tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58742982101577568072024-03-14T11:25:56.200+08:00清邁港漂A Hong Konger in Chiang MaiDarshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.comBlogger343125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-43209580119262672552016-11-28T16:20:00.000+08:002016-11-28T16:20:15.129+08:00評《9月28日。晴》<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
應亮的《9月28日。晴》以冷靜克制的手法,通過描寫2014年9月28日,兩傘運動蓄勢待發的當日,一對父女的相處,透視兩代關係的拉扯。戲中女兒是電影公司的宣傳人員,剛參與完政總外的示威,來到父親家中發現老父正計劃般到長者縮舍居住,片末女兒建議父親和她共住,這時新聞報導在金鐘的警察剛發放幾枚催淚彈,女兒馬上趕往現場,臨行時父親淡淡然的說「我會保釋你。」,女兒含淚轉身而去。<br />
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全片的風格就如這一場:冷靜、克制、低調,以襯托出兩代關係的疏離。這種處理親情手法很常見,香港電台的劇集也出現過不少,主要是因為香港人(中國人?)不擅表達情緒,往往只通過間接的方法表達關懷,這亦是此片取材自的<span style="background-color: white;">兩篇陳慧小說《第十六分鐘》和《味道‧金寶菜湯》的主旨。</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">問題是放在</span>2014年9月28日,這個前設便顯得很不現實,因為這一天正正是香港人罕有地、熱切地站出來表達自己的日子。9月26日晚上,雙學佔據公民廣場,警方清場後<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">黃之鋒等人被捕,第二天數萬市民出來聲援,集會至凌晨人群也不願散去,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px;">戴耀廷</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">宣佈佔中正式開始,很多出來撐學生的人不願被騎劫開始離場。長毛在立會外向民眾下跪要求他們留下,在場的人很多感動落淚留了下來,因此守住了添美道,到了9月28日早上,市民又再次走出來支持,在這天內越來越多人到金鐘政總外示威,但遭到警方強力鎮壓,到下午向示威者投放催淚彈,引發了佔領運動。</span></div>
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《9月28日。晴》內的女兒早上探訪父親,從她背包中看到毛巾、水樽、口<span style="background-color: white;">罩等,電話的電已耗盡,顯然剛徹夜留守政總,但她來到父親家,對前一晚的事竟隻字不提,而最奇怪的是後來父親在電視上看到警察暴力對待示威者(令他忍不住說「咁都得呀?」)和發放催淚彈,女兒馬上出門口打算回到示威現場,父親完全沒勸止,只說會保釋她,這便很匪夷所思:難道他能預知未來,知道女兒最多只會被捕?要知道香港歷來只有兩三次有警方向市民投放</span><span style="background-color: white;">催淚彈,包括引起極多傷亡的67暴動,任何上了年紀的香港人都會引以為鑑,片中父親的冷靜顯得造作和有違人性。</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">陳慧小說描述兩代人的隔漠,應亮把故事加入雨傘運動的元素,但這場世代抗爭卻沒有在他們的關係中反映出來。有評論說導演的這個處理是隱喻香港人的政治冷感,但倒不如說是避重就輕。女兒留守政總是支持雙學還是佔中三子?父親給女兒錢叫她捐給學生,他顯然站在學生這一邊,那麼為何他沒有衝動出來參加示威(</span><span style="background-color: white;">雨傘運動中也在不乏上了年紀的參與者,如70多歲的黃伯、金鐘做木工的陳伯等)?應否參與?怎樣參與?支持什麼?反對什麼?</span><span style="background-color: white;">2014年9月28日前後,</span><span style="background-color: white;">這都是當時街頭巷尾的香港人熱烈討論的話題,那時要找一個政治冷感的香港人也很困難。但在這影片內政治話題被禁了聲,</span><span style="background-color: white;">雨傘運動淪為點綴父女關係的背景(難聽點說是消費</span><span style="background-color: white;">雨傘運動)。</span></div>
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-36583728537018031722015-10-06T12:04:00.001+08:002015-10-06T12:04:06.900+08:00醉生夢死<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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看了張作驥的《醉生夢死》,大失所望。影片著重人物、情感而非故事,所以那些很熟口熟面的情節如黑幫打人、情殺等也算了,但人物的虛假造作、感情的蒼白,才是致命傷。母親是個大cliche,哥哥的角色完全miscast,他只去了美國一兩年吧,怎麼回來變了個口音地道的ABC?他的演技也是四個人之中最生硬的,與母親爭吵的一場本應很關鍵,但導演避重就輕的把他完全剪走。片中說他去了美國,失戀後自殺然後回來,但從他的表現一點也看不出來,只覺得他是個愛健身的陽光模特(which he probably is in real life)。台大畢業的他有必要日間在藝術電影發行公司做派傳單的跑腿,夜晚做go-go boy嗎?而且他根本沒有那種低下層的氣質,和弟弟也欠交流。所以弟弟發現他跟碩哥睡那場沒有impact,甚至有點尷尬:ok,他們睡了,so what?<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px;">片中唯一較可取的角色是弟弟,但對我來說不足夠carry整部戲。而</span></span>影片裡的低下階層生活是一種aesthetized的<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">凝視(不是美化而是美學化),特質是沒有實質的內容。比如說:弟弟在街市的工作是什麼?是賣東還是只是插科打渾?他拿著豬頭是賣的?是送貨?是豬肉佬送給他?為何從來沒見他吃/</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">烹調豬頭,可見只是一個架空了的意像。</span></div>
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-51757518198170699132015-01-14T11:17:00.001+08:002015-01-14T11:17:59.031+08:00India Dec 2014-Jan 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-40423396854746486242014-12-01T21:10:00.004+08:002014-12-01T21:23:54.337+08:00SPEECHLESS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Written and Directed by Simon Chung</b><br />
<b>Starring Pierre-Mathieu Vital and Gao Qilun</b>
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Hong Kong director, Simon Chung’s latest film, <b>SPEECHLESS</b>,
rendered me just so when I first began to immerse myself in its quiet
and patient beauty. It embodies a truly progressive movement in gay
cinema, one where stories transcend the inherit issues that come with
being gay without sacrificing them whatsoever. <b>SPEECHLESS</b> boasts a
solid and sensitive screenplay that allows Chung’s visual language as a
director to shine through. And you’ve gotta love a movie that starts
with a hot French guy completely disrobing for a naked dip in a river
somewhere in the middle of the incredibly picturesque South of China.<br />
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This naked man, known mostly throughout the film as the foreigner and
played by Pierre-Mathieu Vital, says nothing to the Chinese police
officers who bring him in after he is found on a river bank, passed out
and being poked at with sticks by local children. They aren’t sure at
first if he is just being difficult or not but eventually send him to a
psychiatric hospital for treatment under the belief that his inability
to speak is trauma induced. They are correct in their assumption and the
rest of the film becomes a journey to piece together precisely what
this mystery man is running away from. Luke, as we come to know the
foreigner’s name to be later on, is joined by Jiang (Gao Qilun), a nurse
who helps Luke escape the authorities to pursue his past. Their
chemistry is undeniable.<br />
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The film may be called <b>SPEECHLESS</b> but Chung is anything but
that, showcasing his voice as a director loud and clear with his latest.
He exhibits great promise and confidence as a director with the
potential to play to audiences around the world. By saying very little
in the moment, <b>SPEECHLESS</b> speaks volumes long after its done.<br />
<b>SPEECHLESS</b> has its Canadian Premiere at the <a href="http://www.insideout.ca/">2012 Inside Out LGBT Film Festival</a> in Toronto on Wednesday, May 22. Visit the festival website for more details.<br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-35384962966655757082014-09-17T23:02:00.002+08:002014-09-17T23:02:26.441+08:00《72511見證公民抗命》 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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今天接受媒體訪問,談7月2日被捕的事情。當我說到當天沒有預計會留守到清晨,更沒想過會公民抗命。是當晚看到學聯學生的決心,和現場參與者的投入,令我很感動得決定留守。<br />
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「那不是印證了人們說參與者受人煽動嗎?」記者問。<br />
我想了一想。「打個比喻,我去看一場演唱會,本來只打算坐後排觀賞,但受現場觀眾的熱情帶動,我走到前排站起來又唱又跳,這也是受現場氣氛煽動,但買票進場看演唱會卻是冷靜和理性的決定。」偏偏演唱場館的警衛容許觀眾坐著看,但站起來跳舞卻是犯規,而對我來說兩者都是支持這個歌手的表現。<br />
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「被捕後接到警告信,會令你不敢再參與日後的行動嗎?」<br />
經過7月2日的洗禮,某程度上令我不再害怕被捕,畢竟最大的恐懼來自未知。若8月尾政府拿出來的政改方案不符合民主原則,我肯肯定會再出來,至於是坐在後排還是前排,到時再說。 <br />
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有說下次若有五千甚至一萬人走出來,警察便拿我們沒法,這看法我不敢苟同。他們的裝備、訓練等都遠較污合之眾的示威者完善,要對付你們總有方法。7月2號明顯他們有留力,拘捕時慢條斯理,而且還有很多其他方法如催淚彈和水炮都未出動。我認為公民抗命不一定要戰勝警察,或者在示威的地方賴死不走,而是要在行動中獲得沉默大多數的同情。<br />
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以上這張照片描繪1963年在Birmingham, Alabama的示威的情況,是黑人平權運動中其中一幅標誌性的照片。照片中的少年被兇猛的警犬襲擊,警員捉著他的衣領,但他垂下手沒有還擊,這少年成為和平示威的典範。這張照片一出,美國人都開始同情馬丁路德金和他的支持者,Birmingham的商界馬上屈服,取消很多歧視性的措施如餐廳內黑人白人分開用饍,同時答應聘請更多黑人等等。值得一提的是當時Birmingham的黑人怕失去工作,大多不敢走出來表態,照片中的示威只有一千多人參與,但已足以改寫歷史。<br />
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7.1遊行之後,我參加了在遮打道舉行的集會。今年遊行的人破了2003年的紀錄達51萬,而且因為警方的阻撓,過程艱辛,到了終站後都有鬆一口氣的感覺,令集會現場的氣氛很好。出發之前已知道學聯和學民思潮都有分別在遮打道及特首辦外通宵留守的行動,我決定留下來支持。我認為既然認同不應年年如是的行完就散,應有進一步行動的話,便不應把這行動的代價完全轉嫁給仍是大學生的學聯成員。<br />
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原本我只打算留下來聲援一下,到了凌晨三時過後,警方開始佈局,首先把現場包圍和封鎖,不斷廣播說集會已違返法例,呼籲示威者散去。大約4時開始拘捕示威者,首先帶走在台上示範如何被捕時不合作、不反抗的何俊仁、李卓仁、梁耀忠等幾位立法會議員,之後包圍遮打道的示威者並展開拘捕。這時示威者很團結地緊靠地在一起,手聯著手高叫口號,我馬上坐下來加入他們的行列。<br />
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雖然這是一個一剎那的決定,我做的時候卻很清楚會有被捕的危險,這將是我一生第一次被捕,說不害怕是假的,但我考慮到多一個人加入,警方便要多花一點時間拘捕,便越能達到大會預設的留守到早上8時的目標。而且非法集結是很無理的罪行,既然集會和結社是基本法給予的自由,那為何集結又要得到警方批準呢?(警方的理由是因為要維持社會秩序,但就算社會秩序給定義為交通暢順的話,也有很多方法維持,包括改道、封閉其中一條或多條行車線等,為何一定要清場?)<br />
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在現場所見,警方的拘捕尚算克制,雖然有個別示威者得到擰頸、揑臉等特別招呼。現場只有一千多人,他們知道有足夠時間在上班時間前清場,所以顯得從容不迫。一直到7時許,警員終於來到我的身邊,這時我已疲倦不堪,在半睡半醒的狀態中聽到警員對我說我違反了什麼什麼法例,要把我拘捕,然後四名警員把我抬起。他們問我能否自己走,我不作聲,心想要你們四個人抬我,便能增加警方的拘捕成本一點點。過程中他們有屈我手腕,但不是很用力(聽說以往曾有示威者被屈至手腕脫臼。)<br />
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被捕後我被帶上旅遊車,車上有大概二十多人,大部分是年青人,但也有五六個四、五十歲的中年人。差不多開車時,一個五十來歲的嬸嬸說需要上廁所,警員告訴她快要出發了 ,到了目的地才去吧。嬸嬸馬上哭起來,說廁所也不讓她上,大家也開始聲援,此起彼落地投訴警方無理剝奪人權,警員最後屈服,讓女警帶嬸嬸去廁所,人民小勝一仗。<br />
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我們被帶到黃竹坑警察學院,與同車的二十多人一起關在一間課室內,然後開始登記程序。負責為我登記的警員很生手,不斷問旁邊的同寮有關細節,又漏填幾項資料,顯然這不是他慣常的工作,大概警方要調派很多額外人手來處理我們幾百個被捕的示威者。此外我亦發現警方的文書程序很不與時並進,所有表格都是手寫,要一式兩份的,還用我以為早已失傳的過底紙!拍照不是數碼相機而是Polaroid,整個系統停留在80年代,完全沒有與電腦或數碼科技接軌。這過程中警察都很友善,有些示威者甚至忘記被捕後有保持緘默的權利,與警員閒聊起來。我發現至少與我們接觸的警員,對示威者都沒有敵意,雖然少不免有些既定的印象,如示威的人都是受群眾壓力、人云亦云之類。<br />
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登記後是漫長的等待,這過程是最辛苦的。一夜未睡的我們只能坐著打蓋睡,我趁機與其他示感者聊天。他們大部分都是第一次被捕,其中有兩個還是十五、六歲的中學生,在示威場地負責在補給站派水與食物,但她們也沒有顯得特別慌張。其中一個大學生與我侃侃而談左膠有何問題、為何政改方案千萬不能「袋住先」等等,思路的清晰令我很佩服。<br />
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到了差不多中午,大家紛紛向警員查詢午膳的安排,很快便得到回應,我們獲得飯盒一個作午餐,我的第一餐皇家飯,是白汁火腿飯,我沒有問有否素食供應,但其實提供不同選擇給各種信仰的人也是人權的尊重,你不可能強迫伊斯蘭教信徒吃白汁火腿飯吧。<br />
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到了三時許,我們被召往另一房間,警員向我們簽發一張「警告通知」,說警方因「參與未經批準集結」及「對公眾地方造成阻礙」兩罪把我拘捕,暫時獲釋,但將來律政師可能會控告我。我不知律政師將來檢控的機會有多少,但若我未來幾個月參加任何示威,都有可能罪加一等,是架在我頸上的一把利刀。然後我們被安排上警車,送我們到黃竹坑運動場。我坐上巴士,回家途中經過軒尼斯道,看到剛好一天前我出發遊行的地方,彷如隔世。<br />
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整個拘補過程最難受的地方是要熬夜,忍受自己和其他人的汗臭,而且被關後失去行動自由,去廁所也要得到批準並由警員陪同,開大時有兩名警員為我在廁所外站崗。但特首不能通過真正的普選產生,人民不能自決也是自由喪失的一種,若我短暫的不舒適能為香港的民主有輕微的貢獻,一切都是值得。<br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-37684807710441356132014-05-31T12:42:00.001+08:002014-05-31T13:26:28.473+08:00How twisted is Elliot Rodger? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been fascinated by Elliot Rodger, the "virgin killer" who massacred 6 people in Santa Barbara before killing himself last week, ever since I saw the video he took of himself announcing his intention to take revenge on humanity. I am reading his 140 page "manifesto" (which in reality is an autobiography detailing his life. Ever since the Unabomber, everything written by a mass killer is lazily referred to by the media as a manifesto) with great interest. It is in fact, very well written and lucid. I find no hint of insanity in any of his writing.<br />
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Sure, he was very lonely and angry at the world and the way he chose to take it out on the world is extreme and disagreeable, but I recognize all of his feelings and emotions,<i> because I felt them just as keenly when I was his age</i>. Like the sense of being insecure about myself, being alienated from other people, and watching with envy as other people seem to enjoy much better lives than me. The difference between him and me is that he shot and killed other people, while I wanted desperately to take a gun to my own head. The target may be different, but is not the instinct to do violence the same?<br />
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When horrendous incidents like Rodger's massacre happen, it is easy to brand the perpetrator as being a crazed monster, but in some respects, the problem with Rodger is not so much that he is abnormal; rather, he is <i>too</i> normal. His values are exactly the same as the society he finds himself, except that he is the loser within that society--the values that champion coolness, popularity, wealth, beauty and sexual prowess, that emphasize separateness and competition, that elevate romantic sexual relationships as being the pinnacle of human relations. If only he knew what I know now, that these values are way more twisted than what Elliot Rodger did. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/96299117" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/96299117">Elliot Rodger's Retribution</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user748091">Noozhawk</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-47762015224921445662014-05-23T13:12:00.001+08:002014-05-23T13:12:17.022+08:00Sarah McLachlan Shine On<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After the disappointing and bland Laws of Illusion in 2010, Sarah is back with a new album, Shine On. As the songstress says, "It's about being present in the moment and to Shine On through all of
life's ups and downs. To grow and change and forgive and to find ways to
give back to the world. This album is full o hope and gratitude." I'm happy to say, this album's a winner!<br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-63570231614176494672014-04-13T14:32:00.002+08:002014-04-13T14:32:27.027+08:00Flower of Enlightenment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
在印度,老師的天台種了各式各樣的花草。我見其中一棵實在漂亮,也結著種子,於是取了幾顆,回到香港後便放在盆內。一年後長成大概一呎高,我把它換了盆,沒多久竟開了花。這叫什麼花呢?<br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-68295670727352880062014-03-17T13:23:00.002+08:002014-03-17T13:23:48.133+08:00My Showreel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
最近有project入了HAF,為此預備了一個Showreel,把以往作品作綜合回顧。<br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-15869933066234069262014-02-03T14:18:00.000+08:002014-02-03T14:20:55.164+08:00我是歌手<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
在Facebook洗版效應影響下,我也好奇去看看「我是歌手」。嘩,一看真是太驚喜。整個節目的製作實在太棒。由舞台、燈光、鏡頭和樂隊都那麼一絲不苟。我特別欣賞製作人對音樂認真的態度,和對歌手以至樂隊的尊重,每個樂手和音樂總監(來自香港的<span class="st">梁翘柏)的名字都會展視出來,而和其他音樂比賽不一樣,歌手也不必面對評判</span>苛刻的批評,直接由觀眾投票。而現場觀眾明顯有挑選過,每個人都那麼投入。這節目在國內是收視冠軍,證明認真的音樂節目是有市場的,觀眾不會只聽半首歌就喊悶。「我是歌手」是湖南衛視向韓國電視台買版權的製作,更顯示出香港在一台獨大的毒害下,其電視製作水平已遠遠落後於全亞洲。<br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-22813318498851824262014-01-30T15:35:00.001+08:002014-01-30T18:32:09.027+08:00裝修<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
裝修原來是很辛苦的事--至少對像我般沒錢出外找酒店或暫住公寓的人來說。首先要把家裡的書和雜物入箱搬到露台,家私書卓用塑膠包著,然後每天都住在滿是塵灰的屋裡,加上狗狗沒法在天台上廁所,必需每天帶牠們外出三次,沒電視看,有幾天不能用電腦,也不可煮食,還有每天很多陌生人在家裡出沒。這樣的生活維持了個多月,最近才可恢復正常。<br />
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這一次其實算是小規模的裝修,主要是做天台防水隔熱,室內的天花和牆油新油漆,以下是工程前後的對比。<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">我很高興選擇了用牆磚而非油油,因為效果實在漂亮。</span><br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-89739223887477401062013-12-17T01:23:00.002+08:002013-12-17T01:23:56.301+08:00憶吳昊<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">昊Sir的給我的另一個恩是當年的市政局攪一個藝術家註場計劃,讓社區團體在</span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">市政局場地舉行工作坊。</span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"></span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">昊Sir是這計劃的顧問,他找了我和當時的同事陳錦樂一起舉辦錄像班。當年我沒什麼教學經驗,於是找來一些客藉講師包括崔允信、港台導演潘達培、錄影力量的</span></span><span style="color: black;">鄭智雄等,學生還有剛由設計師轉而拍錄像的黃精甫,現在回想起來可算是頗有趣的經驗,這都是拜</span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">昊Sir所賜。</span></span></div>
Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-36212110950041616412013-11-28T12:14:00.000+08:002013-11-28T12:41:07.303+08:00素食<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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對我來說,素食的最大原因不是健康,而是你不需要食肉。你可從植物中得到所有營養,那為何要其他動物受苦、流血去滿足你的食慾?<br />
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自去年從印度回來後減少吃肉,漸漸完全素食,至今一年有多,一切安好。 </div>
Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-58113524292743557022013-08-14T10:46:00.001+08:002013-08-14T10:46:12.668+08:00Stanley Reunion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It turns out he's been back in Hong Kong for a few years after studying in England and working as an actor there. We caught up last week. The last time I saw him was 14 years ago, when he did a cameo in "First Love and Other Pains". Wes, who played Kevin, is now married and is expecting his first child.<br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-91750035003529968502013-07-15T16:53:00.002+08:002013-07-15T16:53:31.599+08:00Words fail me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Simon Chung’s latest offering demonstrates a maturity for delving
into issues and extraordinary sense of matching pace with events that
will reward all who see it. Boy-boy-girl love triangles are nothing new
whether gay or straight (e.g., <em>The Dreamers</em>); opening a film
with a completely naked lost soul who will need considerable healing is
also not a new narrative device (e.g., <em>Saved by the Belles</em>) and revenge more heinous than the crime has stimulated filmmakers’ imaginations since the dawn of cinema (unforgettably in <em>Confessions</em>).
Here, Chung has successfully combined all of those elements into a
marvellous concoction of just what can happen when “There is nothing
covered that will not be revealed” rears its deadly head.<br />
Found without a stitch and clearly traumatized into wordless
silence, French foreigner Luke (Pierre-Matthieu Vital) is kept out of
the insane asylum by Jiang (Gao Qilun), an instantly smitten nursing
assistant whose brand of TLC may well be headed for very personal
international relations as the ever-attentive Chinese rescuer ferries
his unexpected companion back to his past.<br />
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Lan (Si Tu Yu Ting) Jiang’s date—one of the local police who helped
fish Luke out of the river—is none too amused when it appears the
exotic, mute stranger has captured her prospective partner’s attention.
(The screen positively radiates on several occasions when Gao’s smile
says more about the feelings between the two men than any line of
dialogue could.)<br />
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Filling out the principal characters are a pair of Luke’s university
chums who are both headed for careers in biology. Ning (Yu Yung Yung)
seems to have spurned the amorous advances of the exchange student but
can’t abide losing him to her current beau, Han (Jiang Jian). The
nervous young man—like so many others of any race or nationality—wants
to know just how his “gayness” was so readily sensed by his sudden
Caucasian lover. No reply is given or needed as Chung silently answers
another of his theme’s questions.<br />
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The drama is lovingly unfolded, employing many deliberately stagnant
shots (beautifully rendered by Chan Chi Lap) that let the characters
and audience reflect each step of the way, truly savouring or slinking
away from those moments of truth. Completely at one with that
thoughtful atmosphere is Sebastien Seidel’s original score where
percussionist Karina Yau is note perfect—particularly her marimba
artistry for the “road” sequences.<br />
As the miserable climax takes shape, Chung’s ability to have his
images speak louder than words fires on all cylinders. Ning exacts her
pound of steamy flesh during a Christian church service where she is
the steadfast, stoic accompanist even as the object of her scorn sings
innocently in the choir. The shattering effect on all lives in the
house of forgiveness, tolerance and love of all creatures is a
cinematic knockout punch for the ages.<br />
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Hopefully, those on the cusp of understanding their own sexuality or
that of their partners, will see this film before the all too common
consequences ruin lives forever.<br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-13031546714503238042013-07-15T16:34:00.001+08:002013-07-15T16:34:37.425+08:00TrustMovies: ON DVD: SPEECHLESS -- This quiet, semi-silent melo...<a href="http://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/01/on-dvd-speechless-this-quiet-semi.html?spref=bl">TrustMovies: ON DVD: SPEECHLESS -- This quiet, semi-silent melo...</a>: It has been awhile since Simon Chung 's early, full-length films First Love and Other Pains (1999) and Innocent (2005). Both were ...Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-41245685902874962942013-07-02T22:01:00.001+08:002013-07-02T22:01:30.618+08:00Script writing 101<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Then I met a young screenwriter, Joseph, and suggested that we collaborate. He's a devout Christian who teaches Sunday school and goes to church every week, so at first I thought he'd be put off by the homosexual content. But after he read the first draft, he seemed unfazed, so we embarked on this journey of collaboration.<br />
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From the very beginning, I knew this is a very personal story. It's not autobiographical, but I felt nobody could understand the sentiments of the main characters better than I, so I took a very active role in the writing. We'd meet and talk about plot points, then I'd go home and write, and show him the results the following week, and he'll give me feedback. Sometimes he would rewrite or add to certain scenes. Having someone as a sounding board was really helpful, and the weekly meetings provided motivation and momentum.<br />
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Yet the writing process was often slow and painful for me. Most days I could only do one or two scenes. But I soldiered on. I noticed that having a writing partner drastically improved my writing. Discussing the scenes with someone else helped me visualize them better, and made them less one-dimensional. Joseph was always full of good humour, never judgmental about the characters or my ideas. All in all one of the most enjoyable writing experiences I've ever had. <br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-16313426776715276802013-05-16T20:59:00.001+08:002013-05-16T20:59:25.096+08:00素食年輕化<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
自去年起開始素食,雖然大部分時間都在家煮食,但有時也要出外工作,自不然要記下每一區有什麼好吃的素食店。大半年下來,我的經驗是香港越來越多人長期或偶然茹毒,以前吃素的多是佛教徒,尤以中年婦女為多,現在傳統齏舖很多時都會見到這些三五成群的師奶素食者。<br />
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但我感覺到素食有年輕化的趨勢,所以稍有特色的新派素食店都往往座無虛席。星期日我去了尖東的Woodland印度素食,多年前還在冠華中心時已幫襯過,這次再去居然要等位,客人除了印度人和洋人外,還有為數不少的本地華人,這是以前很少見的。另外昨天去一間兩夫婦主理、出名service不好(主要是只有丈夫serve,而他很明顯不是做開waiter的)的樓上cafe茶禪。這裡每晚提供兩素兩葷的set dinner,上個月中去過一次,一個月之後menu也沒變過,而且食物質素普通,但卻坐得滿滿的。第三間是有多間分店的大自然素食,在旺角始創中心那家星期五晚及假日一定要等位,而且吵得像街市,但食物質素是最有保證。九龍區的素食店長期爆滿,中環的Veggie SF 也好不了多少,我去的那晚近九時許仍坐滿了人,枱與枱之間的距離超近,鄰坐那對男女打情罵俏的內容清晰可聽。<br />
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綜合以上資料,新派素食店是否一門穩賺的生意? </div>
Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-48356773401460882792013-04-30T00:12:00.001+08:002013-04-30T00:12:24.262+08:00興建中的水泉澳邨<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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這是在我家附近,興建中的水泉澳邨,是沙田區一個較大型的公共屋邨,共有十多幢三十多層高的大樓,整個屋邨的規模比同區的博康邨或沙角邨還要大,將有一萬多個單位,共可容納三萬多人,2014年開始入伙。<br />
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最近幾年這區不斷有大型基建工程,包括水務、渠務、道路等,把馬路掘得爛巴巴。下年開始居民開始遷入時,不知會為這個沙田圍區帶來什麼改變呢?</div>
Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-88306797499383204892013-04-22T13:13:00.001+08:002013-04-22T13:13:05.292+08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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有一次在BBC看到創辦人Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu的專訪後,便深受這公司的環保和可持績發展哲學感動。Sole Rebels的鞋都是用有機綿和麻製造,鞋底是循環再造的舊輪胎,所有用料都是在工廠方圓幾公里的範圍內取得(不過不知省回來的碳排放會否被空運抵消?)。而Sole Rebel的工人的工資是同業的三倍,還享有醫保和教育津貼。<br />
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不過最重要的是,這雙鞋超級舒適,隻足被軟綿綿的埃塞阿比亞綿包裹著,感覺一流!<br />
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若我有任何做生意天份,一定會把Sole Rebels帶來香港。它已在台灣開了幾家專門店,但有點奇怪,不是在台北開,而是高雄、台中及台南! <br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-65110078942266897492013-03-06T12:37:00.000+08:002013-03-06T12:37:18.443+08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Once upon a time I felt so identified with my books. I felt anyone could walk into my apartment, take a look at my collection of novels, non fiction, film texts, travel books, catalogues from film festivals that have shown mt films, journals and get a pretty good idea of who I am.Since the last satsang, I no longer identify myself with these books, so when I came back I had a strong urge to get rid of them. I cleared out 40-50 books, mostly novels I will never read again and biographies of people I'm no longer interested in, and donated them to this charity drive, now in effect till March 24. http://www.go.asia/%E6%9B%B8%E5%87%BA%E6%84%9B%E5%BF%83-%E5%8D%81%E5%85%83%E7%BE%A9%E8%B3%A3/?lang=zh-hant<br />
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Darshanchunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288284772940023419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874298210157756807.post-10104613362112919952013-03-04T00:05:00.001+08:002013-03-04T00:05:50.454+08:00Life is here<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My first short was called "Life is Elsewhere." All my life I've been waiting for my life to start. I tell myself, when I make my first feature, go to a major festival, win prizes, fall in love, my life would begin. Many of these things happened but I was still unsatisfied, still waiting for life to happen.<br />
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After attending Dolano's intensive satsang, I feel like Ive woken up. The last satsang is a 5 week intensive investigation into the true nature of being. Letting go of my wrong vision means not looking elsewhere for fulfillment. It's all right here, right now.<br />
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In case you think I only post the raves, here is a<a href="http://www.soundonsight.org/inside-out-2012-speechless-adheres-to-a-gimmick-that-never-fully-surpasses-its-novelty/"> damning review</a> of Speechless, written by a Toronto critic after its screening at Inside Out. The only consolation is that the same critic also trashed Keep the Lights On, one of the best films, gay or straight, released last year--in my opinion.<br />
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After much delay, the Hong Kong edition DVD of Speechless came out last month. Purchase it at <a href="http://www.yesasia.com/global/%E7%84%A1%E8%A8%80-2012-blu-ray-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E7%89%88/1032136027-0-0-0-zh_TW/info.html">Yesasia</a>.<br />
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