneHONG KONG -- Shoot the film you've always wanted on a shoestring budget or sell out and make a blockbuster? It is a dilemma Hong Kong directors frequently face as mainland China's lucrative movie industry beckons. Chiu says Hong Kong and mainland bodies have rejected his funding applications. But in the past decade the local industry has slumped and just dozens of films are now produced in Hong Kong annually. Hong Kong once pumped out at least 200 films a year, from Bruce Lee's 1973 "Enter the Dragon" to Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" in 2000, via countless cop and gangster thrillers.

Source: The China Post July 08, 2016 16:12 UTC