Sunday, December 10, 2023

Desperate Mission - Germán Cobos (1965) - Junction of Carnarvon Road and Prat Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui

Had I paid more attention to these shots below I might have realised a bit earlier that the hotel featured in the film was the Grand Hotel. These shots occur as Z55 leaves the hotel. This is actually a very popular view looking down towards Prat Avenue and Hart Avenue from the junction with Carnarvon Road i.e. looking from directly outside the Grand Hotel. You can see an almost exact repeat of this very same angle over on Gwulo.com. The only discernable change from that 1964 image is the change of business opposite from "Emba Mink House" to something called "Hazel".

Anyway, Agent Z55 sets off after Su Ling (Yôko Tani) and heads off towards Prat Avenue. Relish the relative emptiness (of people and traffic) of these screen shots because this junction is as busy as Piccadilly Circus these days - masses of people and illegally parked trucks and cars blocking the view.

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