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Hi,Mom

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The film I wanted to talk about is a Chinese movie called Hi, Mom, directed by a director in Mainland China named Jia Ling. This movie is based on the sketch of the same name in 2016 and Jia Ling’s personal experience, the film tells the story of Jia Xiaoling, a girl who has just been admitted to college, who experienced a big rise and fall behind in her life, and then accidentally crossed back to the year 1981 and met her mother, who worked in a chemical plant 20 years ago. This film shows us the social life in this

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[FIELDWORK]Young and Dangerous, Wan Chai

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Young and Dangerous， DIR. Andrew Lau（1996）   The plot of the story is that Andy Chan was rescued by Bee when he was bullied by Kwan as a child, and then Andy Chan followed Bee. Ten years later, Andy Chan became Bee’s right-hand man. Andy Chan had a deeper feud with Kwan, and then was calculated by Kwan to cause the death of a friend and broke up with a friend who later went to Taiwan. Andy Chan was then scalded in accordance with Hong Hing(洪興社)’s rules and then kicked out of Hong Hing(洪興社) to run a bar in Saigon

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[FIELDWORK] ROUGE, YI HUNG BROTHEL

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ROUGE, DIR. STANLEY KWAN (1988)            Yi Hung Brothel, Shek Tong Tsui, Hong Kong Stanley Kwan’s ‘Rouge’ (1988) is set in 1930s Shek Tong Tsui, a prevalent red light district at the time. The Yi Hung brothel is the centerpiece. 1 It follows the unrequited love story of a sex worker, Fleur, and a wealthy master, Chan Cheung-Pang. Chan’s family does not approve of their relationship so they commit suicide together to be reunited in the afterlife. However, when Fleur does not meet Chan in the afterlife, she returns to a modern 1987 Shek Tong Tsui

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[FIELDWORK] A MOMENT OF ROMANCE, ST. MARGARET’s CHURCH

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A Moment of Romance, Chen Musheng (1990) St. Margaret‘s Church,Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong The film is about a love story between a young gangster and a rich young lady, Jojo. Two people get to know each other accidentally because of a robbery and kidnapping case, two people gradually fall in love with each other later, but Hua Tsai has his friendship fetters in the underworld, jojo also has a better life that belongs to him. The two eloped on the night of their departure, confirming their love for each other, but unfortunately Howie chose to avenge his death, leaving Jojo

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[FIELDWORK] GODZILLA VS. KONG (2021, Adan Wingard), VICTORIA HARBOUR/HONG KONG ISLAND/TSIM SHA TSUI

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[FIELDWORK] GODZILLA VS. KONG (2021, Adan Wingard), VICTORIA HARBOUR/HONG KONG ISLAND/TSIM SHA TSUI Guo Jingyang, 3035853975 This field report will be focusing on the film Godzilla Vs. Kong. This is a 2021 American film directed by Adam Wingard. The film is briefly about the two protagonists of this film; Godzilla and King Kong. The two forces are fighting each other in this film due to conflicts that dates back to their ancestors, as well as to see who is the true Alpha hero. In one of the fight scenes, the two protagonists were fighting in Hong Kong Victoria Harbour, Hong

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[FIELDWORK] Veteran, The City in Movie

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  The movie Veteran deals with the police catching rich people who commit corruption and evil. In this movie, various architectural elements were used to maximize these contents and to help the audience sympathize more.  These architectural elements also have the same effect as how we normally see and feel buildings. This element that appeared in the movie is the city as the background. At the beginning of the play, the rich describe their lives. At the same time, it illuminates the surroundings of the building they live in, which is a city consisting of various high-rise buildings and shopping

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Field Report: Chung King Express, Chung King Mansions

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Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express explores the confinement and loneliness felt living within Hong Kong’s urban space, but coincidentally shows how the confined space between characters can offer affection amidst the isolation. While the film can be seen as a romance film, distinctively none of the main characters get together romantically. Despite characters constantly being in close proximity to each other, they still yearn for a romance amongst their loneliness within this urban landscape. Taking place within the Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui, the film also highlights the racial diversity within Chungking Mansions and its cosmopolitan nature.  Wong throughout the

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[FIELDWORK] CHUNGKING EXPRESS, Chungking Mansions

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CHUNGKING EXPRESS, DIR. WONG KAR-WAI (1994) CHUNGKING MANSIONS, YAU TSIM MONG DISTRICT, HONG KONG   The most intimate still between the Blondie and Qiwu. Scene from Jet Tone Production’s Chungking Express 1994, directed by Wong Kar-Wai.   Chungking Express¹ is telling two love stories without tangible connections among them. It was set in 1990s Hong Kong, which is overcrowded and fast-changing. Every day there were lots of people passing by each other, like the four main characters of the film. The two pairs of protagonists became either couple or remained as strangers, after the passing. The movie was entitled from

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[FIELDWORK] GHOST IN THE SHELL, Streets of Kowloon

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[FIELDWORK] GHOST IN THE SHELL Mamoru Oshii 1995 Streets of Kowloon, Hong Kong Mamoru Oshii portrays a futuristic city in the 1995 action cyberpunk film – Ghost in the Shell: merging elements of 1990s Hong Kong and Japan. In 2029, technology advanced to a point that allows for cybernetic enhancement and augmentation. The titular character – Major Motoko Kusanagi is a cyborg employed by the security department Section 9. Kusanagi explores her existential reality of being a cyborg and contemplates on how she transcended her own humanity. Section 9 is portrayed amongst multiple high-rise buildings and skyscrapers inspired by Tokyo

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[Field Report] MAD WORLD, STAIRS INSIDE TONG LAU

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MAD WORLD, DIR. WONG CHUN (2016) Stairs Inside Tong Lau, Cheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong Dong’s father is climbing up the stairs and that hurts his back. Scene from Mad World, 2016, directed by Wong Chun. Released in September 2016, Mad World reveals the actual living condition of those underprivileged in Hong Kong and shows the lack of support for them, including the patients with emotional illnesses and low-income groups. The storyline focuses on the life of a bipolar victim, Dong, who has chosen to live with his father in a subdivided flat in a traditional Tong Lau after being

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