Amphetamine: a strong central nervous system stimulant. The highly addictive and mood-altering drug is used legally to treat children with ADHD and illegally as a recreational drug.
Byron Pang (l) and Thomas Price (r)
I first discovered the work of writer and director Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung, (Scud) a couple of years ago. Born in Guangzhou, he later moved to Hong Kong with his family when he was13. Scud attended the Open University of Hong Hong obtaining a degree in computers. After working close to twenty years in IT, Scud decided he need to refocus his life and his career. He then moved to Australia and decided to focus on his passions for music and literature.
After moving back to Hong Hong in 2005, Scud established 'Artwalker Limited', and independent film company and the rest as they say, is history. It was just a few years later in 2008 that Scud wrote and co-directed his first feature film, Mou ye chi sing. (A City Without Baseball) I featured both the film, and it's star Ron Heung last year on FH. (HERE:) Given Scud unabashedly explore gay issues, with plenty of male nudity, it's not surprising that many of his films evoke controversy not just in Hong Kong and Asia but around the world as well.
I've been making my way through the directors films and most recently watched 2010's An fei ta ming (Amphetamine) 安非他命 focuses on the complicated relationship between openly gay banker Daniel, (Thomas Price) and Chinese fitness and swimming trainer Kafka. (Byron Pang) Kafka's identifies as straight, but addiction, mental health struggles and trauma have left him broken and sexually damaged and confused.
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