Hong Kong cinema is undergoing a particular process of transformation influenced by historical, political and geographic factors that question its very identity . This is apparent in the works of directors like John Woo and Wong Kah Wai. The article I've chosen is written by Tony Williams. "Space, Place, and Spectacle: The Crisis Cinema of John Woo." It depicts some of the ideas that John Woo was reflecting in his films. In John Woo's work, he …showed first 75 words of 1387 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1387 total…nse of identity and belonging but yet is unique in itself in its own way so that kind of gives itself its own identity. John Woo also contradicts himself when he shows in his film "A Better Tomorrow" that the handing over of Hong Kong from the British colony to mainland China is a negative one because that will instil traditional values in the people like how he wanted to influence them in his film.