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[FIELDWORK] FALLEN ANGELS, SAI WAN HO STATION

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FALLEN ANGELS, DIR. WONG KAR WAI (1995)           Sai Wan Ho Station, Eastern District, Hong Kong ‘Partner’ travelling in Sai Wan Ho station. With an extreme wide angle view, a huge space in the station area is portrayed . The emptiness around her is emphasised while there is no one in this huge station. Depicts the loneliness and nihilism of people during the explosion of rapid urbanisation in Hong Kong, the film Fallen Angels [1] tells two story lines. Hitman Wong Chi-ming unaware of the infatuation of his business partner, he was being tired of his

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[FIELDWORK] JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN, CHUNGKING MANSION

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JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN, DIR. OLIVER PARKER (2011)            CHUNGKING MANSION, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Fisher is assassinated by a killer dressed as an elderly cleaner through the narrow atrium of the Chungking Mansion. The chase scene is extracted from Johnny English Reborn(2011), directed by Oliver Parker. The Johnny English series can be described as a humorous replica of the famous James Bond series, with Mr Bean himself replicating James Bond. As the second film of the sequel, Johnny English Reborn talks about how Johnny English recovers from his failure in the last film and move on

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[FIELDWORK] THE EIGHT HUNDRED, SIHANG WAREHOUSE

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THE EIGHT HUNDRED, DIR. GUAN HU (2020)            Sihang Warehouse (Joint Savings Bank Warehouse), Jin An, Shanghai The Eight Hundred is a film adapted from the famous “Sihang Warehouse Battle” in the history of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War. The film showcases one seemingly unwinnable war of around 420 Chinese soldiers against Japanese aggression 83 years ago. Those Chinese soldiers protected the dignity of our government by holding up well-equipped Japanese invaders from capturing Shanghai with their own flesh and blood. The 4-day tug-of-war battle took place at a dilapidated warehouse. Sihang Warehouse is a six-story building constructed

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[FIELDWORK] B FOR BUSY, XUHUI

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B FOR BUSY, DIR.Shao Yihui(2021) Xuhui, Shanghai B for Busy, also called Myth of Love is a romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Shao Yihui1. Set in the downtown of Shanghai, Lao Bai, a divorced art teacher met Miss Li, who was also divorced and had a child. He fell in love with Miss Li at first sight, but she seemed worried about this relationship and kept her distance. Gloria, one of Lao Bai’s students seems to have feelings for him beyond teachers and students though married. Beibei is Lao Bai’s ex-wife. Although they have been divorced for many

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[FIELDWORK] B FOR BUSY, Shang Hai

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B FOR BUSY<愛情神話>，DIR. Shao Yihun, 2016 Shanghai alley and Mr Bai’s house [Mr. Bai and Miss Li leave the scene of the play, scene from B FOR BUSY (2021), directed by Shao Yihun] This is a city movie with a story about love. The film opens with Mr. Bai and Ms. Li watching a play together at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center. The words in the picture seem to imply the main tone of the movie – Dramatic. At the same time, the film’s camera always follows Mr. Bai’s delicate Shanghai alley life, and the Shanghai dialect throughout the film,

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[FIELDWORK] DEAREST, SHENZHEN RAILWAY STATION

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DEAREST, DIR. PETER CHAN (2014)            Shenzhen Railway Station, Luohu District, Shenzhen The movie Dearest was directed by Peter Chan, which focuses on a severe social issue to the point of stifling: children abduction. Tian Wenjun and Lu Xiaojuan are a divorced couple living in Shenzhen, and their son, Tian Peng is the only bond between them. However, Tian Peng was abducted by human traffickers accidentally. Therefore, the couple embarked on an arduous journey to find their son and finally found Tian Peng in a remote rural village. Meanwhile, another main line of the story unfolds.

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[FIELD REPORT] POLICE STORY (1985), WING ON PLAZA

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Word count: 500 Introduction The mall fight in Police Story is the scene people think of whenever this movie is brought up, and was arguably one of the most realistic and stunningly made action set-pieces ever. The featured location was Kowloon’s Wing On Plaza, a medium-sized shopping mall. I physically studied the mall just a few days ago. Though I took dozens of photos, due to the limit, only one of them is put within the essay (a selected few are put in the Appendix section). Our protagonists enter into this shot, establishing the arena for their final showdown with

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[FIELDWORK] Ghost in the Shell, Lai Tak Tsuen

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GHOST IN THE SHELL, DIR. Rupert Sanders (2017)            Lai Tak Tsuen Road, Tai Hang, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong   This movie is based on the Japanese manga first released in 1989, discussing future relationship of human and robot. Mira Killian, the major, was modified to be a cyborg supersoldier, with robotic body and human brain. However, her real memories were deleted to be fully controlled by the counter-terrorism bureau. The movie tells us how she investigated her past and fight against the manipulator behind the scenes. On the way she discovered her background, she follows

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Chongqing Express（1994），DIR.Wong Kar Wai

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Chongqing Express is an urban fashion film produced by Zedong Film Company, directed by Wong Kar Wai and released in Hong Kong in 1994. The film tells two love stories, an urban encounter between the lovelorn policeman and the mysterious female killer and the love story of Patrolman 663 and a fast food restaurant girl. Fg1 Chongqing Express The scene of shaking out of focus, boring music, and the female killer played by Lin Qingxia is in the pile of labor. This film has been decadent from the beginning. Beauty wearing sunglasses and fake blonde hair shuttles through the dark and

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[FIELDWORK] CHUNGKING EXPRESS, CHUNGKING MANSION

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CHUNGKING EXPRESS, DIR. WANG KAR WAI (1974)            CHUNGKING MANSION, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong The Chungking Express is a romantic film directed by Wong Kar Wai in 1994. It mainly describes two love stories that happened in Hong Kong, including the story between a lovesick policeman and a mysterious female woman, as well as the story between a police officer and a server in a snack bar. Most of the sceneries were set up in Chungking Mansion. And when Chungking Mansion is mentioned, the key words that come to people’s mind are very negative, such as

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