Edwin Lee ist schon vor einer gefühlten Ewigkeit, das Video ist 12 Jahre alt, durch Hong Kong gezogen und hat dort die Locations gesucht, die im Film zu sehen waren und hat diese mitunter sehr treffend auch gefunden. Der Sound halt immer auch noch komplett wahnsinnig gut.
I first watched Manga’s cult classic „Ghost in the Shell“ when I was a teen but only recently realised that the film’s city background is actually based on Hong Kong – my current place of residence.
When it was made in 1995, it depicted a grimy, futuristic city. Now, 16 years later, it’s interesting to see how Hong Kong has physically changed. So I set out to try and recreate particular scenes from the film. The biggest differences between the film and now is that Hong Kong no longer has those awesome low-flying airplanes (airport moved in 1998) nor do we have canals and river boats – though we do have tramcar systems which is the obvious influence for Masamune. Not every shot could be faithfully recreated. Simply because it was an animation!
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