As Time Goes By (1997)

Original title

去日苦多

Directed by

Vincent Chui, Ann Hui

Genre

documentary film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

58 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary is a self-portrait of director Ann Hui and a look at Hong Kong over the four decades leading up to the 1997 handover. It weaves together personal memories and historical footage to capture a city in transition.

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What happens

As Time Goes By (in Chinese 去日苦多) is a 1997 documentary film by the Hong Kong director Ann Hui. The film, part of the Taiwan-produced series "Personal Memoir of Hong Kong", is both a self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by the United Kingdom to China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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