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Article: Made in Hong Kong.
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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directed by Fruit Chan
written and directed by Deepa Mehta
According to his publicity, Made in Hong Kong's director Fruit Chan has worked in film ranging `from non-profit to major studios'. In 1994 he secretly started collecting short ends of raw film stock. By 1996 he had saved more than 80,000 feet and was ready to begin his independent debut feature.
The result, Made in Hong Kong, blends action, comedy and social realism, the three poles of recent Hong Kong cinema. It follows a young punk and his mildly retarded side-kick through the streets and the two-bit world of the small-time con. The racket may be lively and exciting but it's hardly ...