Friday, June 8, 2012

Miracles - Jackie Chan (1989) - Largo Do Carmo, Taipa

One of the first set pieces of this film starts with JC seated in a quiet square where he first meets the flower seller and his run of luck starts. The end of the scene ends with a gangsters car crashing nearby and he inadvertently gets promoted to lead the crime gang thanks to a unfortunate misunderstanding.

Well, the square we first see JC in is the very same square - in front of the Carmel Church in Taipa - that was used for part of the bike chase from Project A. The scene starts with a glimpse from the church bell tower.


Here is JC sitting in the square under a wooden gazebo. The gazebo was a prop (which then got smashed by the car) but the building behind wasn't and still sits in the same place looking very much like the old colonial building it was meant to be (and was, just Portuguese Colonial instead of British).


And here is our first glimpse of the happy-go-lucky flower lady (Lady Rose) standing in front of the colonnaded library (there is currently a replica there, but I have no idea when it was erected and whether or not this is the replica or original seen on film).

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