Sunday, May 26, 2024

We're Going to Eat You - Norman Chui (1980) - Lo Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau

The location of the village slaughterhouse, where all the victims are taken to be chopped up, is one of the walled villages along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail. Lo Wai has some rather identifiable steps up to its main gate and although Tsui has framed the footage to prevent the gatehouse from being seen, it's obvious where we are. The front gate is the only thing we ever see though and I wonder if the reason is because even back in 1980, the villagers didn't want strangers to'ing and fro'ing through their habitat. The whole area was given some renovation a while back so its interesting to see what the area looked like before the heritage trail was inaugurated.

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