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[FIELDWORK] PARASITE, Alley in front of Kim’s semi-basement apartment

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PARASITE, DIR. BONG JOON-HO (2019)            Alley in front of Kim’s semi-basement apartment, Ahyeon-Dong, South Korea Windows of Kim family’s semi-basement apartment, barely above the ground. A scene from Parasite 2019, directed by Bong Joon-ho. Parasite, a black comedy thriller, was directed by Bong Joon-ho and released in 20191. This film focuses on the issue of human greed and class divisions by showing the symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim family2. The film starts with the semi-basement apartment of the Kim family, where their windows are barely above the ground and can only get Wi-Fi

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[FIELDWORK] Chungking Express, Central-Mid-Levels-Escalator

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CHUNGKING EXPRESS, Kar-Wai Wong (1994) Central-Mid-Levels-Escalator, Central, Hong Kong The movie, Chungking Express (1994), was directed and written by Kar-Wai Wong. This report focuses on the second part of the film about a love story between a policeman, Tony Leung, his ex-girlfriend, Valerie Chow, and a snack bar worker, Faye Wong. This movie became iconic with the Mid-Levels-Escalator in Central, Hong Kong, as its filming location. This 800-meter escalator transports numerous people daily, therefore, is a representation of modern and local Hong Kong, including romance which is the main theme of the movie. The escalator scene is first where Chow

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[FIELDWORK] THE WAY WE ARE, TIN SHUI WAI

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THE WAY WE ARE, DIR. Ann Hui (2008) Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong This is Tin Yiu Estate, where the main characters live and where the film mainly based on. Comparison between real life and scenes from The Way We Are (2008), directed by Ann Hui. The Way We Are, released on 27 March 2008, is one of Ann Hui’s most renowned films. This film is about the daily life of a single parent family, which includes the mother Gui and the son On, and their relationship with a neighbour Leung. Gui need to raise her son alone,

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[Field Report] Mangrove Forest in Crimes of Passion

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The film Crimes of Passion (一场风花雪月的事) tells the story of an unworldly and selfish policewoman, Lü Yueyue, falls in love with a humorous mafia Kim JongHee and flees with him, betraying her honest boyfriend, policeman Xue Yu. However, after a series of mental struggle, Lü Yueyue finally decides to betray Kim JongHee and caught him to police. The clip I choose is the last long conversation between Lü Yueyue and her boyfriend Xue Yu before she flees. During the conversation, Lü found out that his boyfriend was aware of his feelings for Kim JongHee and wanted to exonerate herself. However,

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[FIELDWORK] CITY OF GLASS, LADY HO TUNG HALL

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CITY OF GLASS, DIR. MABLE CHEUNG (1998)            Lady Ho Tung Hall, Central and Western District, Hong Kong After the reunion dinner, hallmates are chatting outside the main entrance of Lady Ho Tung Hall City of Glass was published by Company Golden Harvest in 1998. The reconstruction of Lady Ho Tung Hall is the main reason that Dir. Mabel Cheung decides to film this movie since the old building contains all her memory of college life. The story happens under the background of the 1997 turnover, the time when Hong Kong citizens were feeling uncertain and hazy

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[FIELDWORK]TRANSFORMER: AGE OF EXTINCTION, MONSTER BUILDING

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TRANSFORMER: AGE OF EXTINCTION, DIR MICHAEL BAY(2014) Monster Building, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong     Transformer is a well-known movie around the world, and it has a few episodes of the movie. The main idea of the movie is that there are two factions, the Autobots and the evil Decepticons. They come to earth from other planets and they want to get a cubic with ultimate power which is held by a teenager call Sam Witwicky. In the fourth movie of Transformer- Transformer: Age of Extinction, there are some fighting scenes in the movie which is setting in Hong Kong.

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[FIELDWORK] Chungking Express, Graham Street Market

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The movie revolves around 2 different romantic stories, each involving a cop. The 2 stories are told separately without any interconnection. In the first story, a policeman, who had recently broken up with his girlfriend in April waits for at least a month before finding love again. On May 1, he finds a woman in a blonde wig, who had been on a run due to messing up a drug smuggling. They both end up in a hotel room but she leaves him the next morning alone. The second story begins with Faye, a new girl at a snack bar

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[FIELD REPORT] GONE WITH THE LIGHT, Yichang (Hubei, China)

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GONE WITH THE LIGHT Runnian Dong, 2019.12.13 Yichang (Hubei, China)  This is a science fiction film which is talked about love. It said that a mysterious light beam shines on a city, and a strange phenomenon happened—- some people disappeared for no reason. Finally, scientists find that these people who disappeared because they are in true love, and the people who do not disappear may have some problems with their affection. As a result, “survivors” try to find the reasons due to problematic relationships. Yiling Yangtze River Bridge is the 11th bridge of Yangtze River in Hubei province, it is 3246m and

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[FIELDWORK] THE WAY WE DANCE, ON WO LANE

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THE WAY WE DANCE; Adam Wong Sau Ping, 2013 On Wo Lane, Central, Hong Kong  Dancing is all about passion, youth and dream. It is something magical to Fa, a gifted wannabe street dancer who gave up her family business to join the university dance team. Through battling and competing, Fa and her teammates went through conflicts and reunification and eventually discovered their unique choreography style by blending Tai Chi into street dance. At On Wo Lane in Central, a nostalgic back alley where she encountered Tai Chi enthusiast Alan and dancing rival Stormy, she found her love and discovered

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[Field Report] The Dark Knight (2008), IFC

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                  Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy is considered one of the best Batman movie series of all time. In the second movie of this trilogy, The Dark Knight, part of the scenes were shot in Central, Hong Kong.              As shown in the above photos, Batman went up to the top of Two IFC, one of the most iconic skyscrapers in Hong Kong and the tallest building, and jumped off, then spinning and flying above Central for a while before breaking into the windows of an office

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