Thursday, June 30, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Hillwood Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Lobster Bay Kite Flying Site, Clearwater Bay
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Hong Garden, Ho Man Tin
Monday, June 27, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Energy Plaza, Tsim Sha Tsui
Sunday, June 26, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Yuen Long Industrial Estate, Yuen Long
There are a few old buildings like this in Hong Kong (Jessville for example, but there used to be many more), but this one looks suspiciously like the Yu Yuen mansion in Yuen Long. Low-and-behold, in the background are some industrial buildings that (some) still stand along Wang Yip Street West in Yuen Long. This means it is Yu Yuen and the location where the bike track is located is the Yuen Long Industrial Estate - before it was constructed. It looks like the bikes were doing a circuit of Wang Lee and Wang Lok Streets because they did exist in 1989, even though the estate buildings had yet to be constructed.
Yu Yuen is still standing as far as I know, but how long it will be there is anyone's guess. Most of these old grand mansions in the New Territories have long since been redeveloped.
Saturday, June 25, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Lam Tei Quarry, Tuen Mun
Ah Long's day job is as a labourer at the local quarry, in this case at Lam Tei in the hills above Tuen Mun. When I first posted these screencaps many years ago, I hadmistakenly assumed it wasAnderson Road Quarry, but the peaked hill and mast in the background shows me it is Lam Tei. Correction made.
Friday, June 24, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Yau Yat Chuen School, Yau Yat Chuen
Thursday, June 23, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Water Street, Sai Ying Pun
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Bonham Road, Sai Ying Pun
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
All About Ah Long - Chow Yun Fat (1989) - Li Chit Street, Wanchai
The movie is about a former criminal, Ah Long (Chow) and his ex-girlfriend Porpor (Sylvia Chang) and their son Porky. It was shot in both Hong Kong and Macau, and for some streange reason that I can't fathom out, also includes a very brief moment that was actually filmed in Singapore. I can only summise that perhaps there was some tax break afforded for the shoot there because the location is still supposed to be in Hong Kong. It's a weird one, but I will include it even though I generally tend to ignore anything outside of HK/Macau (there have been exceptions). Anyway, there's also some later scenes for bike fans shot at the Macau GP (I assume 1988?).
First up is Ah Long's apartment in Li Chit Street in Wanchai. The buildings along here were recognisable due to the curved shape of the balconies but they were all knocked down in the early 90s to make way for a new development (Li Chit Garden) that actually straddles where the road used to be located and essentially pedestrianised the old road space. In a sort of weird and poorly informed nod to these old Chinese tenements, the Govt constructed some weird fake building facades to remind everyone of what they just demolished.
Monday, June 20, 2022
Kimberley Road Steps - Now and Then
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Signal Hill/Blackhead Point - Now and Then
As you can see below, the pavilion is still there but the red tiles have been removed from the columns (I think that's a recent thing because I'm sure they were still there when I was last here a few years ago) and the balustrade finials have also been removed and just replaced with a pyramid style point.
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Pedicab Driver - Sammo Hung (1989) - Jardim de Lou Lim Ioc, Macau
Friday, June 17, 2022
Pedicab Driver - Sammo Hung (1989) - Largo Eduardo Marques, Coloane
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Pedicab Driver - Sammo Hung (1989) - Concrete Pier, Coloane
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Pedicab Driver - Sammo Hung (1989) - Jardim de Luís de Camões, Macau
The next location we arrive at is Jardim de Luís de Camões. I know for sure most people reading this will know that this is the location for the famous "No Dogs or Chinese" scene from Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury. The difference here is that in Pedicab Driver we are seeing those famous park gates from the inside rather than the outside.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Pedicab Driver - Sammo Hung (1989) - Rua do Guimarães, Macau
Monday, June 13, 2022
Pedicab Driver - Sammo Hung (1989) - Jardim do Carmo, Taipa
Sammo's amazing leap from the church terrace lands him right back in Taipa. It must be a world record jump because the pedicab touches down on the pathway next to the Jardim do Carmo with Rua do Supico right in front. Actually, one of the things that makes some of the more difficult to find locations in this chase scene is that Sammo appears to have filmed everywhere - so I haven't been able to narrow down some of the more obscure places.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Pedicab Driver - Sammo Hung (1989) - St Paul's Facade, Macau
Saturday, June 11, 2022
Pedicab Driver - Sammo Hung (1989) - Rua do Supico, Taipa
The section of the wall we can see here is actually on Rua do Supico which intersects with Rua da Restauração at the bottom of the slope.