Hongkong, 2008, 26 minutes, Katrien Jacobs, original version with English and Chinese subtitles It is often mentioned in local newspapers and magazines that Hong Kong performs badly in the bedroom. Is it true that his hyper-wired megapolis has lost its sex drive? Against a backdrop of alienating high-rise buildings and the expanding IT services of the new economy, I use my camera to zoom in on Hong Kong people’s “porn stories,” their drive towards post-human hedonism or multiple personalities. The film starts with the Edison Chen sex scandal and then samples Hong Kong’s softcore erotica produced by the Shaw brothers in the 1960s and 1970s. Virtual lives and humorous stories are interlaced with the lore of celebrity scandals and political darkness.
