Week 8 Kay talks on Film X 1:99 short films

Hello!Hong Kong Part 3 by Rachel

presentation of visual cultures of Hong Kong on 24 febuaray.

Title:Hello!Hong Kong Part 3
Artist:Kith Tsang
Year:1996
media:bamboo,galvanized iron sheet,papier mache boat ,glass of bottle,nanyin etc

the concept of his :1.his chilhood living mermoies to show us a old or local Hong Kong.2.inspiration of the Hong Kong harbour

Golden Chicken 2 by yeeman

•A local film made by Samson Chiu(趙良駿) in 2003
•Stars Sandra Ng, Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Andy Lau, etc.
•A direct response to SARS

Intro. Of Golden Chicken 2

•The film begins in 2046 with the 82-yr-old Kum looks at the narrowed Victoria ‘River’
•1) Worst year of her life = 2003 (SARS)
•2) Relationship with the money-hungry cousin
•Topics discussed: life, love, HK culture & spirit

1: Serious representation of SARS

•Insertion of actual news clips reporting the SARS incident
•Clips are in B & W
•Bring us back to the nightmare of SARS
•Makes us mentally sick
•Stirs up out negative emotions & feelings

•The portrayal of doctor (played by Leon Lai)
•His eyes, actions & conversation with Kum reveal his hardship
•Alienation with family
•Discrimination against him
•Only Kum cares about him
•Ironic (supposed to be hero, but being treated like a beggar)

2: Funny representation of SARS

•Shaving at the canteen
•Kum shaves all her body hair (= extreme)
•Make fun of ‘1:99’
•Kum says she’ll use 1:99 bleached water to wash the pig lung

•Kum’s attempts to make a living while dealing with germ conscious HK-ers
•E.g.Chan (played by Ronald Cheng)
•Using thermometers to check temperature
•Kum helps Chan to clean his body thoroughly
•Kum wrapped Chan in cling film

•Wong Jing-esque* toilet humor(王晶式搞笑)
•We’re supposed to be sympathetic with Chan after knowing he’s mentally ill, but it doesn’t work since we still see him as a weird buffoon
•Exaggerated & funny representation makes us forget SARS is a painful memory

CONCLUSION:
•Serious & heavy side: causes our resonance(共鳴) & sympathy
•Funny & relaxing side: make joke out of a disaster( typical of HK culture)
-Sandra Ng: “We’ve put the bloody SARS crisis into GC2, but we’ll present them in a ridiculous & comedic way” (《金雞2》亦加入了今年最血淋淋的「沙士」，但我們會用很荒謬、很喜劇的手法去表達。”)
•Balance between laughing & thinking

Kith Tsang, "Hello! Hong Kong-Part 3,1996 and Hello!Hong Kong Part 7,1997 and The Storage of Amnesia, 2000 by LAM KA LEE(Carrie)