1 00:00:11,908 --> 00:00:14,186 "Chapter One. 2 00:00:14,221 --> 00:00:18,501 "To fall in love with Asia is one thing. 3 00:00:18,535 --> 00:00:22,608 "To fall in love in Asia is another. 4 00:00:22,643 --> 00:00:25,370 "Both have happened to me. 5 00:00:25,404 --> 00:00:29,236 "The Star Ferry to Kowloon at night... 6 00:00:29,270 --> 00:00:32,515 "the lights of Hong Kong behind me... 7 00:00:32,549 --> 00:00:34,689 "it's a gift, 8 00:00:34,724 --> 00:00:36,588 "a dream, 9 00:00:36,622 --> 00:00:38,624 "a curse. 10 00:00:38,659 --> 00:00:40,178 "The best thing, 11 00:00:40,212 --> 00:00:42,456 "the happiest thing, 12 00:00:42,490 --> 00:00:43,698 "yet, also, 13 00:00:43,733 --> 00:00:47,012 the loneliest thing in the world." 14 00:00:49,808 --> 00:00:51,913 ♪ I took a walk through this ♪ 15 00:00:51,948 --> 00:00:54,882 ♪ Beautiful world 16 00:00:54,916 --> 00:01:00,129 ♪ Felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ 17 00:01:00,163 --> 00:01:03,408 ♪ Found something good in this ♪ 18 00:01:03,442 --> 00:01:06,376 ♪ Beautiful world 19 00:01:06,411 --> 00:01:12,210 ♪ I felt the rain getting colder ♪ 20 00:01:12,244 --> 00:01:15,385 - ♪ La, la - ♪ Sha la, la, la, la 21 00:01:15,420 --> 00:01:17,456 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la 22 00:01:17,491 --> 00:01:21,391 - ♪ Sha la, la, la - Sha la, la, la, la ♪ 23 00:01:21,426 --> 00:01:26,534 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la, la 24 00:01:32,195 --> 00:01:32,695 ♪ 25 00:01:41,170 --> 00:01:41,670 ♪ 26 00:01:53,803 --> 00:01:56,426 All of us, when we travel, look at the places we go, 27 00:01:56,461 --> 00:02:00,499 the things we see through different eyes. 28 00:02:00,534 --> 00:02:04,331 And how we see them is shaped by our previous lives. 29 00:02:04,365 --> 00:02:06,126 The books we've read. 30 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,955 The films we've seen. 31 00:02:07,989 --> 00:02:10,992 The baggage we carry. 32 00:02:11,027 --> 00:02:12,960 Years ago, when I first watched 33 00:02:12,994 --> 00:02:16,308 the stunningly beautiful films of director Wong Kar-wai, 34 00:02:16,343 --> 00:02:19,794 it shaped forever the way I'd see Hong Kong. 35 00:02:19,829 --> 00:02:21,658 From that point on, my hopes, 36 00:02:21,693 --> 00:02:23,798 my expectations of this city 37 00:02:23,833 --> 00:02:25,731 would be seen through that lens, 38 00:02:25,766 --> 00:02:28,286 a lens that was, in nearly every case, 39 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,047 pointed by, focused by this man: 40 00:02:33,083 --> 00:02:34,464 Christopher Doyle, 41 00:02:34,499 --> 00:02:36,156 long-time resident of Hong Kong, 42 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:38,986 known by his Mandarin name Du Kefeng. 43 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:40,401 And it won't go away. 44 00:02:40,436 --> 00:02:42,196 His earlier works with Wong Kar-wai 45 00:02:42,231 --> 00:02:43,473 were distinguished 46 00:02:43,508 --> 00:02:45,372 by unspeakably gorgeous images 47 00:02:45,406 --> 00:02:47,201 of beautiful people moving through spaces 48 00:02:47,236 --> 00:02:50,204 both unfamiliar and yet painfully intimate. 49 00:02:50,239 --> 00:02:51,688 Alternately jagged, 50 00:02:51,723 --> 00:02:53,828 frenzied, innovative, 51 00:02:53,863 --> 00:02:55,416 languid, composed, 52 00:02:55,451 --> 00:02:56,762 chaotic. 53 00:02:56,797 --> 00:03:00,214 I obsessed over his work, fetishized it, 54 00:03:00,249 --> 00:03:02,320 longed to see Hong Kong like the characters 55 00:03:02,354 --> 00:03:04,908 in so many of his films longed for each other. 56 00:03:04,943 --> 00:03:07,359 And I feared, like those characters, 57 00:03:07,394 --> 00:03:09,223 I would be denied. 58 00:03:09,258 --> 00:03:11,225 I was wrong. 59 00:03:11,260 --> 00:03:13,020 The good thing about the escalator, 60 00:03:13,054 --> 00:03:15,436 it's the best place to watch people. 61 00:03:18,715 --> 00:03:21,339 ♪ 62 00:03:21,373 --> 00:03:22,685 The mid-level escalators. 63 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:24,928 7 million people in Hong Kong, 64 00:03:24,963 --> 00:03:27,034 many of them flowing through this mile-long 65 00:03:27,068 --> 00:03:28,449 escalator system. 66 00:03:28,484 --> 00:03:31,038 It's Chris Doyle's happy place. 67 00:03:31,072 --> 00:03:33,385 What do you look at in Hong Kong? 68 00:03:33,420 --> 00:03:35,249 And you've lived here how long? 69 00:03:35,284 --> 00:03:37,596 - Oh, 20, 30 years, almost. - So... 70 00:03:37,631 --> 00:03:40,358 I-I mean, I've spent more time 71 00:03:40,392 --> 00:03:43,602 in this space than I have spent in bars. 72 00:03:43,637 --> 00:03:45,570 ♪ 73 00:03:45,604 --> 00:03:48,538 Look at this, we have people coming and going. 74 00:03:48,573 --> 00:03:50,091 We have the city passing us by. 75 00:03:50,126 --> 00:03:53,060 We have... to me, the energy is the noise, 76 00:03:53,094 --> 00:03:54,406 is the people. 77 00:03:54,441 --> 00:03:56,374 I mean, the films that we made 78 00:03:56,408 --> 00:04:00,378 are only this way because we made them here. 79 00:04:00,412 --> 00:04:03,312 I've made 12 films within 2 square kilometers 80 00:04:03,346 --> 00:04:05,072 of where we are right now. 81 00:04:05,106 --> 00:04:08,006 In fact, we're gonna pass by my apartment, 82 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:09,628 which is the most famous apartment 83 00:04:09,663 --> 00:04:11,251 in Hong Kong. You shot in there, right? 84 00:04:11,285 --> 00:04:12,493 It doesn't exist anymore 85 00:04:12,528 --> 00:04:14,323 because the energy changes. 86 00:04:14,357 --> 00:04:17,567 ♪ 87 00:04:17,602 --> 00:04:19,569 But to tune into the energy... 88 00:04:19,604 --> 00:04:22,158 Ah-ha, hello... Then we have a movie. 89 00:04:22,192 --> 00:04:23,677 Then we have this conversation. 90 00:04:23,711 --> 00:04:25,920 Then we have something that the cameraman 91 00:04:25,955 --> 00:04:28,647 is gonna fall over backwards trying to film. 92 00:04:28,682 --> 00:04:31,305 I think you're just preparing all the time. 93 00:04:31,340 --> 00:04:33,342 For example, you watch some of my movies. 94 00:04:33,376 --> 00:04:35,309 - Yes. - Or we read a book. 95 00:04:35,344 --> 00:04:36,621 - Yeah. - Or we go out 96 00:04:36,655 --> 00:04:38,208 drinking with friends. Yeah. 97 00:04:38,243 --> 00:04:39,762 And then bang, bang, 98 00:04:39,796 --> 00:04:43,144 we're doing something which all of those energies 99 00:04:43,179 --> 00:04:46,803 focus in a way that somehow connects with other people. 100 00:04:46,838 --> 00:04:49,979 Hello. What do you want in life? 101 00:04:52,395 --> 00:04:53,845 I mean, you do understand 102 00:04:53,879 --> 00:04:55,295 the impulse, right? 103 00:04:55,329 --> 00:04:57,435 People see work that you've long ago 104 00:04:57,469 --> 00:04:58,815 just like moved on from. 105 00:04:58,850 --> 00:05:00,955 And they get, you know... They get a hard-on, 106 00:05:00,990 --> 00:05:02,302 and it won't go away. 107 00:05:02,336 --> 00:05:03,544 I mean, come on, it's... 108 00:05:03,579 --> 00:05:06,202 But the great pleasure is, 109 00:05:06,236 --> 00:05:08,722 I did it... 110 00:05:08,756 --> 00:05:10,448 and it's done. 111 00:05:10,482 --> 00:05:13,623 You want me to reshoot "Chunking Express"? 112 00:05:16,833 --> 00:05:20,458 ♪ 113 00:05:20,492 --> 00:05:22,045 But of course they all do, don't they? 114 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:23,702 But I don't know how I did it! 115 00:05:29,018 --> 00:05:30,537 Is there a value in 116 00:05:30,571 --> 00:05:32,642 just beautiful people and objects 117 00:05:32,677 --> 00:05:34,403 moving through space in beautiful ways? 118 00:05:34,437 --> 00:05:36,266 Is there a value to the color 119 00:05:36,301 --> 00:05:37,992 of a pomegranate? Yeah, yeah, there is. 120 00:05:38,027 --> 00:05:39,580 Exactly! 121 00:05:39,615 --> 00:05:43,343 This is our challenge, is to celebrate that. 122 00:05:43,377 --> 00:05:44,827 So-called "beauty" is not, 123 00:05:44,861 --> 00:05:46,415 you know, "My make-up is so good, 124 00:05:46,449 --> 00:05:49,072 and then I... I lifted my face a bit." 125 00:05:49,107 --> 00:05:51,074 No. Beauty is the darkness 126 00:05:51,109 --> 00:05:53,422 and the pleasure of embracing that 127 00:05:53,456 --> 00:05:55,493 and that giving you something more 128 00:05:55,527 --> 00:05:58,668 of your experience of life. 129 00:05:58,703 --> 00:06:01,050 I read a script, and it says, 130 00:06:01,084 --> 00:06:02,362 "He looked so sophisticate"... 131 00:06:02,396 --> 00:06:05,572 How do you film "sophisticated"? 132 00:06:05,606 --> 00:06:09,438 How do you convey the taste of a chili? 133 00:06:09,472 --> 00:06:12,372 We'll never know, but... 134 00:06:12,406 --> 00:06:14,028 the privilege we've been given 135 00:06:14,063 --> 00:06:17,860 is, number one, we've experienced it personally. 136 00:06:17,894 --> 00:06:21,104 So it becomes part of who you are. 137 00:06:24,142 --> 00:06:24,642 ♪ 138 00:06:28,629 --> 00:06:30,217 Leaf Dessert Noodle Shop 139 00:06:30,251 --> 00:06:32,702 is a hundred-year-old holdout in Central. 140 00:06:32,737 --> 00:06:34,532 Chris has been coming here for years, 141 00:06:34,566 --> 00:06:37,120 both to film and for this: 142 00:06:37,155 --> 00:06:38,881 Choy noodle soup for him, 143 00:06:38,915 --> 00:06:42,263 and beef brisket noodles with wonton for me. 144 00:06:42,298 --> 00:06:43,989 ♪ 145 00:06:44,024 --> 00:06:45,957 Ah, here we go. 146 00:06:45,991 --> 00:06:48,787 So this is family food. 147 00:06:51,307 --> 00:06:52,757 Yeah. 148 00:06:54,586 --> 00:06:56,795 You don't know. I don't know. 149 00:07:04,941 --> 00:07:07,323 This is the most famous noodle stand 150 00:07:07,357 --> 00:07:09,325 in cinema history, in Hong Kong. 151 00:07:09,359 --> 00:07:10,740 Has he been in the films himself? 152 00:07:10,775 --> 00:07:12,915 Many, many, many times. 153 00:07:12,949 --> 00:07:16,781 This is our next nomination for Hong Kong Film Awards. 154 00:07:18,127 --> 00:07:19,335 Ah, man. 155 00:07:19,369 --> 00:07:21,682 It's good too. 156 00:07:24,996 --> 00:07:25,496 ♪ 157 00:07:37,974 --> 00:07:39,700 I don't watch movies. I don't... 158 00:07:39,735 --> 00:07:41,875 watch other people's work. 159 00:07:41,909 --> 00:07:43,601 I can't draw, 160 00:07:43,635 --> 00:07:46,362 but I know if you put this... 161 00:07:46,396 --> 00:07:48,295 ♪ 162 00:07:48,329 --> 00:07:52,299 And you move it around a bit... 163 00:07:52,333 --> 00:07:54,163 it may take you somewhere. 164 00:07:54,197 --> 00:07:59,237 So, to me, collage is like the unexpected put together 165 00:07:59,271 --> 00:08:04,311 to perhaps suggest something that you never thought of. 166 00:08:04,345 --> 00:08:04,845 ♪ 167 00:08:09,661 --> 00:08:13,527 Our experience actually gives us a distance 168 00:08:13,562 --> 00:08:16,392 and gives us this wonderful freedom, 169 00:08:16,426 --> 00:08:19,499 which is called time. 170 00:08:19,533 --> 00:08:21,328 I thought time was running out, 171 00:08:21,362 --> 00:08:22,363 but it's not. 172 00:08:22,398 --> 00:08:24,434 Time is actually 173 00:08:24,469 --> 00:08:27,403 being more condensed, because we're more focused. 174 00:08:27,437 --> 00:08:27,937 ♪ 175 00:08:35,204 --> 00:08:38,552 Now our job as artists is to show you the world 176 00:08:38,587 --> 00:08:40,658 that you think you knew 177 00:08:40,692 --> 00:08:42,867 and celebrate it. 178 00:08:42,901 --> 00:08:46,422 In my wonderful experience and wonderful journey 179 00:08:46,456 --> 00:08:48,838 with a person called Wong Kar-wai, 180 00:08:48,873 --> 00:08:51,876 it finally... After all the films we made, 181 00:08:51,910 --> 00:08:54,568 we made a film called "In the Mood for Love." 182 00:08:57,606 --> 00:09:00,678 ♪ 183 00:09:00,712 --> 00:09:04,371 I think everything we did before then 184 00:09:04,405 --> 00:09:06,235 was preparation. 185 00:09:06,269 --> 00:09:09,134 I think that's it. If you find this 186 00:09:09,169 --> 00:09:10,584 in your life, 187 00:09:10,619 --> 00:09:14,070 you actually say one sentence 188 00:09:14,105 --> 00:09:16,038 or you make one dish 189 00:09:16,072 --> 00:09:18,247 or you make one image 190 00:09:18,281 --> 00:09:20,318 that is true. 191 00:09:20,352 --> 00:09:21,906 That's pretty good, 192 00:09:21,940 --> 00:09:25,047 because not many people get that. 193 00:09:25,081 --> 00:09:25,581 ♪ 194 00:09:38,198 --> 00:09:38,698 ♪ 195 00:09:47,448 --> 00:09:49,450 ♪ 196 00:10:08,573 --> 00:10:11,611 ♪ 197 00:11:25,788 --> 00:11:26,288 ♪ 198 00:11:34,210 --> 00:11:34,710 ♪ 199 00:11:38,767 --> 00:11:41,183 The love of money and shiny new things 200 00:11:41,217 --> 00:11:44,945 is slowly but surely erasing the past. 201 00:11:44,980 --> 00:11:47,741 So before it's gone, this is a reminder 202 00:11:47,776 --> 00:11:49,605 of how Hong Kong used to eat, 203 00:11:49,639 --> 00:11:52,228 at dai pai dongs like this one 204 00:11:52,263 --> 00:11:54,196 in Sham Shui Po. 205 00:11:54,230 --> 00:11:58,027 Cheap, delicious food served from open-air stalls. 206 00:11:58,062 --> 00:12:00,858 Pull up a plastic stool, crack a beer, 207 00:12:00,892 --> 00:12:02,756 fire up the wok. 208 00:12:02,791 --> 00:12:05,310 So tell me, what is a dai pai dong? 209 00:12:05,345 --> 00:12:07,485 - "Dai" is "big." - Big. 210 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:08,797 "Pai" is "license." 211 00:12:08,831 --> 00:12:10,315 And "dong" is "place." 212 00:12:10,350 --> 00:12:12,870 - So it's... - So it's "big license place." 213 00:12:12,904 --> 00:12:14,872 Right, and how many of these are left in, uh... 214 00:12:14,906 --> 00:12:16,736 - 28. - Whoa, whoa, whoa. 215 00:12:16,770 --> 00:12:18,876 Only 28? Only 28. 216 00:12:18,910 --> 00:12:20,740 Why? Why don't... 217 00:12:20,774 --> 00:12:22,776 Because the government doesn't... 218 00:12:22,811 --> 00:12:25,675 They want, uh, street clean. 219 00:12:25,710 --> 00:12:26,884 That's... 220 00:12:26,918 --> 00:12:28,299 That ain't right. Yeah. 221 00:12:28,333 --> 00:12:30,232 The name of the place is Keung Kee, 222 00:12:30,266 --> 00:12:33,822 and Gaza Cheung recently took over as chef. 223 00:12:33,856 --> 00:12:36,134 How do you get one of the last licenses 224 00:12:36,169 --> 00:12:37,826 for a dai pai dong? Accident. 225 00:12:37,860 --> 00:12:39,137 - Accident? - Yeah. 226 00:12:39,172 --> 00:12:41,346 This license is hold by somebody else, 227 00:12:41,381 --> 00:12:43,314 not by me, but this place, 228 00:12:43,348 --> 00:12:45,419 it's been around for 40 years. 229 00:12:45,454 --> 00:12:47,076 Now, did you change the menu? 230 00:12:47,111 --> 00:12:48,768 Same menu? No, I changed the menu... 231 00:12:48,802 --> 00:12:50,908 - Right. - And start a typical, 232 00:12:50,942 --> 00:12:52,910 old-fashioned Chinese meal. 233 00:12:54,463 --> 00:12:55,844 Drunken chicken. 234 00:12:55,878 --> 00:12:57,915 Hacked-up birds cooked in hot pot, 235 00:12:57,949 --> 00:12:59,295 with medicinal roots and herbs 236 00:12:59,330 --> 00:13:01,021 that will no doubt make me strong. 237 00:13:01,056 --> 00:13:03,092 What will I feel after I eat it? 238 00:13:03,127 --> 00:13:05,198 - Hyper. I can use... - Hyper? 239 00:13:05,232 --> 00:13:06,371 - Hyper. - Energy? 240 00:13:06,406 --> 00:13:07,614 Strength? Yeah, energy! 241 00:13:07,648 --> 00:13:09,340 Vitality? No penis in there? 242 00:13:09,374 --> 00:13:10,790 No! No. 243 00:13:10,824 --> 00:13:12,653 - No penis in there. - I wouldn't eat that. 244 00:13:12,688 --> 00:13:14,034 Myself. Really? 245 00:13:14,069 --> 00:13:15,725 - Unless you want. - I've had a fair amount 246 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,555 of penis on this show. Oh. 247 00:13:17,589 --> 00:13:19,695 ♪ 248 00:13:19,729 --> 00:13:21,455 A clay-pot dish of fish tripes, 249 00:13:21,490 --> 00:13:22,836 cooked in an egg custard, 250 00:13:22,871 --> 00:13:25,977 topped with a crispy fried yóu zhá. 251 00:13:26,012 --> 00:13:27,392 Wait a minute, is that egg? 252 00:13:27,427 --> 00:13:28,808 Egg. 253 00:13:28,842 --> 00:13:30,499 So it's like a... Like a quiche. 254 00:13:30,533 --> 00:13:32,846 Try it. 255 00:13:32,881 --> 00:13:34,365 It's pretty damn good. 256 00:13:34,399 --> 00:13:36,746 Crispy, custardy. 257 00:13:36,781 --> 00:13:38,541 I've never had anything like this 258 00:13:38,576 --> 00:13:39,888 anywhere in China. 259 00:13:39,922 --> 00:13:42,131 Movies? Oh, yes. 260 00:13:42,166 --> 00:13:45,548 You know Wong Kar-wai? I do. 261 00:13:45,583 --> 00:13:48,897 - Do you like him? - Uh, I love Wong Kar-wai. 262 00:13:48,931 --> 00:13:50,864 Which is your favorite Wong Kar-wai film? 263 00:13:50,899 --> 00:13:52,728 Oh, "In the Mood of Love." 264 00:13:52,762 --> 00:13:54,212 Me too. 265 00:13:54,247 --> 00:13:55,765 It's the most beautiful film ever made. 266 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:57,215 There you are. 267 00:13:57,250 --> 00:13:58,147 No way. 268 00:14:01,530 --> 00:14:02,030 ♪ 269 00:14:11,540 --> 00:14:12,040 ♪ 270 00:14:30,904 --> 00:14:31,404 ♪ 271 00:14:36,668 --> 00:14:40,362 Hong Kong is a mixed culture with East and West. 272 00:14:40,396 --> 00:14:44,021 - Right. - Because of the 160 years 273 00:14:44,055 --> 00:14:45,712 as a British colony, 274 00:14:45,746 --> 00:14:49,060 Hong Kong really developed its own, unique culture. 275 00:14:49,095 --> 00:14:51,373 The people in Hong Kong really want to see that. 276 00:14:51,407 --> 00:14:53,099 Or for the foreign people like you, 277 00:14:53,133 --> 00:14:55,653 you want to see, "Oh, it's really old Hong Kong." 278 00:14:58,690 --> 00:14:59,190 ♪ 279 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,251 All this is disappearing. 280 00:15:07,285 --> 00:15:09,391 ♪ 281 00:15:09,425 --> 00:15:12,912 All this could be gone. 282 00:15:12,946 --> 00:15:16,225 It's vanishing before our eyes. 283 00:15:16,260 --> 00:15:18,469 ♪ 284 00:15:18,503 --> 00:15:20,989 Simon Go is a photographer who's documented 285 00:15:21,023 --> 00:15:23,992 to 200 small, family-run shops in the city, 286 00:15:24,026 --> 00:15:26,960 many of them already shuttered. 287 00:15:26,995 --> 00:15:28,858 I go everywhere in Hong Kong. 288 00:15:28,893 --> 00:15:30,930 And I really want to... 289 00:15:30,964 --> 00:15:32,862 To preserve the memories. 290 00:15:32,897 --> 00:15:34,416 Especially in these few years, 291 00:15:34,450 --> 00:15:36,763 I found so many old shops disappeared 292 00:15:36,797 --> 00:15:39,766 because of some urban development. 293 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,837 And I think I've got 294 00:15:41,871 --> 00:15:43,804 a mission to preserve that. 295 00:15:43,839 --> 00:15:44,339 ♪ 296 00:15:52,917 --> 00:15:55,023 To feel sentimental about the past 297 00:15:55,057 --> 00:15:56,541 is unusual for Hong Kong. 298 00:15:56,576 --> 00:15:58,681 Hong Kong has always been about changing. 299 00:15:58,716 --> 00:16:00,787 - Yes. - It's always embraced change. 300 00:16:00,821 --> 00:16:03,686 Realistically, can these businesses 301 00:16:03,721 --> 00:16:04,894 be protected? 302 00:16:04,929 --> 00:16:06,551 Ah... 303 00:16:06,586 --> 00:16:08,001 It's really difficult to say. 304 00:16:08,036 --> 00:16:10,210 But I think that when the government 305 00:16:10,245 --> 00:16:12,661 and the Hong Kong people see more about 306 00:16:12,695 --> 00:16:14,214 our own unique culture, 307 00:16:14,249 --> 00:16:18,115 for many people, try their best to fight for that. 308 00:16:20,669 --> 00:16:22,395 China Café in Mong Kok, 309 00:16:22,429 --> 00:16:24,638 what's called a cha chaan teng, 310 00:16:24,673 --> 00:16:25,985 or "tea restaurant," 311 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,503 serving a particularly bizarro 312 00:16:27,538 --> 00:16:30,506 but much-loved bit of Hong Kong history. 313 00:16:30,541 --> 00:16:32,715 Simon's been coming here for over 40 years 314 00:16:32,750 --> 00:16:35,477 and orders his favorite: fried pork cutlet 315 00:16:35,511 --> 00:16:37,479 over rice, with tomato sauce. 316 00:16:37,513 --> 00:16:38,687 Oh! 317 00:16:38,721 --> 00:16:41,345 Thank you. Wow. 318 00:16:41,379 --> 00:16:43,071 This rice is very popular in Hong Kong. 319 00:16:43,105 --> 00:16:45,038 - Very popular. - Especially for a schoolboy, 320 00:16:45,073 --> 00:16:48,041 I came... every time I came to a cha chaa teng, 321 00:16:48,076 --> 00:16:50,526 I ordered this. I think it's a... 322 00:16:50,561 --> 00:16:52,321 It's a perfect match for me. 323 00:16:54,082 --> 00:16:57,050 And, well, I had to try this: 324 00:16:57,085 --> 00:16:59,018 macaroni, Spam, 325 00:16:59,052 --> 00:17:01,882 and egg... soup. 326 00:17:01,917 --> 00:17:04,851 I have no idea where this came from. 327 00:17:04,885 --> 00:17:06,052 I mean, is it a soup? Is it a stew? 328 00:17:06,059 --> 00:17:07,336 What do I... Should I break it up? 329 00:17:07,371 --> 00:17:08,717 No, it's okay. 330 00:17:08,751 --> 00:17:10,298 Because in cha chaa teng, nobody care about... 331 00:17:10,305 --> 00:17:11,582 - Table rules. - Table manner 332 00:17:11,616 --> 00:17:13,687 or anything, you know? 333 00:17:13,722 --> 00:17:16,173 ♪ 334 00:17:16,207 --> 00:17:18,520 You know, food and smell 335 00:17:18,554 --> 00:17:22,351 always bring forth so many memories. 336 00:17:22,386 --> 00:17:25,389 I still remember my parents and my grandparents, 337 00:17:25,423 --> 00:17:28,357 they would make some dumpling at home. 338 00:17:28,392 --> 00:17:31,740 And they really worked hard for prepare the meal 339 00:17:31,774 --> 00:17:34,225 for the family. 340 00:17:34,260 --> 00:17:37,884 The taste is really great and really sweet. 341 00:17:37,918 --> 00:17:39,265 And... 342 00:17:39,299 --> 00:17:42,130 after my grandmother and my mother passed away, 343 00:17:42,164 --> 00:17:45,271 I have not any chance to eat that again. 344 00:17:45,305 --> 00:17:47,997 But about four or five years ago, 345 00:17:48,032 --> 00:17:49,999 my Auntie made them for me. 346 00:17:50,034 --> 00:17:52,761 When I put it to my mouth, 347 00:17:52,795 --> 00:17:56,075 I burst into tears. 348 00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:58,767 My wife behind... 349 00:17:58,801 --> 00:18:00,596 comforts me. 350 00:18:00,631 --> 00:18:02,150 Speechless. 351 00:18:02,184 --> 00:18:05,222 The taste, the food recalls so many... 352 00:18:05,256 --> 00:18:08,949 So many memories for me. 353 00:18:20,168 --> 00:18:22,515 ♪ 354 00:18:22,549 --> 00:18:25,518 In the beginning, Hong Kong was this: 355 00:18:25,552 --> 00:18:29,522 a fishing village, like this one. 356 00:18:29,556 --> 00:18:30,056 ♪ 357 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:35,528 There you go. 358 00:18:35,562 --> 00:18:37,116 You're gonna give me a camera? 359 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:39,014 Hell, yeah. 360 00:18:39,048 --> 00:18:42,155 All right, guys, well... 361 00:18:42,190 --> 00:18:44,882 All right, proceed to smoke weed. 362 00:18:47,056 --> 00:18:48,679 - Can I roll? - Yeah! 363 00:18:48,713 --> 00:18:50,025 How do I roll? 364 00:18:50,059 --> 00:18:51,682 That button, here. Yeah, there. 365 00:18:51,716 --> 00:18:54,167 Oh, that's so complicated, I have to press the button. 366 00:18:54,202 --> 00:18:56,480 ♪ 367 00:18:56,514 --> 00:18:59,345 Can I close down the aperture a little bit? 368 00:18:59,379 --> 00:19:01,001 Where is the aperture? Can you tell me? 369 00:19:01,036 --> 00:19:02,313 You're on a 2-8. 370 00:19:02,348 --> 00:19:05,489 Yeah, you're on it. 371 00:19:05,523 --> 00:19:07,007 I don't smile a lot on this show, 372 00:19:07,042 --> 00:19:09,907 by the way, but I'm smiling now. 373 00:19:09,941 --> 00:19:10,441 ♪ 374 00:19:19,019 --> 00:19:20,676 I want to shoot you guys. 375 00:19:20,711 --> 00:19:23,162 So tell us, you behind the camera, 376 00:19:23,196 --> 00:19:25,198 what are you seeing? 377 00:19:25,233 --> 00:19:27,166 I'm trying really hard to get footage now. 378 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,168 Really? Why is that? 379 00:19:29,202 --> 00:19:30,479 This is one of 380 00:19:30,514 --> 00:19:32,171 the most beautiful shots I've ever made. 381 00:19:32,205 --> 00:19:34,863 I've never made a shot about cameras before. 382 00:19:34,897 --> 00:19:37,210 So tell us, what is a camera to you? 383 00:19:37,245 --> 00:19:39,833 I think it's a good thing to hide behind. 384 00:19:42,353 --> 00:19:43,699 I think, Anthony, 385 00:19:43,734 --> 00:19:46,081 we have one of the most beautiful images 386 00:19:46,115 --> 00:19:48,221 in all of your film. 387 00:19:48,256 --> 00:19:49,498 This is why we're on... 388 00:19:49,533 --> 00:19:51,535 It's why we're on the damn boat. 389 00:19:52,950 --> 00:19:54,400 Do we have a movie? 390 00:19:54,434 --> 00:19:56,712 - We have a movie. - We have a movie. 391 00:19:56,747 --> 00:19:58,024 Are you sure we... 392 00:19:58,058 --> 00:19:59,853 I'm worried we didn't record it! 393 00:19:59,888 --> 00:20:01,200 We'll find out in a second. 394 00:20:01,234 --> 00:20:02,856 Then we have to do it in person. 395 00:20:02,891 --> 00:20:04,755 Oh, sit. 396 00:20:04,789 --> 00:20:07,033 Ha! 397 00:20:07,067 --> 00:20:08,690 ♪ 398 00:20:08,724 --> 00:20:10,795 Tai O is one of the last fishing villages 399 00:20:10,830 --> 00:20:12,797 in Hong Kong, on the western side 400 00:20:12,832 --> 00:20:14,351 of Lantau Island. 401 00:20:14,385 --> 00:20:16,249 The families here have made their living 402 00:20:16,284 --> 00:20:18,251 from the sea for generations. 403 00:20:18,286 --> 00:20:21,530 For Chris Doyle and his codirector Jenny Suen, 404 00:20:21,565 --> 00:20:23,567 it's a return to the location 405 00:20:23,601 --> 00:20:25,431 of their recent film, "The White Girl." 406 00:20:25,465 --> 00:20:27,709 So where are we? I recognize it. 407 00:20:27,743 --> 00:20:29,814 We're in the Venice of Hong Kong, obviously. 408 00:20:29,849 --> 00:20:31,575 I mean, there we are. We've got the canals. 409 00:20:31,609 --> 00:20:33,266 We got canals going in all directions here. 410 00:20:33,301 --> 00:20:34,716 We got the most beautiful bridges 411 00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:36,062 outside of Venice. 412 00:20:36,096 --> 00:20:37,236 Don't forget, "Hong Kong" 413 00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:39,548 means "fragrant harbor." Mmhmm. 414 00:20:39,583 --> 00:20:41,447 So it's a good place to eat, I guess. 415 00:20:41,481 --> 00:20:43,069 Well, you have experience here. 416 00:20:43,103 --> 00:20:44,588 You guys shot a film here. 417 00:20:47,591 --> 00:20:49,386 'Cause you shot like right here. 418 00:20:49,420 --> 00:20:50,939 We literally shot right here. 419 00:20:50,973 --> 00:20:52,561 This is it. This is the main location 420 00:20:52,596 --> 00:20:54,183 of the film. This is the main-actually, 421 00:20:54,218 --> 00:20:55,668 when we were prepping the film, 422 00:20:55,702 --> 00:20:57,842 we had looked at all the fishing villages 423 00:20:57,877 --> 00:20:59,292 around Hong Kong. 424 00:20:59,327 --> 00:21:01,743 And this one was the most complete, 425 00:21:01,777 --> 00:21:04,608 in the sense that it's a real community, 426 00:21:04,642 --> 00:21:06,092 as opposed to, you know, 427 00:21:06,126 --> 00:21:07,507 something closer to the city. 428 00:21:07,542 --> 00:21:09,164 And it's a metaphor for Hong Kong, 429 00:21:09,198 --> 00:21:11,477 because we feel Hong Kong is disappearing also. 430 00:21:11,511 --> 00:21:13,617 And so much of what we're doing 431 00:21:13,651 --> 00:21:17,759 is to keep something that makes us unique alive. 432 00:21:20,796 --> 00:21:23,420 ♪ 433 00:21:23,454 --> 00:21:26,768 For lunch, there's corn and fish maw soup... 434 00:21:26,802 --> 00:21:28,425 ♪ 435 00:21:28,459 --> 00:21:30,944 Fried fish maw with dried scallop, 436 00:21:30,979 --> 00:21:32,877 dried shrimp, and pork. 437 00:21:32,912 --> 00:21:34,327 ♪ 438 00:21:34,362 --> 00:21:36,467 Salted egg yolks are left in the sun 439 00:21:36,502 --> 00:21:37,986 to cure slightly, 440 00:21:38,020 --> 00:21:40,471 then served over rice. 441 00:21:40,506 --> 00:21:43,336 Crispy pork belly cooked in shrimp paste 442 00:21:43,371 --> 00:21:44,717 and yu choy. 443 00:21:44,751 --> 00:21:46,857 ♪ 444 00:21:46,891 --> 00:21:49,446 I drink to heaven! 445 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,034 Under which we stand together and enjoy this. 446 00:21:52,069 --> 00:21:53,864 We drink to earth because... 447 00:21:53,898 --> 00:21:56,487 Well, there's no more earth, but we drink to sea today. 448 00:21:56,522 --> 00:21:58,489 I drink to heaven, I drink to earth, 449 00:21:58,524 --> 00:21:59,801 and I drink to you. 450 00:21:59,835 --> 00:22:01,250 Isn't that the most beautiful way 451 00:22:01,285 --> 00:22:02,631 to share a drink with friends? 452 00:22:04,046 --> 00:22:06,359 I have a tricky moral question, though, for you. 453 00:22:06,394 --> 00:22:07,464 A moral question? Me? 454 00:22:07,498 --> 00:22:08,672 - Yes. Yeah. - Oh, great. 455 00:22:08,706 --> 00:22:10,467 I was... I'm a recovering Catholic. 456 00:22:10,501 --> 00:22:12,365 I can answer any moral question. 457 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,471 We are changing the world by looking at it 458 00:22:14,505 --> 00:22:16,887 through cameras, as... As happens every time 459 00:22:16,921 --> 00:22:19,717 you look at real people, the real world, 460 00:22:19,752 --> 00:22:20,891 real places. 461 00:22:20,925 --> 00:22:23,583 Where does that fall in your comfort zone? 462 00:22:23,618 --> 00:22:25,095 When the character of the place changes. 463 00:22:25,102 --> 00:22:26,379 Ah, yeah, it's true. 464 00:22:26,414 --> 00:22:28,588 We're part of the problem, not... right? 465 00:22:28,623 --> 00:22:31,384 The only way is just not to be cynical about it. 466 00:22:31,419 --> 00:22:33,869 We want the audience to feel a certain way. 467 00:22:33,904 --> 00:22:36,596 But if the process is open, then I think it has integrity. 468 00:22:36,631 --> 00:22:38,667 If we've done what we love in integrity, 469 00:22:38,702 --> 00:22:41,256 if we've tried to be as true as possible 470 00:22:41,290 --> 00:22:43,258 to how we see things, 471 00:22:43,292 --> 00:22:45,260 perhaps, perhaps... Mmhmm. 472 00:22:45,294 --> 00:22:47,124 It transfers. 473 00:22:50,403 --> 00:22:53,441 ♪ 474 00:22:53,475 --> 00:22:55,512 The only function of what we do 475 00:22:55,546 --> 00:22:57,376 with art or with anything 476 00:22:57,410 --> 00:22:59,447 is to give voice to the unspoken, 477 00:22:59,481 --> 00:23:02,415 to give it a form that it's never been 478 00:23:02,450 --> 00:23:03,899 perceived in before. 479 00:23:03,934 --> 00:23:05,694 We can't change the evolution of history 480 00:23:05,729 --> 00:23:07,593 or the gentrification... You can't stop that. 481 00:23:07,627 --> 00:23:10,458 But at least you can say, "Look what you're losing." 482 00:23:10,492 --> 00:23:12,218 That's all... that's the only... 483 00:23:12,252 --> 00:23:14,703 All we can do is give an image to an idea. 484 00:23:17,948 --> 00:23:18,448 ♪ 485 00:23:44,699 --> 00:23:46,942 The infamous Chunking Mansions 486 00:23:46,977 --> 00:23:48,737 sit right smack in the center 487 00:23:48,772 --> 00:23:50,843 of high-end Tsim Sha Tsui, 488 00:23:50,877 --> 00:23:53,570 right around the corner from swank hotels 489 00:23:53,604 --> 00:23:56,262 and surrounded by shops selling luxury goods 490 00:23:56,296 --> 00:23:59,438 and designer brands. 491 00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:02,026 5 housing blocks and 17 stories 492 00:24:02,061 --> 00:24:05,271 containing, well, everything and everybody 493 00:24:05,305 --> 00:24:07,929 who the rest of Hong Kong would like to ignore. 494 00:24:11,173 --> 00:24:14,763 While many locals avoid it for its, well, reputation 495 00:24:14,798 --> 00:24:16,593 and for some of its less legitimate 496 00:24:16,627 --> 00:24:18,457 business enterprises, shall we say, 497 00:24:18,491 --> 00:24:21,114 it offers cheap rooms and asylum 498 00:24:21,149 --> 00:24:23,600 for people, specifically refugees, 499 00:24:23,634 --> 00:24:25,498 from all over the world 500 00:24:25,533 --> 00:24:28,225 and even a taste of home. 501 00:24:28,259 --> 00:24:31,953 When I met Selena about 15 years ago, 502 00:24:31,987 --> 00:24:35,128 we decided to open a restaurant in Hong Kong. 503 00:24:35,163 --> 00:24:38,477 But most of the African guys here, 504 00:24:38,511 --> 00:24:40,409 to be honest, they don't have money. 505 00:24:40,444 --> 00:24:42,308 Most of them, they are refugees. 506 00:24:42,342 --> 00:24:46,036 So how do we sell the food to them? 507 00:24:49,764 --> 00:24:51,869 So we opened us a kitchen 508 00:24:51,904 --> 00:24:55,563 for all of them to come and cook their food, 509 00:24:55,597 --> 00:24:57,841 enjoy and meet new friends. 510 00:24:57,875 --> 00:25:00,360 Then, uh, they can enjoy themself. 511 00:25:00,395 --> 00:25:02,535 That's how we started. 512 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:09,508 I moved from Hong Kong to Canada. 513 00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:11,544 My husband moved from Ghana 514 00:25:11,579 --> 00:25:13,097 to China and Hong Kong. 515 00:25:13,132 --> 00:25:14,547 But we know that if you move 516 00:25:14,582 --> 00:25:16,894 to another country, it's not easy. 517 00:25:16,929 --> 00:25:20,001 So we try to provide a place for them 518 00:25:20,035 --> 00:25:22,279 to feel like they are at home. 519 00:25:22,313 --> 00:25:23,936 After we have this place, 520 00:25:23,970 --> 00:25:26,007 we see a lot of happy face. 521 00:25:26,041 --> 00:25:28,112 I see a lot of them gains weight. 522 00:25:28,147 --> 00:25:29,873 They have a big tummy. 523 00:25:29,907 --> 00:25:31,599 And I say, "Okay, that's..." 524 00:25:31,633 --> 00:25:33,428 "what we are doing is the right thing." 525 00:25:33,462 --> 00:25:33,962 ♪ 526 00:25:42,989 --> 00:25:44,404 Tell me about this building. 527 00:25:44,439 --> 00:25:45,751 It's legendary, of course. 528 00:25:45,785 --> 00:25:47,546 For me, I think it's... 529 00:25:47,580 --> 00:25:48,892 It's really a very unique place. 530 00:25:48,926 --> 00:25:50,928 Like it's a place that when I come out 531 00:25:50,963 --> 00:25:52,689 from my home, it's a place that I know 532 00:25:52,723 --> 00:25:54,207 I'm gonna pass in some way. 533 00:25:54,242 --> 00:25:56,071 It's a place I meet new friends. 534 00:25:56,106 --> 00:25:58,695 It's a place that gives me a lot of confidence. 535 00:25:58,729 --> 00:26:01,318 When I'm in here, I know where to go. 536 00:26:01,352 --> 00:26:05,080 I know who to talk to. I know which food to eat. 537 00:26:07,635 --> 00:26:09,119 In the '60s and '70s, 538 00:26:09,153 --> 00:26:11,639 the city relied on cheap refugee labor. 539 00:26:11,673 --> 00:26:13,226 No longer. 540 00:26:13,261 --> 00:26:15,815 Today, most refugees are seeking asylum 541 00:26:15,850 --> 00:26:18,059 anywhere they can find it. 542 00:26:18,093 --> 00:26:20,509 Many here are stuck in limbo. 543 00:26:20,544 --> 00:26:22,926 Can't go back, can't work, 544 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,444 can't leave. 545 00:26:24,479 --> 00:26:26,654 Jahan fled Iran six years ago 546 00:26:26,688 --> 00:26:28,310 just ahead of the secret police. 547 00:26:28,345 --> 00:26:30,968 Shermarke is a student from Somalia, 548 00:26:31,003 --> 00:26:32,625 who had equally compelling reasons 549 00:26:32,660 --> 00:26:35,179 to leave his home. 550 00:26:35,214 --> 00:26:36,767 What brought you here? 551 00:26:36,802 --> 00:26:38,769 The basic reason for me to come here 552 00:26:38,804 --> 00:26:40,633 was finding a safe haven, right? 553 00:26:40,668 --> 00:26:41,772 - Yes. - I mean, 554 00:26:41,807 --> 00:26:43,256 you're in a safe place. 555 00:26:43,291 --> 00:26:44,837 That's the only thing you're thinking about 556 00:26:44,844 --> 00:26:46,045 in that moment. You came from Iran. 557 00:26:46,052 --> 00:26:47,606 - Yeah. - Why did you come 558 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,435 to Hong Kong? Why did I leave Iran? 559 00:26:49,469 --> 00:26:51,368 The short version goes, 560 00:26:51,402 --> 00:26:52,783 they wanted to kill me, and I said, 561 00:26:52,818 --> 00:26:54,751 "No thank you." I end up here. 562 00:26:54,785 --> 00:26:56,373 It was... It wasn't something 563 00:26:56,407 --> 00:26:58,133 that I would dream of or I planned. 564 00:26:58,168 --> 00:27:00,515 I have no idea about the currency, 565 00:27:00,549 --> 00:27:01,758 the government. 566 00:27:01,792 --> 00:27:03,449 No, nothing at all. 567 00:27:07,211 --> 00:27:09,110 ♪ 568 00:27:09,144 --> 00:27:10,698 How long have you been here now? 569 00:27:10,732 --> 00:27:12,285 Uh, going to be six years. 570 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:13,632 - Six years? - Yeah. 571 00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:14,805 They tell me that 572 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,808 even if you be accepted as a refugee, 573 00:27:17,843 --> 00:27:19,638 you are not welcome to stay. 574 00:27:19,672 --> 00:27:21,778 You have to be resettled in another country. 575 00:27:21,812 --> 00:27:23,469 - Right. - They are telling me 576 00:27:23,503 --> 00:27:25,298 while you're staying, you are not allowed 577 00:27:25,333 --> 00:27:28,647 to work, study, even volunteer, 578 00:27:28,681 --> 00:27:32,029 or contribute in society in any way. 579 00:27:32,064 --> 00:27:33,548 But you can exist. 580 00:27:33,582 --> 00:27:34,963 That's it. You can exist, yeah. 581 00:27:34,998 --> 00:27:37,483 - You believe me or not... - Hold on one sec. 582 00:27:37,517 --> 00:27:38,829 Let me reset. 583 00:27:38,864 --> 00:27:40,900 - How is it going? - Good. 584 00:27:40,935 --> 00:27:42,488 You believe everything he says? 585 00:27:42,522 --> 00:27:44,214 - Yes. - Oh, Jesus! 586 00:27:46,181 --> 00:27:47,693 I think we're good. We got a lot of bread. 587 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:49,039 But if they can bring that up for eating... 588 00:27:49,046 --> 00:27:50,496 Actually, they brought it in. 589 00:27:50,530 --> 00:27:51,808 Let's just leave it there. 590 00:27:51,842 --> 00:27:54,189 Can we push you a little bit to your right? 591 00:27:56,571 --> 00:27:57,606 All right? Let me know 592 00:27:57,641 --> 00:27:58,884 when everybody's up. 593 00:27:58,918 --> 00:28:00,506 Roll sound. 594 00:28:03,543 --> 00:28:05,822 ♪ 595 00:28:05,856 --> 00:28:07,858 So what is your hope? 596 00:28:07,893 --> 00:28:09,273 What are your prospects 597 00:28:09,308 --> 00:28:10,999 of being able to go to America? 598 00:28:11,034 --> 00:28:12,829 I would love to go to America. 599 00:28:12,863 --> 00:28:15,452 But it's not the way U.S. sees me 600 00:28:15,486 --> 00:28:16,833 qualified to be there. 601 00:28:16,867 --> 00:28:20,353 Right before Donald Trump was appointed 602 00:28:20,388 --> 00:28:22,252 to be the American president, 603 00:28:22,286 --> 00:28:24,288 I had my last interview. 604 00:28:24,323 --> 00:28:27,429 And then, unfortunately, you know what he did? 605 00:28:27,464 --> 00:28:29,362 He banned six, seven countries, 606 00:28:29,397 --> 00:28:30,743 including my country. 607 00:28:30,778 --> 00:28:32,262 So now, currently, I'm... 608 00:28:32,296 --> 00:28:34,782 I'm studying and I'm planning to move 609 00:28:34,816 --> 00:28:36,266 to somewhere else. 610 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:38,958 ♪ 611 00:28:38,993 --> 00:28:40,857 To be honest, um... 612 00:28:40,891 --> 00:28:43,376 I'm not a big fan of hope. 613 00:28:43,411 --> 00:28:45,309 I have no hope in the system. 614 00:28:45,344 --> 00:28:46,725 Or I have no hope 615 00:28:46,759 --> 00:28:49,210 in someone gonna get me out of here. 616 00:28:49,244 --> 00:28:50,729 I'm trying by my own. 617 00:28:50,763 --> 00:28:54,077 I'm trying to be my best as possible here 618 00:28:54,111 --> 00:28:57,425 and seek by myself for ways to get out 619 00:28:57,459 --> 00:29:00,428 of Hong Kong and the system. 620 00:29:00,462 --> 00:29:00,962 ♪ 621 00:29:15,788 --> 00:29:16,288 ♪ 622 00:29:30,147 --> 00:29:33,185 ♪ You've said you've tried 623 00:29:33,219 --> 00:29:35,946 ♪ He just can't comprehend 624 00:29:35,981 --> 00:29:38,707 ♪ What is that thing 625 00:29:38,742 --> 00:29:41,710 ♪ That we're trying to defend ♪ 626 00:29:41,745 --> 00:29:44,679 ♪ No one can decide 627 00:29:44,713 --> 00:29:47,268 ♪ How this is going to end 628 00:29:47,302 --> 00:29:47,802 ♪ 629 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,101 ♪ It's in my hot blood 630 00:29:53,136 --> 00:29:54,620 ♪ I can't, I can't 631 00:29:54,654 --> 00:29:55,794 ♪ I can't, I can't ♪ 632 00:29:55,828 --> 00:29:57,554 ♪ I can't, I can't 633 00:29:57,588 --> 00:29:58,658 ♪ I can't do it anymore 634 00:29:58,693 --> 00:30:00,384 ♪ I can't, I can't 635 00:30:00,419 --> 00:30:01,938 ♪ I can't, I can't ♪ 636 00:30:01,972 --> 00:30:03,456 ♪ I can't, I can't 637 00:30:03,491 --> 00:30:05,148 ♪ I can't, I can't ♪ 638 00:30:05,182 --> 00:30:07,460 ♪ 639 00:30:08,876 --> 00:30:10,705 Have you eaten anything this morning? 640 00:30:10,739 --> 00:30:12,672 Uh, no. I'm hungry, man. 641 00:30:12,707 --> 00:30:14,398 Oh, come to me. There we go. 642 00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:17,125 "David Boring" is a five-piece band 643 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,714 fronted by Janice Lau and Jason Cheung, 644 00:30:19,748 --> 00:30:22,579 their backgrounds in architecture and medicine 645 00:30:22,613 --> 00:30:24,961 seemingly at odds with their somewhat more 646 00:30:24,995 --> 00:30:26,825 nihilistic music. 647 00:30:26,859 --> 00:30:28,198 You know this place. You've eaten here before 648 00:30:28,205 --> 00:30:30,000 many times, 'cause you guys 649 00:30:30,035 --> 00:30:32,244 went to school right in the neighborhood. 650 00:30:32,278 --> 00:30:33,762 It's very popular with students. 651 00:30:33,797 --> 00:30:35,419 We always come after deadlines, 652 00:30:35,454 --> 00:30:37,490 so first thing in the morning, 653 00:30:37,525 --> 00:30:39,251 4:00 a.m., all students. 654 00:30:39,285 --> 00:30:40,873 - Yeah. - And the place is 655 00:30:40,908 --> 00:30:42,668 even more crowded than right now, yeah. 656 00:30:42,702 --> 00:30:45,153 What are the things that you see disappearing 657 00:30:45,188 --> 00:30:48,743 in Hong Kong that are most alarming to you? 658 00:30:48,777 --> 00:30:51,228 Certainly a degree of freedom. 659 00:30:51,263 --> 00:30:54,231 As someone who's born and raised here, 660 00:30:54,266 --> 00:30:55,992 you can definitely feel a change 661 00:30:56,026 --> 00:30:57,717 in the last five to ten years. 662 00:30:57,752 --> 00:31:00,617 And what we are trying to do with our music 663 00:31:00,651 --> 00:31:02,895 is to address that sort of change. 664 00:31:02,930 --> 00:31:04,932 Are you able to say what you want? 665 00:31:04,966 --> 00:31:06,174 - Yeah. - Yes. 666 00:31:06,209 --> 00:31:07,693 - Yeah. - In ten years? 667 00:31:07,727 --> 00:31:09,384 I don't know. Right now, yes. 668 00:31:09,419 --> 00:31:10,799 Say what you want. 669 00:31:10,834 --> 00:31:12,070 You are actually allowed to play music. 670 00:31:12,077 --> 00:31:13,699 You're allowed to do whatever you want. 671 00:31:13,733 --> 00:31:15,114 But there's no venue. 672 00:31:15,149 --> 00:31:16,944 There's no space for you to practice. 673 00:31:16,978 --> 00:31:20,016 I think this is how the society is limiting 674 00:31:20,050 --> 00:31:22,225 the possibility of young people, 675 00:31:22,259 --> 00:31:24,365 in that sense. 676 00:31:24,399 --> 00:31:27,057 Whatever your feelings about how things are going, 677 00:31:27,092 --> 00:31:28,887 some things are a constant, 678 00:31:28,921 --> 00:31:31,717 a comfort, a birthright. 679 00:31:31,751 --> 00:31:33,546 Like egg custard buns. 680 00:31:33,581 --> 00:31:35,583 Egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk. 681 00:31:35,617 --> 00:31:37,826 When steamed, the custard returns 682 00:31:37,861 --> 00:31:39,621 to more molten form. 683 00:31:39,656 --> 00:31:40,933 Braised chicken feet. 684 00:31:40,968 --> 00:31:42,555 First fried, then braised 685 00:31:42,590 --> 00:31:44,143 with ginger and star anise 686 00:31:44,178 --> 00:31:47,250 before being finished in the steamer. 687 00:31:47,284 --> 00:31:48,803 Is it possible to make a living 688 00:31:48,837 --> 00:31:50,460 playing your kind of music? 689 00:31:50,494 --> 00:31:51,737 - No. - Impossible. 690 00:31:51,771 --> 00:31:53,049 - No. - Hence the day job. 691 00:31:53,083 --> 00:31:55,051 Hence the day job. 692 00:31:55,085 --> 00:31:57,398 Actually, Hong Kong is a society 693 00:31:57,432 --> 00:32:00,573 that really values elitism and professionalism. 694 00:32:00,608 --> 00:32:03,059 - Right. - But in a way that, um, 695 00:32:03,093 --> 00:32:05,337 we are seeing even these standards 696 00:32:05,371 --> 00:32:07,132 are falling apart within the system. 697 00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:09,582 But it's important to be part of a system 698 00:32:09,617 --> 00:32:11,067 to make any changes at all. 699 00:32:11,101 --> 00:32:12,171 - Right. - Because, 700 00:32:12,206 --> 00:32:13,269 if you just stay on the fringe, 701 00:32:13,276 --> 00:32:14,863 it's very hard to get people 702 00:32:14,898 --> 00:32:16,935 to listen to you. 703 00:32:21,491 --> 00:32:23,148 What do young people want in Hong Kong? 704 00:32:23,182 --> 00:32:25,253 Are they different than the generation before? 705 00:32:25,288 --> 00:32:27,669 Or are they ready to think about stuff 706 00:32:27,704 --> 00:32:28,774 and get angry? 707 00:32:28,808 --> 00:32:29,982 I think that society itself 708 00:32:30,017 --> 00:32:32,088 is projecting a really unhealthy image 709 00:32:32,122 --> 00:32:33,882 of what young people should be like. 710 00:32:33,917 --> 00:32:35,712 Because there's always a model 711 00:32:35,746 --> 00:32:37,956 of what the successful life is, 712 00:32:37,990 --> 00:32:39,440 which is to get a house by 30, 713 00:32:39,474 --> 00:32:41,960 have a family, that sort of thing. 714 00:32:41,994 --> 00:32:44,307 It's not like you can actually change anything. 715 00:32:44,341 --> 00:32:46,274 It's quite a pessimistic thing to say, 716 00:32:46,309 --> 00:32:48,345 but it's... It's more about doing things 717 00:32:48,380 --> 00:32:50,554 to keep yourself sane. 718 00:32:50,589 --> 00:32:53,316 ♪ It's nothing more than a stuff toy ♪ 719 00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:56,112 ♪ With a smile that's so coy ♪ 720 00:32:56,146 --> 00:32:59,391 ♪ Don't say what I'm trying to avoid ♪ 721 00:32:59,425 --> 00:33:02,049 ♪ 'Cause everything has been destroyed ♪ 722 00:33:02,083 --> 00:33:04,672 ♪ I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't ♪ 723 00:33:04,706 --> 00:33:06,225 ♪ I can't, I can't 724 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:07,709 ♪ I can't take it anymore 725 00:33:07,744 --> 00:33:09,021 ♪ I can't, I can't 726 00:33:09,056 --> 00:33:10,298 ♪ I can't, I can't ♪ 727 00:33:10,333 --> 00:33:12,059 ♪ I can't, I can't 728 00:33:13,750 --> 00:33:16,235 ♪ I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't ♪ 729 00:33:16,270 --> 00:33:17,926 ♪ I can't, I can't 730 00:33:17,961 --> 00:33:19,549 ♪ I can't 731 00:33:19,583 --> 00:33:21,206 ♪ Ow 732 00:34:37,005 --> 00:34:37,505 ♪ 733 00:34:43,426 --> 00:34:45,152 I may be in the "Hey, you kids", 734 00:34:45,186 --> 00:34:47,223 get off my lawn" phase of my life 735 00:34:47,257 --> 00:34:49,294 and hostile in principle about changes 736 00:34:49,328 --> 00:34:52,228 to age-old customs and traditions I love, 737 00:34:52,262 --> 00:34:54,575 but it turns out that the new Hong Kong 738 00:34:54,609 --> 00:34:56,956 has its hopeful aspects. 739 00:34:56,991 --> 00:34:58,441 Oh, yes. This is bread and dip. 740 00:34:58,475 --> 00:35:00,236 This is sourdough, chicken fat, 741 00:35:00,270 --> 00:35:02,030 chicken stock, egg waffle. 742 00:35:02,065 --> 00:35:04,930 And this is a Taiwanese bottarga. 743 00:35:04,964 --> 00:35:06,863 So just use your hands. Wow. 744 00:35:06,897 --> 00:35:10,142 I am immediately happy. 745 00:35:10,177 --> 00:35:11,971 Chef-owner May Chow 746 00:35:12,006 --> 00:35:15,043 is the creative force behind Happy Paradise, 747 00:35:15,078 --> 00:35:16,424 a restaurant and bar 748 00:35:16,459 --> 00:35:18,254 serving traditional Cantonese dishes 749 00:35:18,288 --> 00:35:21,015 made with modern cooking techniques. 750 00:35:21,049 --> 00:35:22,775 Joining us are Jenny Suen 751 00:35:22,810 --> 00:35:26,434 and feng shui master Thierry Chow. 752 00:35:26,469 --> 00:35:28,126 Oh, my God, this food is great. 753 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:29,610 How long have you been open? 754 00:35:29,644 --> 00:35:30,611 Seven months, only. 755 00:35:30,645 --> 00:35:32,268 Wait a minute. Only seven months? 756 00:35:32,302 --> 00:35:33,993 - Yeah, yeah. - So this is your new baby. 757 00:35:34,028 --> 00:35:35,333 It was a little bit more reflection 758 00:35:35,340 --> 00:35:37,376 about being Chinese. Like, how do I be modern 759 00:35:37,411 --> 00:35:39,620 but not lose the soul of it? 760 00:35:39,654 --> 00:35:40,897 Now, how important... 761 00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:43,555 And I should be asking... I should be asking you this... 762 00:35:43,589 --> 00:35:46,213 Feng shui is something I know nothing about. 763 00:35:46,247 --> 00:35:47,904 When you moved into the space, 764 00:35:47,938 --> 00:35:49,975 did you consult? 765 00:35:50,009 --> 00:35:51,839 - She's my friend, yeah. - I was guessing. 766 00:35:51,873 --> 00:35:53,185 She's my friend. 767 00:35:53,220 --> 00:35:55,187 Feng shui is just the environment 768 00:35:55,222 --> 00:35:57,569 and the relationship between the environment 769 00:35:57,603 --> 00:35:58,811 and the people. 770 00:35:58,846 --> 00:36:00,330 When you're in a restaurant, 771 00:36:00,365 --> 00:36:03,333 when you're eating the food, the space matters. 772 00:36:03,368 --> 00:36:04,714 It... 773 00:36:04,748 --> 00:36:07,199 It changes the way you taste the food. 774 00:36:12,204 --> 00:36:14,068 So when you look at this space, 775 00:36:14,102 --> 00:36:17,313 what are you looking for and what do you do? 776 00:36:17,347 --> 00:36:19,038 There's a couple things. 777 00:36:19,073 --> 00:36:21,317 So number one is, I use a compass. 778 00:36:21,351 --> 00:36:24,354 So we're northeast, southwest. 779 00:36:24,389 --> 00:36:26,322 So from there, we have a formula, 780 00:36:26,356 --> 00:36:29,221 and then that will tell us where the best chi is. 781 00:36:29,256 --> 00:36:31,050 - What is chi? - The energy 782 00:36:31,085 --> 00:36:34,675 that are given off by the universe. 783 00:36:36,263 --> 00:36:38,851 So I look around, and I see the colors 784 00:36:38,886 --> 00:36:41,751 of the decorations and how the furnitures are. 785 00:36:41,785 --> 00:36:45,927 And then I can say, "Okay, are these good placements?" 786 00:36:45,962 --> 00:36:48,240 ♪ 787 00:36:48,275 --> 00:36:50,242 It's all about the flow of energy, 788 00:36:50,277 --> 00:36:52,106 where... where you're looking at, 789 00:36:52,140 --> 00:36:53,625 where the light comes from. 790 00:36:53,659 --> 00:36:55,627 Which is so... Wait a minute. 791 00:36:55,661 --> 00:36:56,593 But a lot of what... 792 00:36:56,628 --> 00:36:58,043 A lot of what you've been saying 793 00:36:58,077 --> 00:36:59,527 in fact reminds me 794 00:36:59,562 --> 00:37:02,392 of a certain cinematographer right now. 795 00:37:02,427 --> 00:37:04,256 Exactly. 796 00:37:04,291 --> 00:37:06,362 I wouldn't know. 797 00:37:06,396 --> 00:37:08,709 Positive energy harnessed appropriately, 798 00:37:08,743 --> 00:37:10,573 one can turn one's full attention 799 00:37:10,607 --> 00:37:11,781 to the food. 800 00:37:11,815 --> 00:37:14,128 Sautéed prawns with pomelo pith, 801 00:37:14,162 --> 00:37:16,406 fried shrimp roe, and prawn oil. 802 00:37:16,441 --> 00:37:19,409 Those are dishes that I feel even Hong Kong people 803 00:37:19,444 --> 00:37:21,239 don't do it so much anymore, 804 00:37:21,273 --> 00:37:23,275 because it's such an old-fashioned dish. 805 00:37:23,310 --> 00:37:24,794 So we want to make it cool again. 806 00:37:24,828 --> 00:37:27,279 Tea smoked pigeon, served medium-rare, 807 00:37:27,314 --> 00:37:29,488 sea salt on the side. 808 00:37:29,523 --> 00:37:31,145 A Hakka-style chicken, 809 00:37:31,179 --> 00:37:32,733 poached in Shaoxing wine 810 00:37:32,767 --> 00:37:34,769 with oyster mushroom fried rice 811 00:37:34,804 --> 00:37:35,839 and shitake broth. 812 00:37:35,874 --> 00:37:37,255 Again, this would feel 813 00:37:37,289 --> 00:37:39,740 like a very traditional Cantonese dish. 814 00:37:39,774 --> 00:37:41,293 But it's not, because it doesn't 815 00:37:41,328 --> 00:37:44,400 really exist in its form and combination. 816 00:37:44,434 --> 00:37:46,816 Pig brain with burnt pear vinaigrette. 817 00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:48,852 All of it truly, 818 00:37:48,887 --> 00:37:51,269 stunningly delicious. 819 00:37:51,303 --> 00:37:52,684 There's something that I think 820 00:37:52,718 --> 00:37:54,582 binds all of us together, which is, 821 00:37:54,617 --> 00:37:58,345 we're trying to reinterpret Hong Kong culture 822 00:37:58,379 --> 00:38:00,933 in a way that makes sense to us. 823 00:38:00,968 --> 00:38:02,590 I think as we're getting older, 824 00:38:02,625 --> 00:38:05,697 we start to actually enjoy our own culture. 825 00:38:05,731 --> 00:38:08,424 Think that's why you do that movie about "The White Girl." 826 00:38:08,458 --> 00:38:10,149 Or she does, you know, her feng shui. 827 00:38:10,184 --> 00:38:11,661 Because you want to create something new... 828 00:38:11,668 --> 00:38:13,774 - Yeah. - That represents the city 829 00:38:13,808 --> 00:38:15,638 as it is today. 830 00:38:15,672 --> 00:38:16,172 ♪ 831 00:38:26,234 --> 00:38:26,734 ♪ 832 00:38:38,557 --> 00:38:41,629 Okay, this is my prawn grove noodle. 833 00:38:41,664 --> 00:38:43,321 Do you see how... This is the part I... 834 00:38:43,355 --> 00:38:46,496 Wanna try it? Yes, please. 835 00:38:46,531 --> 00:38:49,568 - What do you think? - I love this. 836 00:38:49,603 --> 00:38:52,468 Douglas Young is the founder and creative force 837 00:38:52,502 --> 00:38:55,471 behind the Hong Kong lifestyle brand G.O.D. 838 00:38:55,505 --> 00:38:56,989 Okay, this is a classic. 839 00:38:57,024 --> 00:38:58,991 So it's the same stuff, but without the prawn. 840 00:38:59,026 --> 00:39:00,648 I'm told that, what, two, 841 00:39:00,683 --> 00:39:03,202 maybe three people left in all of Hong Kong 842 00:39:03,237 --> 00:39:05,550 are making bamboo noodles the old-school way. 843 00:39:05,584 --> 00:39:06,854 - That's right. - I mean, I've seen this 844 00:39:06,861 --> 00:39:08,346 process once before, it's incredible. 845 00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:13,903 ♪ 846 00:39:13,937 --> 00:39:16,526 Lao Soong Kee is run by the third generation 847 00:39:16,561 --> 00:39:18,079 of a family who still prepare 848 00:39:18,114 --> 00:39:20,358 their wontons from scratch... 849 00:39:20,392 --> 00:39:24,016 ♪ 850 00:39:26,743 --> 00:39:29,367 And make their noodles, their bamboo noodles, 851 00:39:29,401 --> 00:39:31,610 the painfully labor-intensive, 852 00:39:31,645 --> 00:39:34,372 time-consuming, old-school way. 853 00:39:34,406 --> 00:39:34,906 ♪ 854 00:39:38,997 --> 00:39:41,793 One of the last operations in Hong Kong 855 00:39:41,827 --> 00:39:43,933 to do this. 856 00:39:43,967 --> 00:39:44,467 ♪ 857 00:40:14,515 --> 00:40:17,242 It is one of many things in this city 858 00:40:17,276 --> 00:40:20,314 that are under pressure or disappearing. 859 00:40:20,348 --> 00:40:23,179 A lot of traditional crafts, 860 00:40:23,213 --> 00:40:24,456 buildings... Yep. 861 00:40:24,491 --> 00:40:27,252 Are, without remorse or sentiment, 862 00:40:27,286 --> 00:40:28,805 being bulldozed away. 863 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,490 Well, that's the story of Hong Kong, you know? 864 00:40:30,497 --> 00:40:31,801 Hong Kong is always going through change, 865 00:40:31,808 --> 00:40:33,258 and nothing's precious, it's as if... 866 00:40:33,292 --> 00:40:34,811 As if, you know, if something's old, 867 00:40:34,846 --> 00:40:36,813 it's, like, torn down, thrown away, 868 00:40:36,848 --> 00:40:39,126 destroyed. That's Hong Kong. 869 00:40:42,509 --> 00:40:45,615 ♪ 870 00:40:45,650 --> 00:40:48,273 When I was a kid, all the shopping 871 00:40:48,307 --> 00:40:49,757 used to be done on the street. 872 00:40:49,792 --> 00:40:52,933 There did not used to be shopping malls. 873 00:40:52,967 --> 00:40:55,383 I miss the buildings three stories high, 874 00:40:55,418 --> 00:40:58,801 instead of like glass facades. 875 00:40:58,835 --> 00:41:00,768 And actually, I think also 876 00:41:00,803 --> 00:41:02,390 in the way people dress, as well. 877 00:41:02,425 --> 00:41:03,875 'Cause the people around here, 878 00:41:03,909 --> 00:41:07,119 they dress in this kind of strange mix. 879 00:41:07,154 --> 00:41:09,467 I mean, even the look of Chinese characters, 880 00:41:09,501 --> 00:41:10,985 to me, is very interesting. 881 00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:12,608 But it's disappearing because, actually, 882 00:41:12,642 --> 00:41:14,368 mainland China is trying to get rid 883 00:41:14,402 --> 00:41:16,612 of our Hong Kong style of writing. 884 00:41:16,646 --> 00:41:18,476 We'll lose that as well. 885 00:41:18,510 --> 00:41:20,236 ♪ 886 00:41:20,270 --> 00:41:21,720 Those are beautiful to me. 887 00:41:21,755 --> 00:41:23,722 The things that continually fascinating... 888 00:41:23,757 --> 00:41:24,999 - Yeah. - Fascinate me about... 889 00:41:25,034 --> 00:41:26,414 That's what the city is about. 890 00:41:26,449 --> 00:41:27,726 But those are disappearing. 891 00:41:27,761 --> 00:41:29,314 Those are disappearing because I think 892 00:41:29,348 --> 00:41:30,826 the government wants to present an image 893 00:41:30,833 --> 00:41:33,249 that is like modern and Western. 894 00:41:33,283 --> 00:41:35,147 And so we've got to clean ourselves 895 00:41:35,182 --> 00:41:36,804 of these sort of messy... 896 00:41:36,839 --> 00:41:38,426 - Yeah. - Street people. 897 00:41:38,461 --> 00:41:39,731 And I think that's... I hate that. 898 00:41:39,738 --> 00:41:41,637 Yeah, but I think actually 899 00:41:41,671 --> 00:41:44,053 our generation, the new generation, 900 00:41:44,087 --> 00:41:46,987 is beginning to appreciate what we have, 901 00:41:47,021 --> 00:41:50,093 because we grew up in a wealthy period, 902 00:41:50,128 --> 00:41:52,820 and we had happy childhood memories. 903 00:41:52,855 --> 00:41:54,408 So we wanted to preserve that. 904 00:41:54,442 --> 00:41:56,341 I really see it happening in Hong Kong. 905 00:41:56,375 --> 00:41:58,170 Finally. 906 00:41:58,205 --> 00:41:58,705 ♪