영화 정보
Hollywood, Hong Kong
6th(2001) A Window on Asian Cinema
Crime/Violence · Social Criticism · Irony
- CountryHong Kong
- Production Year2001
- Running Time108min
- Format 35mm
- ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Hong Kong is a city of strange mixtures; the past and the present, of East and West. To Fruit Chan, this duality of the city never fails to bring out an artistic inspiration. Hollywood Hong Kong too, is about the city′s duality--and the changes after its return to the Mainland. "Hollywood" is the name of a building erected in the middle of a shantytown, and it symbolizes American culture. However, all that the people at the shantytown can do is to dream of a better future. An obese man who runs a Barbecue Pork Shop, his two equally fat sons, and a young gangster meet a sensual
prostitute from the Mainland named Tong Tong and become infatuated. After the four of them sleep with her, horrible incidents follow. It seems that Chan remains uneasy over Hong Kong′s return to the Mainland. As he claims in a recent interview, he wants to explore the effect the handover had on Hong Kong. This film is part of this exploration, using a prostitute as a metaphor. The young gangster and a man with the same name search for their hands, cut off by thugs working with Tong Tong. The two men eventually find the hands, but they are mixed up, and the two must live with only one hand. Such scenes and metaphors show that the director retains his wonderful sense of satire. (Kim Ji-Seok)
Director
Fruit CHAN
Fruit Chan is from Hong Kong. In 1997 [Made in Hong Kong] won Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards. His films have been shown at many international film festivals.
Photo
Credit
- Director Fruit CHAN 프룻 챈
- Producer Chrisine Ravet, Doris Yang, Kei Haruna, Sylvain Bursztejn, Fruit Chan
- Cast Zhou Xun, Glen Chin, Wong You-Nam, Ho Sai-Man
- Screenplay Fruit Chan
- Cinematography O Sing-Pui
- Production Design Oliver Wong
- Editor Tin Sam-Fat
- Music Lam Wah-Chuen, Chu Hing-Cheung
- Production Company
Nicetop Independent Ltd
1st Fl. 190, Prince Edward Rd.Kowloon, Hong Kong
- World Sales
Golden Network Asia Ltd
Unit 1803A, nanyang Plaza, 57 Hung To Road Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
goldnet@netvigator.com