Fallen Angels Flashcards
1
Q
Fallen Angels
Narrative Points
A
- Portmanteau narrative
- Not using scripts (improvisation)
- Conventional gangster genre but not conventional martial arts
- Ellipsis, enigmatic and Barthes hermeneutic code
- Unconventional techniques (wide angle lens, step-printing and camera presence)
- Monological discourses
2
Q
Fallen Angels
Intro
A
- Strays away from typical Hong Kong style (martial arts)
- Inspired by French New Wave
- Extremely densely populated small city (6500p/km2)
3
Q
Stephen Teo quote
A
His films are “A virtual dimension of memories”
