![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The conference, which will be held in English, will start with the documentary "Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema" by Calum Waddell, and will conclude with a panel discussion. We will also be joined by Dr Victor Fan (King’s College, London) who will turn his wide-ranging expertise on Chinese cinema and politics on to the crazy, bizarre and confrontational world of Category III. Block this member This member is blocked Report this list Read notes. If youre not familiar with CAT III cinema (a few stray IIbs), prepare to have your morals decimated. Examining films before and after the handover of Hong Kong to China, Dr Calum Waddell (University of Lincoln) will interrogate the ways in which these films seem to foreshadow the current political crisis in Hong Kong. All 2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s 1900s 1890s 1880s 1870s HK Filth - The Best of CAT III Cinema. As often in extreme exploitation movies, these films challenged a whole range of societal norms and French critic Julien Sévéon will explore the taboo breaking quality of Category III films that has made them such a cultish draw for so many. In turns gory sexualised, violent and just plain outrageous, Category III films quickly gained a reputation as cult films. The 1990s were a notorious period in the history Hong Kong cinema. ![]()
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