Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Something Good - Luca Barbareschi (2013) - Aerial Views over Kowloon

Some more establishing shots from the opening title sequence as Matteo (Luca Barbareschi) arrives by helicopter. In the first image he is looking out of his window down onto the west side of TST with the Ocean Centre and all the other waterfront buildings in view. The second image shows the helicopter landing on top of the Peninsula rooftop landing pad. The "Canon" sign in the foreground was an old rotating advert that used to sit on top of what was then called Oterprise Square but now goes with the more humble name of 26 Nathan Road. It was also captured in a brief shot from a similar scene in Batman: The Dark Knight (second image down in the link).


Coincidentally., the film's co-star, Michael Wong, does a VIP heli trip from the same place, so I have no doubts that he may have been quite influential in getting the use of the area for filming.

The next image below shows the view looking northwest from what I believe to be 8A Hart Road. My suspicion is that someone from the film was staying in Hotel Panorama - which occupies this building - and stuck a camera out of their room window to capture this rather spectacular shot of the ICC in the distance. That's "The Masterpiece" on the left side of the image. The final image Kowloon-side below is the view looking north east up the East TST waterfront. You can just see the Coliseum (a famous canto-pop venue) underneath the red title graphics with Kowloon Peak shrouded in a cloud inversion in the distance (happens a lot in HK).

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