No new films in the run up to Xmas as I wind down the posts for the year and head off for a holiday, but here are some Now/Then images that I have had on the pile for a while.
This one isn't such an old image because the film the still is taken from, Crossing Hennessy, was only released in 2010. Despite that, there has been some change to the background. This is the old Post Office (built 1913) on Queen's Road East. Crossing Hennessy isn't the first time it appeared on film, there is a brief, rather restricted, view of a sliver of the building during a scene in Soldier of Fortune . That view is a bit hard for me to recreate though so instead, underneath, is a recent picture from a brief trip there.
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Crossing Hennessy - Jacky Cheung (2010) - Environmental Resource Centre, Wanchai
Another brief shot along Queen's Road East shows what was the old Wanchai Post Office but is now the Environmental Resources Centre. This same spot along Queen's Road East (but from the other direction) was featured way back in 1955 for Soldier of Fortune.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Soldier of Fortune - Clark Gable (1955) - Queen's Road East, Hong Kong
Whilst being driven by Hank's chauffeur up to his house, we get to see the car being driven along the 1955 version of Queens Road East. It's identifiable by the small road on the right which is actually Wanchai Gap Road - a slim thoroughfare that hits a steep incline and takes you up to Bowen Road, Stubbs Road and beyond.
Here are the screencaps, the first two showing the entrance to Wanchai Gap Road, the last one showing the area of Queen's Road East a bit further along towards where Stone Nullah Lane and Kennedy St join on the right. Note the "Asahi" advert on the side wall.
Just out of frame on the top picture is one of only two or three buildings that remain from this time: the old Wanchai Post office. I've taken the liberty of taking a modern day shot from Streetview for comparison, but this one shows the Post Office today. It's no longer a post office of course but is used by the Govt Environmental Protection Dept (not doing their jobs properly if you ask me).
Here are the screencaps, the first two showing the entrance to Wanchai Gap Road, the last one showing the area of Queen's Road East a bit further along towards where Stone Nullah Lane and Kennedy St join on the right. Note the "Asahi" advert on the side wall.
Just out of frame on the top picture is one of only two or three buildings that remain from this time: the old Wanchai Post office. I've taken the liberty of taking a modern day shot from Streetview for comparison, but this one shows the Post Office today. It's no longer a post office of course but is used by the Govt Environmental Protection Dept (not doing their jobs properly if you ask me).
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