Monday, November 13, 2006

Danwei TV: A Hong Kong Story with Roland Soong

Ah, yet another youtube find.

So just where in Hong Kong is that retaining wall which features in Eileen Chang's (张爱铃) novella Love in a Fallen City (顷城之恋)?

Hint: it is almost certainly not in Repulse Bay but somewhere in Central and known to many not for the Chang connection but as a Lan Kwai Fong wall which is, well, unmissable:



For more on Eileen Chang: Wikipedia and here.

Roland Soong is, of course, the power behind blog extraordinaire EastSouthWestNorth.

Hong Kong director Ann Hui's 1984 film adaptation Love in a Fallen City (with English-language subtitles), starring Cora Miao and Chow Yun-fat is well worth a look-see.

Just published. . . Love in a Fallen City, by Eileen Chang; translated by Karen S. Kingsbury: New York Review of Books

2 comments:

Justin said...

Loved that piece. Thanks for posting it.

mister bijou said...

Justin,

All hail serendipity!

Glad you enjoyed it.

Me, too.

Allbest,

Mister B