Perth
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Plot
A part-time security guard and taxi driver looking to leave the hypocrisy of the modern world behind finds that peace doesn't come as easily as he suspected in Singapore-born director Djinn's award-winning drama. Harry Lee has grown tired with the slick, status-driven society that dominates his homeland, and has chose to seek out his own personal paradise in the Western Australian city of Perth. But solving ones problems isn't always as easy as simply running away, and when Harry finds his attempt to migrate becoming increasingly complicated, he accepts a job ferrying prostitutes. Upon growing infatuated with one particularly tragic Vietnamese prostitute, Harry is suddenly awakened to the darkness that surrounds him and determines to embark on a dangerous quest to seek redemption as his situation grows increasingly unstable. ~ Jason Buchanan, RoviCast
- Lim Kay Tong
- Liu Qiulian
- Ivy Cheng
- Victory Selvam
- Sunny Pang
Credit
Djinn - Director, Bin Li - Editor, Wai Kin Cheung - Executive Producer, Charmaine Li - Executive Producer, Keith Jepson - Executive Producer, Nissim Tse - Executive Producer, Richard Eu - Executive Producer, Ilyas Khan - Executive Producer, Sharon Ross Tse - Executive Producer, Marcello De Francisci - Composer (Music Score), Andy Heng - Production Designer, Goh Meng-Hing - Cinematographer, Juan Foo - Producer, Duncan Jepson - Producer, Damon Chua - Producer, Djinn - Screenwriter| Persée (2004 Film), Persécution (2009 Film) | |
| Peru's City of Ghosts (1999 Film), Perumthachan (1992 Film) |
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Perth (film)
| Perth: The Geylang Massacre | |
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| Directed by | Djinn |
| Written by | Djinn |
| Starring | Kay Tong Lim A. Panneeirchelvam Sunny Pang |
| Distributed by | Tartan Films |
| Release date(s) | 18 August 2005 (Singapore) |
| Country | Singapore |
Perth: The Geylang Massacre is a 2004 drama film written and directed by Djinn (the pseudonym of Ong Lay Jinn). It stars Kay Tong Lim as Harry Lee, a part-time security guard and taxicab driver in Singapore. He is a self-described "simple man" whose life becomes complicated when he finds work as a driver for an escort service. Its title refers to the Australian city, which is where he dreams of retiring and considers a paradise.
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Reception
Todd Konrad of the Independent Film Quarterly':
Upon first viewing, the film bears more than a striking resemblance to Taxi Driver in both story and tone. Its themes of loneliness and redemption through violence shine through brightly. However, upon further examination both works begin to diverge. Harry, unlike Travis Bickle, is an individual nearing the end of the line both spiritually and physically as he watches the world move without him. Lim plays Harry with a world-weary resolve that is both calming and all the more disturbing when he lashes out in quick, violent bursts of aggression.[1]
Brian Holcomb of 'Pop Matters' :
While it has been compared to Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic, Taxi Driver, Perth is really quite different. It’s clear that Djinn knows that he is making a similar story and he plays a subtle game with his predecessor the way Stephen King played with the template of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” in his novel, Salem's Lot. But the key difference is that Travis Bickle was a cipher living only in the present, while Harry Lee is a man defined by his past.[2]
Cast
- Kay Tong Lim as Harry Lee
- A. Panneeirchelvam as Selvam
- Sunny Pang as Angry Boy Lee
- Ivy Cheng as Mai
References
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/perth-2004
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