8. Memories of Spring 2003 from 1:99 Short Films (2003) , by Chan Sung Ki, Kennis

1:99

•A project launched by the Hong Kong film industry during the SARS outbreak in 2003
•Included 11 short movies
•Encourage Hong Kong citizen
•Included many famous actors and directors



Memory of Spring 2003

Director, Writer :Chan Ho Sun
Year: 2003
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Alfred Cheung Kin Ting
Krystal Tin Yui Nei……etc

Localized view of SARS

-show us the scene of Hong Kong at the beginning
-show us signs of HK that we are familiar with(Victoria Habour, lion outside HSBC...etc)
-show us a HK that we are not familiar with(snowing HK, empty Central...etc)
-let the audience recognize the situtation of HK at the SARS period

Who is Hero?

-"glorioUS dead"----->"US"
-the medical workers and the victims are the heroes

A Turning Point

-people start to hit the freezed groud by different method
(villain hitting, footdrill)
-with the sound effect, show us how strong the people hit the ground
-people are struggling with SARS
-we believe we can overcome

Contrast

-contrast with the begining to show us the recover of HK
(unmasked face, the smiling face of Tony Leung...etc)
-Hong Kong had turned back to a place that we are familiar with
-returning of color give us a strong feeling of resume


Compare with 《28 DAYS LATER》

•Both about infectious disease
•Both of them have “happy ending”

•《28》 have more descriptions on the disease
•《28》 give us a feeling that disease can be re-infect at anytime
•《Memory》give us a feeling that we can overcome everything

My Opinion

•Encouraging film
•Bring Hope
•“We can overcome!”
•Lack of vigilance

Reference


•Yak Wing Kit Vicky, Representing illness: Patients, Monsters, and Microbes, M. Phil thesis, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong, 82-130
•《怎麼辦的春天？ 》http://movie.cca.gov.tw/Column/Content.asp?ID=116
•Hong Kong Cinemagic—1:99http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=4394


Question

•Compare with other epidemic films, Do you think HK SARS films(Golden Chicken2, 1:99) are too optimistic that they purpose on encouraging people rather then as an reminder that remind people about the lesson of SARS?

•Do you think Hong Kong also need to have some arts to represent the negative side of SARS?