Showing posts with label Parkes Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parkes Street. Show all posts
Monday, June 8, 2020
Blood, Sand and Gold - Aaron Costa Ganis (2017) - Nanking Street, Yau Ma Tei
To round of this film, there is a post-credits sequence when one of the characters if revealed to have survived the film's denouement. The sequence starts off with a blurry shot of Woosung Street as the character steps into frame and comes into focus. Squint a bit and you can just about make out the vague shape of a building in the background that stands on the NE corner of the junction of Woosung and Nanking Streets. Actually, we were at that junction just a few months ago with Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong.
Monday, June 1, 2020
Blood, Sand and Gold - Aaron Costa Ganis (2017) - Austin Road, Kowloon
Another incidental shot used to give some HK ambience to the following scenes. This one is a quick shot along the western side of Austin Road looking towards Nathan Road. The road on the left is Parkes Street with the Hong Kong School of Commerce just visible. In the distance you can see the art deco structure of the old shophouse that sits at 190 Nathan Road with its Austin Road-side balconies (I have pictures of it here and here).
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio - Toma Ikuta (2016) - Parkes Street, Yau Ma Tei
The next shot we see is a panning shot from the Parkes Street intersection with Nanking Street in Yau Ma Tei. The shot is really just a tracking shot of the (fake) plane as it comes crashing its way through the streets.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Bons Baisers de Hong Kong - Les Charlots (1975) - Kam Shing Pharmacy, Kwun Chung
This one proved to be a bit of a toughy, largely because initial searches for "金城大藥房" led me to a reference to the place being on Kingston St in Causeway bay. After realising this couldn't possibly be correct I drew a bit of a blank until Thomas found a reference to it on Uwants. The real location? Well, it turns out it was on the corner of Jordan Road and Parkes Street.
The camera is in a car driving along Jordan Road from east to west and Parkes Street can be seen leading away to the south. Judging from the current Streetview images, it looks as though the extended upper floor section still exists although it has had its windows enlarged since 1975.
In case you want to see the Uwants forum thread, it's here courtesy of the indefatigable Thomas Ngan, so many thanks to him once again.
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