Opening scene location
Does anyone know where this was filmed? It looks like it's in Hong Kong.
shareDoes anyone know where this was filmed? It looks like it's in Hong Kong.
shareKeelung City, Taiwan. Somebody visited the location and filmed their own version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTASYLzaoI4
near the keelung train station. In Keelung,an international port city near Taipei.
In the interview with the director in the DVD "Features", Huo Hsiao-hsien said he made it a point to have this movie mostly about Taipei. He also said he doesn't use Cantonese actors and doesn't make films too much like Wong Kar-Wai or other Hong Kong directors because he feels he hasn't got a deep enough cultural background understanding for doing so.
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