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Anson Mak 麥海珊
Who's Afraid of Ghost?! 邊個驚鬼?!
2009
Anson Mak’s Who’s Afraid of Ghost?! portrays the transformation of life in Hong Kong that accompanied the city’s rapid modernisation. The film centres on the rituals of the Ghost Festival—an annual Buddhist and Taoist day of worship which lands on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. According to traditional belief, the festival marks the time when the gates of heaven and hell are open, allowing spirits to roam the earth. Filmed in colour using both digital and Super 8mm formats, Who’s Afraid of the Ghost?! combines slick images and grainy footage, underscoring a melancholy contrast between past and present. In addition to scenes of the city, Mak includes footage from her childhood, heightening the sense of nostalgia and drawing attention to the gentrification that has taken place in Hong Kong’s traditionally working-class neighbourhoods.
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