Premiere screening of Hong Kong gay movie “Amphetamine”
Nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 2010 Berlin International film award, Hong Kong movie “Amphetamine” has been very well received at various film festivals and screenings. It was also selected as the closing film for this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival. “Amphetamine” premiere screening was held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on April 6th, and similarly, the audience was touched by the the love between the two lead actors. And while being interviewed about the controversial and much debated scene where one of the male lead was raped by another actor, the protagonist Byron Kung became emotional and was choking with tears.
“Amphetamine” is the director Scud’s second movie in his “Ultimate Trilogy” following his previous film “Permanent Residence”. Scud also doubled up as the script writer and producer of the movie. The lead actors are the well-sculpted model Tom Price and an equally toned 2005 Mr. Hong Kong participant Bryon Kung. This film depicts a gay love story: When a dejected swimming coach Kafka (by Byron) meets Daniel (by Tom), a young and passionate homosexual executive, the young men fatefully fall in love and believe that their love can bridge anything, even their difference in sexuality and Kafka’s drug habits. Sexual orientation, unhappy past, and torturing drugs have cause these two young men love each other profusely.
After the preview, many viewers expressed that they were touched by the love between the male protagonists, one female audience even expressed firmly that she would no longer resist homosexuals and won the applause of the audience at the theatre.
Here’s a memorable quote from the movie: “There is no way to quit a fateful love.” And now, enjoy the movie trailer.
Here’s a song by Wu Tong titled “Broken Bridge” which is a independent song but inspired and related with the movie “Amphetamine”.
