The original disaster movie ... and the curse continues
Chinese people are superstitious. And so are New Yorkers.
In the programme of this year's New York Asian Film Festival, organisers warned the audience of the potential aftermath of watching one of its films: "Note: Any injuries sustained by the audience during or immediately after the screening of Development Hell are not the responsibility of the New York Asian Film Festival."
So what the hell is Development Hell? It turns out that it's a documentary directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Hiroshi Fukazawa that freaked out the festival's organisers. The film followed the development of Bodyguards and Assassins, believed to be one of Hong Kong's most "cursed" productions, from the first take done in the 1960s by Peter Chan Ho-sun's father to finally being successfully turned into an award-winning epic directed by Teddy Chen and produced by Chan. People involved in the film at different stages told their tales ranging from financial disasters to suicides and death.
What was more bizarre was that Fukazawa got run over by a car while shooting the documentary.
The film will be shown on June 27, and Fukazawa will be attending the screening. Let's wish him a safe and happy trip.
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「雲店」本來就是一間細小店舖，店內僅擺放三張食桌，每台四把摺椅，食品只提供雲吞麵一款，且限量發售，每天只造二千碗，平日未及黃昏已賣清光，顧客專誠來撲空見怪不怪，可想而知食客三千之說絕不假。像這規模的小店舖，由博郎自己一手打理已足夠應付，但師奶們總愛多嘴談天:「老闆，什麼時候娶個賢內助打理幫忙?」，面對類似題目，博郎早己麻木:「誰會喜歡我這等粗人啊?」
晚上六時，博郎駕車回家休息，收音機天氣報告:「明日天氣預測，繼續多雲驟雨，有狂風雷暴。」博郎又怎會想到，明天的「驟雨」將會是他人生的轉捩點。
翌日，又是博郎回店舖的時間，他駕著十年前出土的五門四驅車Land Cruiser特別版TX，當年專程由日本訂講回香港，那時特色在於「GOA」及「SRS」系統，在本地較少見，今日再看，則老套不堪，但起碼這些年來，都沒發生過任何嚴重碰重，尚算見效吧。一如以往，早上五時四十五分，不偏不倚，日日準時，博郎踏出家門。 「嘩酷!!」一打開門，竟有名「不速之客」來迎接博郎。
一條至少三尺長的大蟒蛇，全副武裝屹立在門前恭候「ziiip…」博郎見狀立即關門，定神回覆冷靜，隨手在玄關旁拿起鋁合金壘球捧，準備向來賓迎頭痛擊，在荒山野嶺居住，防御武器不可缺。再打開門的時候，發現那條巨蟒已遍體鱗傷，陷入垂死狀態，此際，博郎始知道是什麼一回事。
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日出而作，日入而息，是一般人的生活規律。「雲店」老闆博郎亦不例外。他甚至比其他人勤力，每朝天未光，時針搭正五點鐘就起床梳洗，整裝出發駕車回麵店開檔。一星期七日，假日照常。
六點鐘，街道車輛未見繁忙，這亦是博郎提早出門的原因之一，他害怕擠迫，侷促感覺，為避過海底隧道塞車的情況，惟有比其他人早點上班。說起來也算是自討苦吃。他的麵檔「雲店」位於銅鑼灣市區一旺中帶靜之處，而自己卻住在石崗這偏僻地方，由住所到鋪頭起碼要花個多小時路程，不過，他是喜歡寧靜的居住環境，也以駕車為享受情趣，自得其樂。
「今日天色灰暗，鳥雲有驟雨」，電台雖如此報導，現實卻是另一回事，天朗氣清。回到麵檔已是七時左右，每逢平日都有一班準備返學的小學生經過，亦如常禮貌地跟博郎打招呼，「肥伯伯，早晨」縱然博郎已經四十多歲，身形龐大，但肥伯伯這稱呼未免叫老了。難得博郎亦從不介意，慈祥微笑道:「早晨」對!，他的性格和藹可親，待人友善，雖然平時不苟言笑，沉默內向，亦搏得街坊鄰里賜予「好好先生」的美譽，況且他煮得一手美味雲吞麵，不僅贏盡街坊口碑，更遠近馳名，「雲店」的而且確店如其名，客似雲來。
所謂國有國法，家有家規，「雲店」亦有自家的一套經營守則，獨沽一味只賣雲吞麵…
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