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[FIELDWORK] Aces Go Places (1982), Nam Kok Road

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Aces Go Places, DIR. Eric Tsang(1982) Nam Kok Road, Kowloon City District, HK This is where the robbers went after the robbery. Albert Au assisted “賀東施” to arrest the robbers and this is where they met for the first time. Aces Go Places is a 1982 Hong Kong action movie directed by Eric Tsang. King Kong (acted by Samuel “Sam” Hui Koon-kit) is a skillful burglar. He stole a diamond and gave it to his friend to hide it in a place nobody knows. However, his friend died and left a hint to King Kong where the diamond is. In

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[FIELDWORK] C’EST LA VIE, MON CHÉRI, YAU MAA TEI

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C’EST LA VIE, MON CHÉRI, DIR. Derek Yee Tung Sing (1993) YAU MAA TEI, Yau Tsim Mong District, HK This is the first time Min and Kit stand face to face, in front of their tenement in Yau Maa Tei and with the background of the space of everyday life on the Temple Street. Scenes from C’est la vie, mon chéri (1993), directed by Derek Yee. C’est la vie, mon chéri is a 1994 Hong Kong romance movie directed by Derek Yee.1 In the movie, Kit (acted by Lau Ching-wan) is an unrecognised jazz talent who finds his life struggling

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[FIELDWORK] CHICKEN AND DUCK TALK (1988), Yan Hing Street

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CHICKEN AND DUCK TALK, DIR. MICHAEL HUI (1988)            Yan Hing Street, Tai Po, Hong Kong Michael Hui talks to his former staff in Danny’s Chicken cosplay outfit in Yan Hing Street. Scenes from Chicken and Duck Talk, 1988, directed by Michael Hui.          Chicken and Duck Talk took place at Yan Hing Street, with the Hui Lo Gei roast duck and Danny’s chicken restaurant on the opposite sides. The film portrayed Yan Hing street as a crowded and noisy place, the pedestrian road was filled with neighborhood and students, serving as a foundation

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THE ROMANCING STAR, WONG JING

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(1987) La Salle, Oxford, and Durham Road, Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. The romantic comedy film The Romancing Star was released in 1987 by director Wong Jing, and starred actors such as Chow Yun Fat (Fred), Eric Tsang (Ugly), Natalis Chan (Traffic Light), and Maggie Cheung. In the beginning of the film, we are quickly introduced to our male characters (I will call them the boys from now on). Fred and Traffic Light, who are driving in a yellow beetle, pick up Ugly, who is waiting near a bus stop for them to pick him up. Ugly tries to court a young woman next

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[Field Report] Transformer’s Direction on Place and Space

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Transformer: Age of Extinction is released as the fourth movie in the Transformer series in June 2014. The film mainly tells the story that the CIA, the American National Security organization, corporates with alien Autobot, who receive the command from Creators to catch Optimus Prime, starts the hunting of Transformers. The main conflict is the seed, the bomb, which could wipe all the creatures and build Transformers’ drone, and a series of exciting and breathtaking bomb scrambling actions take place in the film. Most of these scenes are shot in Hong Kong, mainly include those street battles and city chasing

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