Showing posts with label Tai Tau Chau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tai Tau Chau. Show all posts
Monday, September 26, 2022
Blade in Hong Kong - Terry Lester (1985) - Rocky Harbour, Sai Kung
Another aerial image of some islands, this time it'sa view above Port Shelter looking over Rocky Harbour and the West Dam area. The island with the boats moored in the bay is Tai Tau Chau.
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Knock Off - Jean Claude Van Damme (1997) - Shek O, Hong Kong
Time for another film and this time the 1997 Tsui Hark effort starring non other than JCVD. To be honest, Tsui's style of film making makes it difficult to get decent screen captures because he likes his skewed camera angles and looping twisting crane shots that leave a lot of the screen a bit blurry when stopped. But never mind, I seem to have salvaged enough stills for a decent stab, including the initial sea-based scenes that were shot around the rocky headland at Shek O.
The view in the above two pictures is from the area where the rocky spit Tai Tau Chau joins onto the main part of Shek O, looking north. The view directly south can be seen below and shows the small bridge that connects the two bits of land.
The view in the above two pictures is from the area where the rocky spit Tai Tau Chau joins onto the main part of Shek O, looking north. The view directly south can be seen below and shows the small bridge that connects the two bits of land.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
The Sand Pebbles - Steve McQueen (1966) - Tai Tau Chau, Sai Kung
I haven't really covered much of The Sand Pebbles despite the fact that it is a great film. The reason is that the HK-filmed scenes were, in general, shot in some rather out of the way places in the northern part of Port Shelter that is called Rocky Harbour. We've already found out where the junk barrier was shot and so I thought this post might help to add a bit more context because it was taken around the same area but looking back towards the direction of Sai Kung town with the famous ridge line behind it
The ridge line in the background includes Pyramid hill on the left and Ma On Shan on the right and has been seen quite a few times in this blog already. In the screen grab there is also an island on the left side on the frame and this is Tai Tau Chau. If you ever get the chance to go here you'll find out that Tai Tau Chau these days seems to be largely used for burying the dead because it is now strewn with hillside graves. Anyway, following my recent trip to the reservoir area, I managed to grab the following snap from the top of the west dam wall which gives an overview of the same area albeit from a height at the top of the wall (which didn't exist until 10 or so years after the film was made).
The junk barrier was somewhere around the edge of the lake at the bottom of the screen and the San Pablo boat in the film grab is seen smoking (fake smoke by the way) its way in the body of water in front of that lower cofferdam wall. You can see Tai Tau Chau on the left in my photo too.
The ridge line in the background includes Pyramid hill on the left and Ma On Shan on the right and has been seen quite a few times in this blog already. In the screen grab there is also an island on the left side on the frame and this is Tai Tau Chau. If you ever get the chance to go here you'll find out that Tai Tau Chau these days seems to be largely used for burying the dead because it is now strewn with hillside graves. Anyway, following my recent trip to the reservoir area, I managed to grab the following snap from the top of the west dam wall which gives an overview of the same area albeit from a height at the top of the wall (which didn't exist until 10 or so years after the film was made).
The junk barrier was somewhere around the edge of the lake at the bottom of the screen and the San Pablo boat in the film grab is seen smoking (fake smoke by the way) its way in the body of water in front of that lower cofferdam wall. You can see Tai Tau Chau on the left in my photo too.
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