Fruit chan

Did you know him? I like his second work” made in Hong Kong"

I’ve only seen Dumplings which I didn’t care for, but I have heard good things about his other films. Durian Durian I’ve just bought off eBay and intend to watch soon, I’m interested in his style and he is supposed to be a more homegrown Wong and explore more political themes.

I’m strongly present you to see Made in Hong Kong. Fruit Chan used some kind of useless films to create this piece. The film is full in anger and pessimism of the 1997 problem. (Hong Kong returns to mainland china) Although this film was made by useless films, it had a sense of beauty.

One of the most important director, these days. Made in Hong Kong is good, but his masterpiece is The Longest Summer: politic, intimist, sharp. In that film, near 1:30h, there is one of the most beautiful and significant scenes of the whole cinema.

really? I want to see it!

Haven’t seen The Longest Summer, unfortunately. Chan’s contribution in “Dumplings” was the best out of the three, to my opinion. As I explained in a previous, Made in HK is a marvelous film which I came across almost by accident 8 years ago and I’m still fascinated by this urban imagery and social concern, even more now than when I first saw it. An underrated masterpiece

Frui Chan is very interesting. I’ve seen one of his films twice at the cinema during the last 5 years, and would recommend it to any film lover: “Public Toilet” from 2002. I didn’t like the long movie-version of “Dumplings” when I saw it at the cinema some two yeas ago. I thought it was a bit shallow and redundant, amking a point you needed maybe 40 minutes for. Maybe he shouldn’t have expanded the short.
I’d love to see more of his work. Seems also like a great filmmaker from what I’ve read about him over the years. The comparison with Wong sounds stimulating to me.

I saw two of Fruit Chan’s films a couple of years ago, in the Slovene Cinemateque : Durian Durian (2000) and Little Cheung (1999). I really enjoyed both, they stroke me as very sensitive and esthetic while at the same time politicaly envolved. Some characters seen in Little Cheung follow into his next film, Durian Durian. I like this, we get the chance to se the evolution of the caracters, it also builds a more consistant narrative universe. Also, Fruit Chan really succeded in making me grow attached to the caracters. A subtle mix between social critique, poetic painting and exploration of relationships.

Seen a few, would love to see more, hear he’s great.