STILL HUMAN, DIR. CHAN SIU KUEN (2018)            OI MAN ESTATE, Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong The film ‘Still Human’1 tells a story about how the two protagonists overcoming their plights in Oi Man Estate. Leung Cheong-wing was once a construction worker, but he is paralyzed because of an accident. Due to his disability, his family fragmented. He blames himself and feels hopeless about his future. Evelyn applies to be Cheong-wing’s domestic worker because she wants to escape from the troubles in finance and marriage. It is touching that with the support from one another, Evelyn becomes a

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Chungking Express, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong  Wong Kar Wai (1994） “Every day we would get lots of chances to walk past many people, even though we may have no chance to talk or get to know them, but they might be your friends at the end.” said “police 223” in Chungking Express (acted by Gam Sing Mou) In the movie, two separate and similar love stories are linked by the same place——— the Chungking Mansion. The two stories were “police 223” and “police 663” have broken up with their girlfriends and fell in love with a female killer and

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ELECTION 2, Johnnie To (2006)           Funeral service street, Hong Hum, Hong Kong The section chief orders Jimmy to become Wo Shing’s chairman permanently, establishing the society as a family enterprise. Jimmy buries the Dragon Head baton with the ex-chairman. ELECTION 2, Johnnie To (2006)     Election 2 is a crime film directed by Johnnie To in 2006. As a sequel to Election, the story continues with the event of Lok (the main character) becoming the chairperson of a triad. The film begins with the new election of the triad chairperson where Lok wants to keep his title. While

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GHOST IN THE SHELL, DIR. RUPERT SANDERS (2017)            Montane Mansion, Eastern District, Hong Kong   Ghost in the Shell is a cyberpunk film released in 2017.[1] It follows the main character Matoko Kusanagi, who explores her identity through navigating the futuristic yet dystopian New Port City. Heavily inspired by the urban environment of Hong Kong, the film combines colonial architecture with international modernist style buildings, featuring high-rise post-war style buildings where the rich and powerful live, along with the run-down and traditional buildings, chock full of billboards and futuristic holograms. For a film that is

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Word file of my field report in the correct format [ FIELDWORK] A BETTER TOMORROW， DIR. John Woo (1986) Merit Industrial Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong The film A Better Tomorrow was released in 1986.[1] The film tells a story about a revenge story of two gangsters Sung Tse-Ho, Mark Lee and a policeman Sung Tse-Kit who was a younger brother of Sung Tse-Ho and hated him for their father’s death, showing the friendship and brotherhood. This story mainly took place in Hong Kong. The taxi company was the place Sung Tse- Ho worked in after he went out of prison

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LUOHU PORT, LUO HU DISTRICT, SHEN ZHEN The Crossing is about a 16-year-old girl called Liu Zipei, who studies in Hong Kong but live in Shen Zhen. Two cities, two lives, two identities. She is a secondary student during the day, but in the evening, she becomes a parallel trader. The film delves into the dilemma that the protagonist faced and sheds light on the parallel trading issue, tighten the conflicts of identity in a dramatic way. The only legal way to travel between two cities is to pass the port. It is an indispensable part of the protagonist’s life. It

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