Showing posts with label Catchick Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catchick Street. Show all posts
Monday, January 13, 2020
Dead or Alive: Final - Shô Aikawa (2002) - Catchick Street, Kennedy Town
There is a brief shot of the famous Hong Kong tram in the middle of the film. Honda is riding it to get to the police station. However, given that this strip of the tram track is located along Catchick Street in Kennedy Town. The tell tale sign here is the proximity of the track to the pavement (most other sections of the tram route along the whole of the island runs down the middle of the street rather than the side) and the presence of the latticed podium structure of Harbourview Garden in the distant background of the top image.
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Shanghai Surprise - Madonna (1986) - Catchick Street, Kennedy Town
The following screengrab seems to just be one of those very brief snippets that serve to illustrate the surrounding environment of the story. I'm sure there is a technical term for this type of thing but I am ignorant in those ways and so will just refer to it as an "establishing" shot. Feel free to enlighten me otherwise if you know.
The old block of buildings on the corner in the background have all been redeveloped into somewhere called the "Harbour View Garden". I'm guessing if you live on lower floors your harbour view may be more along the lines of "harbour no view".
Anyway, it's a brief look down a seemingly old road in old Shanghai. In fact it was also shot in Kennedy Town along Catchick Street close to the junction with North Street. In fact the modern Streetview capture shows us that a tram stop has since been built but the more observant of you should also see that the red signs above the shop on the right are still the same.
Update 2024: Joseph on Gwulo.com has recently started uploading his tram images and has a BTS image from this shoot, apparentlyit was filmed on 12th February 1986.So there you go. Gwulo thread is here (see secondimage down): https://gwulo.com/node/60319
Update 2024: Joseph on Gwulo.com has recently started uploading his tram images and has a BTS image from this shoot, apparentlyit was filmed on 12th February 1986.So there you go. Gwulo thread is here (see secondimage down): https://gwulo.com/node/60319
The old block of buildings on the corner in the background have all been redeveloped into somewhere called the "Harbour View Garden". I'm guessing if you live on lower floors your harbour view may be more along the lines of "harbour no view".
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