
Intertextual Otherness between Shanghai and Hong Kong: the Localisation of Space and Collective Nostalgia in Kung Fu Hustle
by Xiaoyu Chen* April 2025 Architecture_MPS 30(1) * Abstract This article investigates the construction of cinematic space and the collective cultural consciousness of nostalgia in Stephen Chow’s 2004 Hong Kong film Kung Fu Hustle. Set in 1930s Shanghai, the narrative follows Sing, a vagrant who inadvertently ignites a conflict between the Axe Gang and the […]