Category Archives: Street Racing: Hong Kong

I just walked pass Racing Zero. The blue gate was up. I had a look in. There was nothing in it. The office was empty of the desk, no one inside. The main room no longer held the car polishing equipment, the towels, the buckets, the cars. Two men were looking at it, I amContinue reading “Empty Shop”

Riding With Hong Kong Street Racers I did call Mike today. Thought maybe we could go for lunch. He is working in a place in Kowloon. A shop of his friends. Racing Zero is closed now. Completely. Wai has pulled out and there isn’t enough money to keep it open. The other partner, the fatContinue reading “Shop Really Closed. This SUCKS.”

Riding With Hong Kong Street Racers When I walked passed the garages today. I noticed Mike’s shop is still closed. This is coming to the second week. When I walk pass Fai’s shop, I see his car and not him. Something has gone down. I mean to call Mike every day to see how heContinue reading “Shop Closed Still… Sigh..”

Riding With Hong Kong Street Racers Last night I kept hearing the cars roar past my apartment. The sound of the enginsz, grrrrr, grrrr, and I missed the feeling of going out with them. I also remember how shocked I was when I found out the reason they cut the muffler and put new exhaustContinue reading “The Sound of the Engines”

Here is the link to the Old Glutter Entries Regarding Making of this Film. You will be directed to the first page of it. Please navigate with the Calendar for the rest. http://blogs.salon.com/0002681/categories/ridingWithHongKongStreetRacers/2003/07/29.html

I don’t even remember feeling the fear. In retrospect I should have been scared when these guys put me in their cars and went over 200 Kms on windy, hill roads. It never occurred to me to feel frightened. I just remember the thrill of it. The feeling that I am IN. The feeling thatContinue reading “THE FEAR and DEATH: Street Racing, Entry 4”

Part of the Search when I was noble, before it got all convoluted in my head. The topic that most interested me was why they race. What were the reasons these guys went that fast on the roads, what was it that they got out of it? There are loads of reasons. I could listContinue reading “Why They Race. RWHKSR Entry 3”

Riding with Hong Kong Street Racers: Entry 2 When I was in college, I met some middle class black men who spent a lot of time pretending to be gangsters, trying to find the “real” black experience. I didn’t know them very well, but I couldn’t really understand why they bothered to hang out withContinue reading “In Search for Authenticity and Not Wanting to Lie and Not wanting to Tell the Truth.”

Riding With Hong Kong Street Racers. This thought has plagued my mind for months. Should I put the film on hiatus? I know I cannot go any further into the lives of my current subjects. They are not giving me any new insight, and one of the people I want most on this film Ah,Continue reading “Searching For Poetic Humanity”

Earlier this year, I went to New York trying to find interesting people to work on the film together. The plan was to try and spend as much time in New York as I can and look for funding. Just when it all seemed all systems go. SARS happened, I got sick with the flu,Continue reading “General Film Entry”