This book is about Fruit Chan's film Made in Hong Kong (1997), a tragic coming-of-age story which follows three disillusioned local youths struggling to navigate Hong Kong public housing projects and late adolescence amid violent crime, gang pressure, and broken homes. Shot on a very low budget, the film marked the beginning of Chan's career as an independent film director.
Keywords: public housing projects, adolescence, crime, gang pressure, broken homes, Chan
Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9789622099777 |
Published to Hong Kong Scholarship Online: September 2011 | DOI:10.5790/hongkong/9789622099777.001.0001 |