One of the interesting tidbits from Paul Pickowicz's article "Three Readings of Hong Kong Nocturne" was about the involvement of Hong Kong's leftist film workers in the anti-British demonstrations of 1967. Prominent among them were Fu Qi and Shi Hui, husband-and-wife stars of the Great Wall Motion Picture Company. After a confrontation between Great Wall film workers and police, the authorities searched the couple's home and accused Fu Qi of orchestrating the riots. Both Fu Qi and Shi Hui were subsequently placed under arrest for more than a year.
According to Hong Kong film scholar Law Kar, Shi Hui played "an interesting role in the ideological landscape of postwar cinema. Embodying a middle-class persona without celebrating middle-class values, she provided song-and-dance entertainment in films that walked a tightrope between leftist politics and Hong Kong's increasingly materialistic lifestyle."
I'll post an example, in a few days, of the kind of films that Shi Hui was making at Great Wall.
Further Reading
- An Age of Idealism: Great Wall & Feng Huang Days
- Hong Kong Cinema: A Cross-Cultural View by Law Kar and Frank Bren
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