(New Maps of the City Part One: Notes for Films)

Content: Director Roger Garcia drew inspiration from Close to Our Hearts, a script he wrote after returning to Hong Kong from the United Kingdom in 1977. Although the project never materialised because of a lack of funding and resources, Garcia adapted its elements—character lines, location shots, references to other films, portraits of a harpist—for this essay film, which traces a disintegrating relationship between a Chinese musician and his English wife, a photographer. Ruminating on the liminal space between text and image, Garcia seeks new ways of looking at a ceaselessly evolving city.

Countries:

Hong Kong

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Runtime:

46 minutes

Year:

1982

Directors:

Roger Garcia

Production companies:

Modern Films Production

Actors:

Narrator

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Director

Writer

Editor