I'm livin' it (Aaron Kwok)

[Sylvio Constabel]

Einer meiner am meisten erwarteten Filme:

Produziert von Soi Cheang.
Der Filmtitel bezieht sich auf den McD-Slogan "I'm lovin' it". Es geht um die vielen Obdachlosen in HK, die in den 24 Stunden geöffneten McD-Filialen übernachten.

[Frau Stockl]

Über diese Betroffenheitsfilme (Mad World, Still Human, dieser hier) haben sich sogar die Leute vor Ort beschwert.

[Julio Sacchi]

Sieht hinten raus hart nach Schnulze aus.

[Sylvio Constabel]

Also ich kenne niemanden, der sich ueber diese Filme beschwert. Meine Bekannten (Copyright: Hisa) freuen sich höchstens dolle, daß es immer noch reine HK-Filme gibt, und rennen deswegen gleich zweimal ins Kino. Außerdem sind das ernste Themen, die hier angesprochen werden. Gut, ob man dafür jetzt unbedingt einen Kwok casten mußte, sei mal dahingestellt.

[Frau Stockl]

Trailer gar nicht angeguckt.
Kwok bringt das Geld.

Ansonsten:

"HK films are filled with sickness." (Derek Yee)
The above three movies are all great films, said Yee, and they are successful because they are genuinely well-made films that cover very relevant topics. The problem, however, is that only indie-style films like the above three end up being successful in Hong Kong. Unlike Hollywood, China, or even Korea, the HK film industry by itself just doesn’t have the budget to invest in a sufficient amount of commercial films for its audience.

“You can’t do space sci-fi films,” said Yee. “Even if you wanted to you can’t. You can’t do wuxia films either. Crime films are a no-go. You have a cop and you have a thief. Do you know how much money it is to fire a gun? Each bullet would cost a few dollars. You also have to get police vehicles and ambulances. Those all cost money.”

Filmmaking is an art. Unfortunately, the art can only be made with a decent budget. “For a successful film, you need to have commercial elements. One explosion scene, for example, requires money. That’s why more and more local films can only make indie movies.”

Overseas investors have also been noticing HK’s decline. Cheang Pou-soi said, “When you’re at film festivals, films from all over Asia are on display. Usually investors save the HK booth for last. They will literally even ask why we’re making another film like Mad World, why we’re making another film about poverty. The past few years were all about these films. Perhaps it’s because our market is small, so the budget invested in these films are small. We are either limited to doing only these kind of films, or it is only these kind of films that are receiving attention.”

Regisseur, Produzent und Darsteller haben Juni/Juli versucht, einen Film zu drehen namens Broken Net, das ist dann wieder meine Baustelle, da bin ich dann dabei.