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[Fieldwork Podcast]: Fallen Angels (1995)

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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

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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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[Field Report] Rouge(1987)

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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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[Field Report] The Mission(1999)

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  Introduction   A: Hello, everyone; today we will introduce the movie The Mission (1999), which was known as one of the best action movies in Hong Kong movie history, directed by Johnnie To. And we will focus on one specific architecture –– the Lok Hau Fook Restaurant.   B: The film told about five highly-skilled gunmen being recruited as bodyguards to protect an underground triad boss from mysterious killers. Throughout the mission, a sense of brotherhood has grown between them. However, the leader of the team, Curtis, was demanded by the boss to execute the youngest of the five.

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[Fieldwork Podcast] Love in a Puff(2010)

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  Synopsis: Love in the Buff is a Hong Kong romance film directed by Pang Ho-cheung, written by Pang Ho-Cheung and Bird Yin, starring Miriam Yeung and Shawn Yue. The publication date was March 25, 2010. The narrative of Cheung Chi-ming (Shawn Yue) and Yu Chun-jiao (Miriam Yeung), two smokers who fall in love in a back alley while Hong Kong is a smoke-free city, is followed in the movie.   Script: Fang Tianran: This video is to describe a classic scene in the movie ‘Love in a Puff’, which is also the only place in Hong Kong named after a

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[Field Report] Architecture in Infernal Affairs (2002)

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Link to podcast here in case the playlist doesn’t work: https://youtu.be/sPnRqmZ_QUU P: Patrick J: Justin P: Infernal Affairs is a Hong Kong crime thriller film released in 2002, directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. The film’s architecture and setting play a significant role in shaping the atmosphere and overall impact of the movie. The film’s story revolves around a mole in the police department (Lau Kin Ming) and an undercover cop (Chan Wing Yan). J: The first location we’d like to talk about is set in Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po. In this scene, the two protagonists first come

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[Field Report] Aberdeen

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Z: Welcome to our podcast, today we are going to talk about architecture in a recent film called Aberdeen. It was directed by Pang Ho-cheung, who has been known for good at discover absurd in mundane reality of everyday life. Eric, Can you tell us more about this storyline of the film? C: Yes, this film mainly talks a typical Hong Kong family which has misunderstanding between different family members at the beginning. There are three different storylines related to three small families: Wai Ching and Kin Cheung; Cici and Wai Tao as well as Dong and Ta each have

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[Fieldwork Podcast]: The Way We Are

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  Cultural background of “The Way We Are” and Tin Shui Wai  Izzy: “The Way We Are” is a movie directed by Ann Hui that explores the lives of a single mother and her son living in Tin Shui Wai, a public housing estate in Hong Kong. The film portrays the struggles and challenges faced by the working-class residents of the estate, highlighting issues such as poverty, isolation, and the lack of social support. The movie’s setting in Tin Shui Wai is significant, as it is an area known for its high poverty rate and social problems. Through its portrayal

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[Field Report] Chungking Express

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Ashlyn: Good morning everyone, welcome to our podcast on architecture and film, we are your host today, I am Ashlyn and I am Nerissa. Today we are going to talk about Chungking express and its relation to architecture. Ashlyn: Directed by Wong Kar Wai and released in 1994, Chungking Express is a movie divided into two halves. The first half revolves around the aftermath of cop 223’s recent breakup. His story begins in Chungking mansion as he made his way through the crowd during his police chase in which he bumped into a woman in a blonde wig as she

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Group Fieldwork Report by Jaden and Melody

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Script:  Anita (2021) is a film based on the journey of Anita Mui, one of Hong Kong’s most influential music figures and “Daughter of Hong Kong”. We are first introduced to Anita and her sister who were child performers and eventually became successful in the music industry through winning a singing contest in 1982 and being recognised by Superstardom, and also being lifelong friends with Lesie Cheung. However after a tragic relationship with a Japanese singer, Anita moves to Thailand after a confrontation with a gangster. Her hiatus and exile in Thailand placed Anita in her most vulnerable state and

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