Lan Kwai Fong is a film that using the “Lan
Kwai Fong”as
the theme. Lan Kwai Fong is a very famous location in Hong Kong. There are so many famous bars
and nightclubs. Every night, everyday, there are so many parties and so many alcohols
all around the Lan Kwai Fong. There will not have a silent
night. Different men and women from different countries will go there and do
whatever they want. Some of them will go for drinking with friends. Some of
them will go Lan Kwai Fong and try to find “someone”. The people who go to Lan
Kwai Fong will have different purposes. Lan Kwai Fong is a place for recording
the people’s joys and sorrows. Also, it is
a good place for you to explore and meet different kinds of people here. The
clubs are so complicated. The environments are very dark and contain very loudly
music. The people are mostly coming for some purposes. It is totally outside
and different from the real world.
In this film, we can
recognize the blooming and depraved
Hong Kong nightlife in Lan Kwai Fong. It is one of the most successful
points for this film. The scenes in “LAN KWAI FONG” are really authentic. It totally
shows the audient what happen in Lan Kwai Fong every night. If you really like
to go night club, you must find your shadow in the film.
On the other hand,
the story is talking about a group of boys and girls. They are always going to Lan
Kwai Fong’s club to have fun and also they want to find a partner. Some of them
want to find a sex partner and look for a “one night stand”. Some of them want
to have fun only. Some of them want to look for a “real love” relationship in
club. The way of the film narrative is that they try to make 4 main story lines
for the whole film. Some of the story lines are talking about the real love
relationship in the club. Some of the story lines are talking about how a good
girl turns to be a devil of sex. The film
represents different kind of relationship very nicely.
Moreover, another theme of “LAN
KWAI FONG” is sex. In the film, the girls are willing to have a “one night
stand” with a stranger very easily. It brings out a very interesting question. Does
this dissolute and promiscuous behavior really happen in the reality? Two
people can build up a sex relationship within few hours. The film wants to tell
you that it is not a fictitious idea,
but also it is a fact in the reality. Every day and every time in the “LAN KWAI FONG”.
Furthermore, the dialogues
of the girls in the film are very vivid with the real world. For example, one
of the boy and girl are going to have sex in the washing room, the girl asks
the boy where the condom is. When the boy tells her that he does not have one,
the girl becomes very angry and stops to have sex with him. After that, they
argue and leave each other because of this. Another example is that the boy
plays the game with the girls. The boy tells the girl if they lose the game,
they will need to be his wife forever. After that, the girl replies him very
quickly. “Do you say the same thing with other girls every night?” The last one
is that when the boy and girl are trying to find a place to have sex. The girl
is asking the boy that “you place or my place”. Those screens are very real and
true. It let the people know how the love relationship works and also the sexual
attitudes in the youngster’s world.
Lastly, I do not think it
is a really good movie even the theme is attractive. The film makes audient to
have a misunderstanding on sex. It feels they want to tell the audients that people
can be promiscuity. To have a “one night stand” is a very normal and it is
acceptable nowadays. We also can able to find a real love relationship from one
night stand. It completely contorts the correct sexual attitudes and the
healthy love relationship. Film is a popular entertainment. It is even much better
than the liberal studies at school. However, the film contorts the correct sexual
attitudes and the healthy love relationship. It will create a very bad ideology
for the audient. It will make an unhealthy phenomenon for the society. Why does the film not try to
focus more on the real love relationship rather than the sex relationship and
bring out the issue of Sexual Promiscuity
in nowadays? Why does the film not try to tell the audient that the irresponsible
sex relation will become a strong mistrust between the boys and girls? These
things are also the dark side of our society. I think the film maker should think
about it. Try to make use of the film to send out more positive messages and thoughts
to the audients in order to make the society become better.
By Wong Yat Sing
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The review nicely captures some of the Hong Kong's nightclubbing scenes and relationships of dedicated party-goers depicted in the film. It’s a good strategy to cite some specific scenes to illustrate your points, and the selected quotes of dialogues are quite representative.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point that the film provides a general impression of Hong Kong youth's easy attitude on sex and love. It’s also true that media should bear social responsibility while providing entertainment. However, it seems that the film possesses some "romantic" implications despite the fact that it is a sexually charged: can we eliminate the possibilities of finding true love and companionship from such kind of “fairytale clubland”? According to the director, some relationships may be motivated by sex in the beginning but ended up in real authentic love too!