Hong Kong's dramatic harbour setting and skyline was made for the movies. From Suzie Wong to James Bond, the Guardian's film editor, Andrew Pulver, chooses his Hk top 10
• As featured in our Hong Kong city guide
The Dark Knight, 2008
As a land of shiny steel and glass, Hong Kong has recently become catnip for Hollywood productions looking for an extra dimension to their power buildings. In 2008, the Batman film The Dark Knight came to Hk to film a scene in which the caped crusader captures mob accountant Lau. The building in question is Two International Financial Centre, over 400m tall and at the time the tallest in the city (it has since been overtaken by the International Commerce Centre in Kowloon).
• Two International Financial Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central
Enter the Dragon, 1973
Hong Kong's greatest cinematic son is, of course, Bruce Lee (even if he was born in San Francisco). His filmography is short and sweet,...
• As featured in our Hong Kong city guide
The Dark Knight, 2008
As a land of shiny steel and glass, Hong Kong has recently become catnip for Hollywood productions looking for an extra dimension to their power buildings. In 2008, the Batman film The Dark Knight came to Hk to film a scene in which the caped crusader captures mob accountant Lau. The building in question is Two International Financial Centre, over 400m tall and at the time the tallest in the city (it has since been overtaken by the International Commerce Centre in Kowloon).
• Two International Financial Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central
Enter the Dragon, 1973
Hong Kong's greatest cinematic son is, of course, Bruce Lee (even if he was born in San Francisco). His filmography is short and sweet,...
- 7/4/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Focus Features A scene from “Jane Eyre.”
Cary Joji Fukunaga captured the attention of the film world in 2009 with his first feature, “Sin Nombre,” a gritty drama about Central American immigrants who risk their lives aboard freight trains that run through Mexico to the U.S. border. The Focus Features film was a hit at Sundance that year, and helped launch the 33-year-old director’s career. For his sophomore effort, Fukunaga is turning heads again with an unexpected follow-up: a...
Cary Joji Fukunaga captured the attention of the film world in 2009 with his first feature, “Sin Nombre,” a gritty drama about Central American immigrants who risk their lives aboard freight trains that run through Mexico to the U.S. border. The Focus Features film was a hit at Sundance that year, and helped launch the 33-year-old director’s career. For his sophomore effort, Fukunaga is turning heads again with an unexpected follow-up: a...
- 3/10/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Surrounded by flickering candles and scorching flames, the characters in Cary Fukanaga‘s Jane Eyre tell little and show much from start to finish, officially announcing the young filmmaker as a force to be reckoned with, as well as reconfirming the screen presence of both Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender, who star as the titular Jane and the Byronic Edward Rochester, respectively.
The film opens on a tilted frame, Jane running into a never-ending plain, frightened and crying. She falls into the fetal position. Suddenly, with a splice, she’s half the age she just was and spunkier than any of the other young girls around her. Fukanaga never crowds his frame with “so many years later” or anything of the sort. He trusts his audience enough to follow the story being told. Amelia Clarkson captivates as the young heroine, who’s taught viciously by her ruthless aunt (the smartly...
The film opens on a tilted frame, Jane running into a never-ending plain, frightened and crying. She falls into the fetal position. Suddenly, with a splice, she’s half the age she just was and spunkier than any of the other young girls around her. Fukanaga never crowds his frame with “so many years later” or anything of the sort. He trusts his audience enough to follow the story being told. Amelia Clarkson captivates as the young heroine, who’s taught viciously by her ruthless aunt (the smartly...
- 3/9/2011
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
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