Showing posts with label Braemar Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Braemar Hill. Show all posts
Friday, July 21, 2017
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon - Sonny Chiba (1977) - Braemar Hill, North Point
A long shot of some high-rises was taken from Kowloon-side looking over towards the area of North Point and Braemar Hill. The most prominent buildings are perhaps the white collection of high-rises centre and right. These are up on Cloud View Road: Broadview Terrace (centre) and Evelyn Towers (to the right). You can still see Evelyn Towers but Broadview Terrace is now largely obscured by an even taller development that has been built in front. It's a common occurrence in Hong Kong...Caveat Emptor
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Chinese Box - Jeremy Irons (1997) - Pak Fuk Road, North Point
In the scene when Irons and his buddy ride the latter's bike up to the Peak, we catch a brief glance of what we are led to believe is the route up there but is in fact located quite a significant distance away on Braemar Hill in North Point.
The building at the end of the road in the lower picture is Ho King View and on the left is a partial view of Pacific Palisades.
The scene starts with a view over Bedford Gardens before panning right as the motorcycle passes by up to the junction with Tin Hau Temple Road.
Bedford Gardens seen from Pak Fuk Rd
The building at the end of the road in the lower picture is Ho King View and on the left is a partial view of Pacific Palisades.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The Private Eyes - Hui Bros (1976) - Tin Hau Temple Road, Hong Kong
Credit again to Arthur for locating this similar road scene, not too far away from the previous Braemar Hill Road locale seen in the last post. This time we move down the slope a bit to where Braemar Hill Road intersects with Tin Hau Temple Road.
In the screen caps above, the Porsche is turning right to continue along Tin Hau Temple Road. The road leading from the left is the bottom end of Braemar Hill Road. As mentioned by Arthur in his comment to me when he identified the location, the buildings on the opposite side of the road is still around. They are Ho King View and Tempo Court (from left to right), both built circa 1971 - just a few years before this film was made. Here's what the area looks like now. Thanks Arthur!
In the screen caps above, the Porsche is turning right to continue along Tin Hau Temple Road. The road leading from the left is the bottom end of Braemar Hill Road. As mentioned by Arthur in his comment to me when he identified the location, the buildings on the opposite side of the road is still around. They are Ho King View and Tempo Court (from left to right), both built circa 1971 - just a few years before this film was made. Here's what the area looks like now. Thanks Arthur!
The Private Eyes - Hui Bros (1976) - Braemar Hill Road, North Point
A big thanks to Arthur once again for finding the location of this spot from the absolutely great The Private Eyes. When I first saw this screen grab I really had no clue at all as to where it may have been and was considering almost anywhere before consigning it to the help page.
The eventual location, revealed by Arthur, hadn't even been on my possible list which just goes to show how dumb I can be sometimes. Never mind, here it is with surprisingly little change over the past 40 years.
The exact location is where Braemar Hill Road splits into two by Choi Sai Woo Park in front of the Pacific Palisades apartment complex. The building up there on the slope in both the screencap above and Streetview below is the Kiangsu Chekiang College and is still up there.
The eventual location, revealed by Arthur, hadn't even been on my possible list which just goes to show how dumb I can be sometimes. Never mind, here it is with surprisingly little change over the past 40 years.
The exact location is where Braemar Hill Road splits into two by Choi Sai Woo Park in front of the Pacific Palisades apartment complex. The building up there on the slope in both the screencap above and Streetview below is the Kiangsu Chekiang College and is still up there.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
I Spy (TV Series) - Robert Culp (1965) - Braemar Hill Cottage Area, Tai Hang
Okay, so the term 'cottage area' probably conjures up various different images depending on where you might live. For instance, in my homeland - the UK in case you didn't know - a cottage area is either a place filled with quaint little country houses or an area where you might bump into George Michael...
However, in the context of Hong Kong a cottage area is basically a bit of land filled with temporary housing such as squatter huts. They were prevalent throughout the territory until the Govt embarked on their - rather impressive - social housing project.
The Braemar Hill cottage area was fairly extensive and had already been featured in The World of Suzie Wong as the location of Suzie's house, but here we are again - 5 or 6 years after Suzie and the place is the scene of some espionage courtesy of Culp and Cosby in So Long, Patrick Henry.
I particularly like the last few snaps because you can see that the film crew had managed to capture Tiger Balm Gardens in the background. Of course, these guys have already been there during the pilot episode Affair at T'sien Cha, but this is definitely on a much sunnier day compared to then. Actually, despite the gardens being redeveloped, the wall in the background of the thrid from bottom picture is still around - as is the watchtower.
However, in the context of Hong Kong a cottage area is basically a bit of land filled with temporary housing such as squatter huts. They were prevalent throughout the territory until the Govt embarked on their - rather impressive - social housing project.
The Braemar Hill cottage area was fairly extensive and had already been featured in The World of Suzie Wong as the location of Suzie's house, but here we are again - 5 or 6 years after Suzie and the place is the scene of some espionage courtesy of Culp and Cosby in So Long, Patrick Henry.
I particularly like the last few snaps because you can see that the film crew had managed to capture Tiger Balm Gardens in the background. Of course, these guys have already been there during the pilot episode Affair at T'sien Cha, but this is definitely on a much sunnier day compared to then. Actually, despite the gardens being redeveloped, the wall in the background of the thrid from bottom picture is still around - as is the watchtower.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The World of Suzie Wong - William Holden (1960) - Tiger Balm Gardens, Tai Hang
Here is a shot from the side of Braemar Hill. Look to the right of the shot and you will see a rather striking white pagoda.
Here is the same pagoda in 1995 when I first visited HK. Of course it's the Tiger Balm garden pagoda that has since, along with all of the garden save for the striking Haw Par Villa, been demolished to make way for a high rise.
Here is the same pagoda in 1995 when I first visited HK. Of course it's the Tiger Balm garden pagoda that has since, along with all of the garden save for the striking Haw Par Villa, been demolished to make way for a high rise.
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