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Fat Choi Spirit, Haiphong Road Temporary Market

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FAT CHOI SPIRIT, Johnnie To & Wai Ka-fai 2002 Haiphong Road Temporary Market, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Fat Choi Spirit is a comedy film released for the Chinese New Year. It serves as a humorous production for the celebration for Chinese New Year. It is one of the most successful and popular Mahjong film in the genre which is almost replayed every year on television during Chinese New Year, becoming the habit for a lot of Hong Kong people. The story revolves around the “Mahjong Warrior” or the “Mahjong Master” starred by Andy Lau. The film explores the theme

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[FIELDWORK] Hot Summer Day,Shenzhen Concert Hall

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[FIELDWORK] Hot Summer Day,Shenzhen Concert Hall   Hot Summer Day DIR.Tony Chan,Wing Shya (2010)   Shenzhen Concert Hall,Futian District, Shenzhen Exterior of Shenzhen Concert Hall.   Hot Summer Days is a romantic comedy film featuring 6 different love stories under the heat wave.In the story about driver Wah(Jacky Cheung) and Li Yan(Rene Liu), Li was a piano player, but she had to give up her dream and to be a masseuse.In the film , she attended an audition for pianist in the Shenzhen Concert Hall which she waited for long time. On the audition day, she was a bit late,

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[FIELDWORK] GOD OF GAMBLERS, LUCKY PLAZA

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GOD OF GAMBLERS, DIR. WONG JING (1989)            Lucky Plaza, Shatin District, Hong Kong Figure 1 Little Knife (Andy Lau) and Ko Chun (Chow Yun Fat) running from the killers in the Lucky Plaza. Scenes from’ God of Gamblers’ 1989, directed by Wong Jing. God of gamblers is a Hong Kong action comedy released in 1989. The film was directed by Wong Jing and led by Chow Yun Fat and Andy Lau Tak Wah. The god of gamblers —— Ko Chun (Chow Yun Fat)’s story in Hong Kong begin with a fight on the old KCR

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[FIELDWORK] SPECIAL IDENTITY, Di Wang Building

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SPECIAL IDENTITY, DIR. FOK YIU-LEUNG (2013) Di Wang Building, Luohu District, Shenzhen secret talk “Special Identity”, directed by Fok Yiu-Leung, is a modern action movie released in 2013. The film tells about a undercover police man(acted by Donnie Yen) who concealed himself in the mobdom for a long time and looked forward to get rid of this. He secretly collected the criminal intelligence for the police and successfully disintegrate the criminal organization at the end. The above picture shows  the undercover agent communicating with a police on the rooftop. It is  undoubtedly the scene of Shenzhen by the strong evidence

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STILL HUMAN, DIR. OLIVER CHAN SIU KUEN (2018) OI MAN ESTATE, Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong

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  Still Human, which is released in November 2018 by Golden Scene¹, tells a heartwarming tale about a paralyzed middle-aged man Leung Cheong-wing and his young Filipino domestic helper Evelyn who learn how to embrace their life. The film sets in Oi Man Estate, Ho Man Tin where is the public housing area for grassroots with diverse facilities for daily life, e.g. Cha Chaan Teng and park for a stroll. The movie starts and ends with the bus stop where two main characters firstly met at and part from. Oi Man Estate in the movie is presented as similar as

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[FIELDWORK] ROUGE, SHEUNG WAN & SHEK TONG TSUI

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ROUGE, DIR. STANLEY KWAN (1988)            Sheung Wan, Central District, Hong Kong  Left: Fleur pray for fortune in Man Mo Temple. Scenes from the Golden Harvest’s Rouge 1988, directed by Stanley Kwan. Right: Secondary students and their parents praying for their academic. Golden Harvest released Rouge in January 1988. The film adapts the homonymous novel by Lilian Li and tells a tragic love story between Fleur (Anita Mui), a popular courtesan and Chan Chen-Pang (Leslie Cheung), a play boy from a wealthy family. The story is narrated through two timelines. First, it opens with them falling in

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[FIELDWORK] LOVE IN A PUFF, ALLEYWAY IN ADMIRALTY

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LOVE IN A PUFF, DIR. PANG HO CHEUNG (2010)            Alleyway between Pacific Place and the Queensway Government Offices, Admiralty, Hong Kong   Cherie (Yeung) and Jimmy (Yue) smoked in the alleyway between Pacific Place and the Queensway Government Offices, in which the policeman also take a break.  Scenes from the Media Asia Film’s Love in A Puff 2010, directed by Pang Ho Cheung.   Media Asia Film Co., Ltd. released Love in A Puff in March 2010. The film tells the story of how the tightening regulations on smoking drive hardcore smokers to the open areas,

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[FIELD WORK] STILL HUMAN, OI MAN ESTATE

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STILL HUMAN, dir. Oliver Chan, 2018 Oi Man Estate, Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong The movie “Still human” directed by Oliver Chan describes the touching story between Evelyn Santos, a Filipino domestic worker and Leung Cheong-Wing, who became disabled after a construction accident. The two first start off with a rocky start as they do not share a common language. However, their conflict begins to soften as Leung discovers Evelyn’s passion and dream about photography. Leung begins to support her dream as he realizes that she is trapped by her situation as he is and forced to face the reality.

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STILL HUMAN, OI MAN ESTATE

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STILL HUMAN, DIR. OLIVER CHAN (2019)   Inspired by real life event, Still Human is a poignant story of two strangers brought together by misfortunate fate. Cheong-wing, a paralyzed middle-aged man living alone in Oi Man Estate is confined to a wheel chair because of a fatal accident, hired Evelyn, a Filipino lady who dreamed of becoming a photographer, yet, cruel reality and an unsuccessful marriage forced her to give up on her dream and came to Hong Kong to make a living as a domestic worker. Despite difficult circumstances, the two developed a strong supportive bond and Cheong-wing’s pessimistic

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[FIELDWORK] SPARROW,POTTINGER STREET

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SPARROW, DIR. JOHNNIE TO (2008)         Pottinger Street, Central, Hong Kong   The heroine Chun-Lei looks back at the hero’s camera when she runs down Pottinger Street. Scenes from the Sparrow 2008, directed by Johnnie To. Sparrow, directed and produced by Johnnie To, was released in 20081. The movie tells the story of a charming woman, Chung Chun-lei, and four pickpockets 2, with whose help Chun-lei eventually gains freedom from a controlling businessman. The camera follows Chun-lei as she gracefully rushes through the streets in Sheung Wan and Central, when she runs into the lens of Kei, the

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