Lan Kwai Fong is a local love movie directed by wilson Chin. The main concept of the film is exploration of clubbing culture in Lan Kwai Fong. This film mobilizes many actors, over 30. 2 main characters Steven and Jennifer are responsible for the main love story. Others are their friends, who are addicted to clubbing. This film focuses on their stories that related to love and sex. Everyone is looking for sex partner during clubbing. Large proportions of scenes are happened in clubs and discos. Ladies are very sexy and well-dressed while men are smart and rich. There are also many sex scenes.
The culture of clubbing is introduced by Allan Zeman from western world. Allam Zeman is seen as “father of Lan Kwai Fong”. Lan Kwai Fong is a name of a street in Central. It is a famous place of night life where full of bars, clubs discos and western restaurants. Every night many people go there clubbing. The majority is 18 to 35young adults, most of them are middle class. Many foreigners who stay in Hong Kong frequently go there for social gathering. It is also a famous tourist attraction. This film directly reveals what is happening every night in there, what do those people do and what is their attitude.
The main activities in clubbing are drinking, dancing, music listening and making new friends. Looking for sex partner may be the most important in Lan Kwai Fong. Therefore, someone says that “clubbing is hunting”. The film presents the hunting culture within young adults. There are abundant elements associated with hunting and sex. Cat is the main representative of this concept. Her dress style is very sexy, showing her body figure to men. Hunting is not only dominated by men. Ladies are also very willing to hunt men. Cat gives signal to interested man. Then they have sex immediately, even in the toilet of the club. She is addicted to have one night stand with different stranger frequently. Apart from sex, she does not have any communication with those sex partners, even does not know their name. She represents the attitude of many ladies in Lan Kwui Fong.
Some ladies are just like Jeana, being addicted to clubbing after first time. She says that “after the first time of clubbing, I have abundant energy now.” Then she goes clubbing very frequently. At the end of the story, she becomes another Cat, frequently having one night stand with different guys.
Linlin shows the materialism of Hong Kong girls. She said that people cannot find relationship of “true love” in clubbing, and the aim of clubbing is to hunt a rich boyfriend. Director want to tell people about materialism through Linlin’s words. In Hong Kong, money is seen as the most important thing in life. Everyone is paying largest effort to maximize their income. The reason is presented in the movie. If a man has a stable good job with satisfy salary, he is easily to have beautiful girlfriends. As for those men with low income, they are usually ignored by girls. On the other hand, ladies always dress up beautifully in order to hunt a rich guy. Linlin is a typical example that she wants her boyfriend to buy an expensive handbag for her.
“Uncle” is another main character. He is nearly a middle age man who owns a clubs. He still go clubbing with wheelchair even after having stroke. His words represent many people’s attitude, “work as hard as you can and play as hard as you can”. He also says that “when you are still young, you must pay greatest effort to enjoy”. Many young adult in Hong Kong go clubbing every week, some even go 3 times a week. Clubbing is a very important method creating happiness for many young adults. Some even think that clubbing and drink is the only activity of relaxation. Therefore, there is a distinctive culture that, many people stop clubbing after getting marriage. It is because they think themselves no longer “available for clubbing”. As a result, before they getting marriage and getting old, they will try their best to enjoy in clubbing.
To some extent there is sparse relation of “true love” that developed through clubbing. However, two couples, Steven and Jennifer, and Sean and Cat, also meet during clubbing. At the end of the film, these two couples have happy ending. This reveals that, people are still willing to looking for true love relationship through clubbing, although they know that the possibility is very low.
Tse Kam Ho, Danny 10483264
OMG this is the third review on “Lan Kwai Fong”! A brief textual analysis of the film is conducted, with emphasis on the social and cultural values embodied by the main characters. The discussion on the city’s thriving clubbing scenes and attitudes toward sex helps contextualize the sexually charged text in a local context.
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there is absolutely no morals amongst men and women, both married, attached or otherwise these days in general. this is indicative of the arrival of doomsday and we will all be judged. the worst would have been that they carry STD and for the married men and women, they lied to get their desires and fantasies fulfilled yet have no remorse that they cheated on their wives and husbands...these people will not be reincarnated to be a better person or rather they will rot in hell!!!
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