Due West: Our Sex Journey is a Hong Kong third
category movie in 2012. It was reorganized from the article with same title
from the Hong Kong Golden Forum. In the movie, 3D technology is used. It was
the best selling movie at its releasing period.
Popular Hong Kong Style Movie
To explain the success of Due West: Our Sex
Journey, the genre of the movie should be mentioned. Due West: Our Sex Journey
talked about a guy became a client and visited a prostitute. It is a not a new
topic in movies. However, the movie was filmed in special style. It is not an
adult movie that showed off porn only. It is not feature film that described
the change of the heart of the main character. It is a Hong Kong style adult
comedy. It seems to be similar to the traditional Hong Kong adult comedy such
as Lucky Seven (1970), Sex and Zen (1991) and Sex and Zen II (1996). Due West:
Our Sex Journey had the elements of the traditional Hong Kong style comedy such
as local vulgar foul languages, satire of current events and traditional
Chinese literature and art. Also, the story was come from the popular Hong Kong
Forum, Hong Kong Golden Forum. Under the environment of Co-productions of Hong
Kong and China, most of the movie industry involved too many parts to talk
about China. Due West: Our Sex Journey can still showed that the respect of
local culture. It presented the real Hong Kong style while using the Hong Kong
story. With combining the Hong Kong style, comedy and adult movie, Due West:
Our Sex Journey drew a great attention while its releasing period.
The lost Identity
In Due West: Our Sex Journey, the
reflection on Hong Kong identity was shown. In the movie, the main character
was separated with his girl friend. It is the metaphor of the decolonization of
Hong Kong. It seemed to have a hopeful new identity at that time. Then, the
main character could not find a new girl friend and visited prostitute in China
following his friend. It is the phenomenon of Hong Kong people worked in China
after 1997. It seems to give a new identity to Hong Kong people. However, no people knew what identity they might achieved in China. At the end of
the movie, the main character was lost and thinking in the way back to Hong
Kong in train. This shot showed the worry of identity of Hong Kong people. In
our real lives, Hong Kong cannot be a real democracy place for Hong Kong
people. Also, Hong Kong cannot merge to the Mainland China. These made Hong
Kong became the grey area that between black and white. Hong Kong people are
still in obsession with their lost identity after 15 years reunification.
Cheung Kit Yi
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