Showing posts with label Rua de Santa Clara. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rua de Santa Clara. Show all posts

Saturday, January 29, 2022

The Last Time I Saw Macao - João Rui Guerra da Mata (2012) - Colégio de Santa Rosa de Lima, Macau

Da Mata's old school also appears in the film. According to the narration, he attended this but is old classroom is now full of junk (see second image). I believe these days it operates as a girls' school but have no idea if it always operated as one, so I can't vouch for the realism in the narrative. The entrance to the school is on Rua de Santa Clara, not far from where this was filmed.

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Tokyo Gang vs Hong Kong Gang - Ken Takakura (1964) - Rua de Santa Clara, Macau

After Kirahata's mission to Hong Kong, his boss in Japan sends Fujishima (Koji Tsuruta) to Macau to arrange the retrieval of the drugs. Chang meets with Fujishima on a park bench on Rua de Santa Clara. In the background of the lower image you can see the Club Militar.

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story - Jason Scott Lee (1993) - Cineteatro, Macau

Having returned from Thailand (a.k.a Ma On Shan), The Big Boss premiere is being shown a local cinema. In reality, The Big Boss premiere took place at the Grand Ocean Cinema in Tsim Sha Tsui (still around but in a much reduced form). In our film the cinema used is the Cineteatro on Rua de Santa Clara in Macau.

Now, I've never been to this cinema in Macau and can't say whether or not the interior scenes were really filmed there, but I will err on the side of yes because until the 90's the cinema had a large 1000 seat auditorium with a balcony - just like in the film. My other argument is from a logistical point of view - why take a crew out to Macau and film an exterior when you can do the interior at the same time. If anyone can confirm the interior scenes are real and not a sound stage it would be much appreciated.



The some more scenes outside as the audience decides to put Bruce on their shoulders and carry him around in triumph.


And finally a quick glitchy grab from Streetview that shows the cinema building in its entirety.