From the readings of Bordwell’s Planet Hong Kong about constructive editing and from watching 4
Hong Movies listed below, please write a 2000 words essay regarding the following topic.
According to David Bordwell, wha is constructive editing? when and why do filmmakers employ this
technique? What are its possible results or effects?Have the answers to these questions changed overt
the course of Hong Kong film history? at least one of your film examples must involve something
other than an “action” sequence.
Movie list: A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Project A (1983)
Rouge (1988)
Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)
