Things get out of hand and Ling Xi digs himself into a big hole when the two move in together against everyone's wishes and the whole affair leads him to turn to a life of crime.
Ling Xi is a fairly obnoxious character to be honest and I'm sure there is some cultural nuance I'm missing with regards to the fact that he is portrayed as some sort of rebel against the older generation when really he's just a kid with violent tendencies who has a thing for an underage girl. On the plus side, there are some great locations starting with the Ling family home.
Customs Pass used to contain a great many fantastic old 50's era mansions that, by and large, have disappeared. Afew are still around but most have since had their large plots redeveloped into small gated estates. One of these was a circular house called "Cairnmount" located at #2 Fei Wan Road - although the official address seems to be "1979 off Fei Ngo Shan Road".
In the film, this is where Ling Xi (Chiang) lives with his family and spends all day tinkering with his car in the garage.
I'm not sure when the property was demolished but the development standing on the site today, a small luxury townhouse estate called Ming Wah Yuen (明華園), was completed in 1990. It looks like it's possible the property was still there up until the work started for the new development (as opposed to being demolished and having the site left empty for years) and so perhaps demolished circa 1988/89?
This 1963 aerial image below doesn't include the swimming pool that can be seen in the screen shots. It was built later in the lower right hand side of the garden area.
In the film, this is where Ling Xi (Chiang) lives with his family and spends all day tinkering with his car in the garage.
I'm not sure when the property was demolished but the development standing on the site today, a small luxury townhouse estate called Ming Wah Yuen (明華園), was completed in 1990. It looks like it's possible the property was still there up until the work started for the new development (as opposed to being demolished and having the site left empty for years) and so perhaps demolished circa 1988/89?
This 1963 aerial image below doesn't include the swimming pool that can be seen in the screen shots. It was built later in the lower right hand side of the garden area.
2 comments:
Blimey! This is one of the houses I most wanted to see if it had ever appeared on film and here it is. Thanks, Phil. I also really want to win the lotto, so can you help?
The second-storey of the house seen in the screencaps somewhat resemble the six upper houses of Villa Cecil Phase 1 in Pokfulam, although those were built much later in 1977. The last aerial photo that Craigmount remained visible was June 1988. What a shame that most of these interesting Fei Ngo Shan houses had to be knocked down.
I knew you would like this one. There are more views in the film, so go and watch it for more angles. Honestly, I love quirky houses with a bit of style, so this looked like it was a real architectural gem.
It's so funny that we were chatting about it and then up it pops.
Unfortunately I can't help with the lotto, been trying for years myself and never won more than a few dollars haha.
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