THEME EXPLORATION

1960s Hong Kong

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs
2002 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau & Alan Mak & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
Quattro Hong Kong 2
Quattro Hong Kong 2
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Complexe
Complexe
1964 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Four Friends / Georgia’s Friends
Four Friends / Georgia’s Friends
1981 · Arthur Penn
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
Shampoo
Shampoo
1975 · Hal Ashby
Taking Woodstock
Taking Woodstock
2009 · Ang Lee
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films like 'In the Mood for Love' and '2046' are visually stunning meditations on 1960s Hong Kong's romance, nostalgia, and melancholic beauty.

 Bille Woodruff Hong Kong

His action cinema draws from 1960s Hong Kong's turbulent social landscape and crime underworld that shaped the city's cultural identity.

 Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai Hong Kong

His crime thrillers authentically explore 1960s Hong Kong's gangster culture, colonial tensions, and the city's dangerous transformation during that era.