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1、AlexTurner©2010RepresentationsofHongKongintheFilmsofWongKar-waiAlexTurner1AlexTurner©2010AbstractTheintentionofthisstudyistoarguethepositionthatthereisadistinctboundarybetweenHongKongandthefictionalmanifestationsofitthatWongKar-waihaschosentocreateandtoexam
2、inethevariouswaysinwhichthecityhasbeenrepresentedoverthecourseofWong’scareer.Thedissertationwillexplorethecitythroughthechaptersofplaces,peopleandtime.Thefirstchapterwillarguethatthecityisoftenportrayedasacharacteritself,consistentlydefiningitsinhabitantsan
3、ddrivingthenarrativeforward.Inaddition,thechapterwillarguethatthecreativeportrayalofthespacesofHongKongisintendedtoemphasisethesymbolicallyunstablenatureofthecity.ThesecondchapterwillarguethatWong’scharactersareinflictedbythisinstabilityandthatthefictionalc
4、ity’sinhabitantshavebecomemanifestationsofapostmoderndesiretoclingtoafragmentingsenseofhistoryandidentity.ChapterthreewilldiscusstheideathattimeasathemeisabindinglinkbetweenWong’sfilms,arguingthatheconsistentlyusesthecityofHongKongtoexplorethenatureoftimean
5、dmemory.ThedissertationwillthenconcludethatthecityofHongKong,asacontinuouslyandrapidlyevolvingspace,hasbeenadoptedbyWongKar-waitoexplorethenatureofmemoryinapostmodernworld,thusrepresentingthecityitselfasapostmodernspacethatisforeverphysicallyandsymbolically
6、changing,leavingitsinhabitantsinaperpetualstateofnostalgiaandisolation.2AlexTurner©2010TableofContentsIntroduction...3Places–TheHistorical(chapterone,partone)...8Places–TheFictional(chapterone,parttwo)...14People(chaptertwo)...23Time(chapterthree)...33Concl
7、usion...43Appendix...46Bibliography...50Filmography...543AlexTurner©2010Introduction‘Ithinkthefilmswehavebeentryingtomaketrytogiveyouasenseofspace,asenseof…whythisstoryhappensisitbecauseithappenshere’-ChristopherDoyle(TheCultureShow2005)Theaimofthisdisserta
8、tionistoexaminethevariouswaysinwhichfilmmakerWongKar-waihasrepeatedlyusedthecityofHongKongasakeyfeatureinhisfilmsthroughouthisdirectingcareer.Throughaclosereadingofhisfilms,thisdissertationwillextracta
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