[Field Report] Johnny English Reborn (2011)

Transcript: #Introduction [Georgy] Hi, everyone. Hi. My name is Georgy Valencio and I’m Ian Anthony Wijono. Here today, we’re going to discuss and review about the Johnny English Reborn film. We’re going to discuss about the architectural style, especially in the Hong Kong area, which is the buildings and the style and stuff. We’re going to compare what is the difference between the style in the film and which is produced in the 2011 and how is the condition in reality right now, we also going to discuss the function or purpose why the producer choose that place for the

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[Fieldwork Podcast]: Crossing Hennessy (2010)

Y: Good morning and good evening! Welcome to our podcast today! Today’s topic is the movie Crossing Hennesy. We will discuss this movie from an architectural perspective. I’m the host today, Yiru. A: I’m Aurora. Y: Aurora, would you like to give a brief introduction to this movie? A: Sure! Crossing Hennessy is centered around the Hennessy Road and tells a romantic urban love story about Loy and Oi Lin across North and South Wanchai. Loy is the proprietor of an electrical appliance store in South Wanchai. He has no ambition and sleeps every day while Oi Lin is an

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[Fieldwork Podcast]: Durian Durian (2000)

Z: Hello, everyone. Welcome to our podcast today. We are your hosts. I am Zoey.   R: I am Reic. The film we will talk about is Durian Durian, directed by Fruit Chan in 2000. It won the Best Picture award at the 38th Golden Horse Awards.   Z: The film follows the perspective of Yan, a sex worker. It reveals the challenges and sacrifices people face to survive and change fates, and portrays the hazy condition of a group of youth represented by her.   R: Yan is a prostitute from the mainland, living near Fan and her family,

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[Fieldwork Podcast]: My Life as McDull (2001)

TEXT TRANSCRIPT OF PODCAST Magenta: Around December 2001, a comic book adaptation was premiered in the local cinemas titled “My Life as McDull”. People loved it. It had everything a coming-of-age movie needed. A classic gullible, innocent character, McDull, an overbearing mother McTai, and multiple failures and disappointments that ultimately resulted in a sort of “happy ending” of growing up. Nafisa: What initially started as a cute local production with a production crew of 100% Hongkongers soon became a worldwide sensation, as noted by the Chinese Film Media Awards 2010 as “Best of the Decade”, the 21st Hong Kong Film

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[Fieldwork Podcast]: The Narrow Road (2022)

THE NARROW ROAD, DIR. Lam Sum (2022)            To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong B: Hello everyone, welcome to our podcast. I’m Belle. E: I’m Emma. B: Today we are going to talk about The Narrow Road.  The Narrow Road is a 2022 Hong Kong drama film directed by Lam Sum. E: This movie tells the story about a pair of working-class people in Hong Kong, Chak and Candy, who live hand-to-mouth at the height of Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the epidemic, the Hong Kong economy is in the doldrums and many shops are forced to close

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Fieldwork podcast Comrades: Almost a Love Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCkLxMLfVRo Comrades: Almost a Love Story is a Hong Kong romantic film released in 1996. The movie is directed by Peter Chan and stars Maggie Cheung and Leon Lai as the main protagonists. The movie tells the story of two migrants, Fang Xiaoting and Li Qiao, from mainland China who move to Hong Kong in the 1980s in search of better opportunities. Their friendship slowly blossoms into a complicated romance over the next decade. The film explores themes of migration as the movie shows the lives of the two characters migrating from the countryside to Hong Kong city, to New

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[Fieldwork Podcast]: Fallen Angels (1995)

Script L: Hi, welcome to cinematic podcasts. We are your fantastic hosts. E: My name is Eda and I’m a first year Social Sciences student. L: And I am Lorenzo, a year one bachelor of sciences student. So what are we doing today Eda? E: Well Lorenzo, today we will be talking about “Fallen Angels”, a 1995 movie directed by the celebrated Wong Kar Wai. L: For those of you who were not paying attention in lectures, Wong Kar Wai is a well known Hong Kong director, known for his cinematographic style comprising disjointed nonlinear and fragmented narratives, vivid scenography,

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CCHU9034 Fieldwork Podcast: Chungking Express 1994

Zhang Tianhao: Hello everyone welcome to our podcast of our group for CCHU 9034, my name is Zhang Tianhao and this is my groupmate. Yuan Jintian: Hi everyone, my name is Yuan Jintian. Zhang Tianhao: let’s start. Yuan Jintian:ok Yuan Jintian: can you share some basic information about the architecture we analyzed in the report? Zhang Tianhao: Sure We analyze the Central-Mid-Level Escalator which appeared in the film Chungking Express. The Central-Mid-Level Escalator, opened in 1993, starts from the Hang Seng Bank Headquarters building connected to the Central footbridge system and runs from Central Market and the terminus at Conduit

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[Fieldwork Podcast]: Made in Hong Kong (1997)

A: Good morning or evening, wherever you are; welcome to our podcast on architecture and film. We are your hosts today. I am Audrey. T: And I am Toisa. The film we will discuss today is ‘Made in Hong Kong,’ which shows the tragic stories of three marginalized teenagers in Lek Yuen Estate, Shatin. It was the first independent film made by Hong Kong director Fruit Chan and was released on October 9, 1997. A: The characters of “Made in Hong Kong” are simple: a street punk named Moon, a young girl named Ping who has kidney cancer, and a

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[Field Report] Rouge(1987)

Script: AMY: Hello and welcome to our podcast. We’re your host and I’m Amy. GHASSAN: I am Ghassan. Today we’re going to talk about the movie Rouge. Rouge is a romantic film released in Hong Kong in 1988. The film is based on a novel written by the author Li Bihua. AMY: First, let me briefly introduce the author. Li Bihua was born and raised in Hong Kong. She grew up living in old buildings with tall roofs and wooden stairs and heard many old personal struggles. This environment provided her with materials and inspiration for her creation. Would you

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