Monday, 12 January 2009

7. Golden Chicken 2 (Samson Chui, 2003) by Fanny Ng, Yeeman

Golden Chicken 2 Fanny Ng

Intro of Samson Chui 趙良駿
žDirector of Golden Chicken series in 2002-2003
žDirected McDull the Alumni(2006) Mr cinema(2007)
žthe reflection on HK culture and history


Story background of Golden Chicken 2
žShot on the end of 2003
žScreening on Jan,2004
žHong Kong facing the SARS crisis
žDirector describe that 2003 is the toughest year for Hong Kong people
žAfraid of infecting the SARS
žEconomic downturn
žAs this is the story background of GC2



How the filmmaker respond the SARS on film
žAs a record of hk society in SARS
žTreasure people around us
žKum spirit to facing SARS positively



Recording people how to face the SARS
žUse different classes of people to describe the society in SARS,
že.g worker, customer in Cha Chan Tan and doctor, prostitute
žPeople keep distance to other and doctor suffered great pressure


žPeople scared SARS and tried all means to prevent SARS
žE.g traditional Chinese medicine, diluted 1:99 household bleach for cleaning, wearing mask, washing hand 25s, taking temperature continuouslyReflect people live in SARS



SARS crisis remind us treasuring people around us
žRonald Cheng love his wife very much and find her continuously
žEven he found his wife but he cannot recognize her
žRepresenting Hong Kong people work hard to achieve their goal but people ignored that is around us, like family



My view of Golden Chicken 2
žImportant record of SARS crisis and recall many collective memory about 2003
žIt is comedy to give Hong Kong people happiness and relaxing to think about SARS
žHappiness but have tear to me, sad of people dead in SARS and happy of Kum spirit
žIgnored many different issue in 2003, e.g71 parade



Further question
žAs GC2 had not only discussed SARS crisis but also mentioned many issue in hk. Do you remember what it is? What do you think about the director described 2003 in film?

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