City of Darkness: Kowloon Walled City in Color

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  • čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
  • See the Kowloon walled city from behind the lens. Kickstarter for the photo-book "City of Darkness: Revisited."
    Produced and Directed by Tobias Reeuwijk
    Edited by Anthony Choi
    Animations by Samuel McCracken

Komentáře • 90

  • @jamesl9371
    @jamesl9371 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I’m glad that they turned it into a park. It’s a great park and city parks are awesome

  • @MikoyanGurevichMiG21
    @MikoyanGurevichMiG21 Před 4 lety +48

    The photography looks so exceptionally good for the late 80s and the early 90s

  • @IndelibleHD
    @IndelibleHD Před 8 lety +74

    The book is worth every penny, highly recommended.

  • @chorlauheung4920
    @chorlauheung4920 Před 2 lety +8

    Drug trafficking, sex, murders, money laundering, gambling...you name it! This was the place for the makings of a good Triad crime drama.

    • @SuperTitank
      @SuperTitank Před 2 lety +2

      not quite so, if it had been the hell you describe, the people wouldn't have gathered in numbers over there, even with their children. If anything, that unique occurence in modern history shows that, when you have an homogenic ethnicity of people, you can have a whole LOT of people living in the same area, without a degradation in condition of life. They were all chineese people, and willing to build businesses. But, if you pack in OTHER ethnicities in numbers in same places, you get riots, gangs, and geneally speaking a place no one wants to live in. Can you guess which ethnicty gives what results ? . . . . : )

    • @greghauser742
      @greghauser742 Před rokem

      @@SuperTitank The city was a crime ridden dystopia. That's not debatable, it's literally what it was.

    • @JohnyBobblesArchives
      @JohnyBobblesArchives Před rokem

      @@SuperTitankProud segregationist I see. 🤦‍♂️
      Guess it wouldn’t be a CZcams comments section without a dose of racism :/

    • @Coleman_H
      @Coleman_H Před 7 měsíci

      @@greghauser742 i've heard stories from policemen that it wasn't as bad for the general public as people make it out... more of youth gangs messing with old people. the walled city was more of a place for people to sleep while during most of the day they spent their lives in the city

  • @DarkturtleX
    @DarkturtleX Před 7 lety +58

    Good setting for a horror game

    • @SalDOWN
      @SalDOWN Před 6 lety +6

      Kowloon's gate for the PS1...

    • @afriend9428
      @afriend9428 Před 4 lety +4

      *A game called SHENMUE 2 on SEGA Dreamcast and the original XBOX has this city people!!!*

    • @Irraptured
      @Irraptured Před 4 lety

      there is one on steam now lol

    • @nickbensema3045
      @nickbensema3045 Před 4 měsíci

      there's a Unity asset pack for this, and its sample scene with an alley and a few apartments has been made into a gritty and detailed VRChat world. I wonder if anyone who's been there in real life has ever seen it.

  • @meixizou86
    @meixizou86 Před 4 lety +43

    I wish it hadn't demolished and should be preserved. It's part of Hongkong's history. It will also be a good tourist spot.

    • @derp3044
      @derp3044 Před 4 lety +9

      Crime rates were off the hook at it cost too much to maintain. They couldn't preserve it as there would also be tons of squatters.

    • @allanwallace7524
      @allanwallace7524 Před 3 lety +8

      Derp why does the rich wealthy elite refer to homeless people as criminalised squatters I find it insulting I’m not on about you or anybody else I mean in general

    • @meixizou86
      @meixizou86 Před 3 lety +7

      @@derp3044 you're right. it will be complicated and hard to maintain. a monument is enough.

    • @derp3044
      @derp3044 Před 3 lety +2

      @@allanwallace7524 thats just a term used idk, it just refers to people who don't have a house and crash wherever they can. Homeless people and squatters are separate I guess

    • @nickturgeon7632
      @nickturgeon7632 Před 3 lety

      @@derp3044 thats what it was

  • @Georghiou2D
    @Georghiou2D Před 9 lety +22

    I love all the photography. Hoping i can find a copy

    • @yorkiesweetpea23
      @yorkiesweetpea23 Před 2 lety +2

      @@vikingsn1979 your comment was only a year ago. Today, the Book one (City of Darkness: Life in the Kowloon Walled City) is listed for anywhere from $550. to $2100. for new,
      And for used: starting price is $225.
      🤯

  • @philyip4432
    @philyip4432 Před 2 lety +6

    I stepped foot inside the kowloon Walled City in the mid 60's , I was in my mid teens. Knowing that there were no official governing authorities, needless to say , I didn't linger.

  • @SniffyPoo
    @SniffyPoo Před 7 lety +7

    something compelling about it, like a human hive

  • @latenight5865
    @latenight5865 Před rokem +5

    Many from rich countries say, I love Kowloon Walled City, I'd love to visit there, why they demolished it. But I am sure they can't live there longer than a half day, or they won't be able to come outside alive if it still exists.

  • @JungBible
    @JungBible Před 14 dny

    this is so amazing

  • @PRIMALRAGE11
    @PRIMALRAGE11 Před 7 lety +27

    I really think Walled City was a very fascinating place, but the book itself is more a marketing collection of stories, rather than a book focused on life and residents themselves. For me, from the first page it was too obvious the book was focused on making money and not in telling the real life conditions

    • @brucekirk5386
      @brucekirk5386 Před 6 lety +4

      PRIMALRAGE11 great footage of Kowloon in Bloodsport movie

  • @user-ug6qv8ht3x
    @user-ug6qv8ht3x Před rokem +1

    あの場所でささやかに、したたかに生きていた人たちのように力強く生きたい。

  • @afriend9428
    @afriend9428 Před 4 lety +7

    *Fantastic and fascinating indeed guys!* ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

  • @rowanshole
    @rowanshole Před 3 lety +3

    Ordered the new book to be launched April 2021 and really looking forward to recieving it.

    • @NunexxShadowZ
      @NunexxShadowZ Před 3 lety +2

      Hello John, where would I be able to find it?

    • @rowanshole
      @rowanshole Před 3 lety

      @@NunexxShadowZ i got my copy and without hesitation recommend it- you can order it here, and hopefully greg is still signing them! Just request it when ordering www.greggirardpictures.com/product/newly-released-book-city-of-darkness-revisited

  • @AmyPieterse
    @AmyPieterse Před 6 lety +1

    Amazing!

  • @nebulasky6863
    @nebulasky6863 Před rokem

    Book is hard to get. I've wanted a copy for 7or 8 years

  • @kurotresinaanka6910
    @kurotresinaanka6910 Před 9 lety

    SF great movie material

  • @costa1788
    @costa1788 Před 4 lety +2

    Where do I buy the book

    • @TobiasReeuwijk
      @TobiasReeuwijk  Před 4 lety +2

      It was a limited run but it looks like there are copies on Amazon! www.amazon.com/City-Darkness-Life-Kowloon-Walled/dp/1873200137

  • @toyotaavelon4165
    @toyotaavelon4165 Před 3 lety

    There is always reasons when somebody claims I am a refugee! ;(

  • @timothy1949
    @timothy1949 Před 2 lety

    if we have a time machine....

  • @MorphingReality
    @MorphingReality Před 8 lety

    song name?

  • @brucekirk5386
    @brucekirk5386 Před 6 lety

    What's the book name

  • @kevinjamiesonbelou
    @kevinjamiesonbelou Před 2 lety

    Gimme money gimme money

  • @nameme2745
    @nameme2745 Před 2 lety

    Anyone can tell if the book is available now? Many thanks.

    • @lisa_hllr588
      @lisa_hllr588 Před 2 lety

      I think it still is, on their website

  • @jimmyn6867
    @jimmyn6867 Před 9 lety +1

    Very similar to the projects

    • @pwngyourmother7354
      @pwngyourmother7354 Před 8 lety +3

      +Jai Adv naah u cant compare a block with this

    • @dirtyasianmafia2310
      @dirtyasianmafia2310 Před 8 lety

      Its the length of a Hong kong city block

    • @rosegreensummer
      @rosegreensummer Před 3 lety +1

      i remember an american on tv saying he had to turn to drug dealing because of living in such appallingly small apartments in the projects - and then naming a size of apartment only the rich can afford in London

  • @QueenAlexia88
    @QueenAlexia88 Před 7 lety +8

    Bo1!!!!!

  • @kclee1
    @kclee1 Před 8 lety +1

    how can we help?

  • @greghauser742
    @greghauser742 Před rokem

    What a nightmare.

  • @__CNaYeem
    @__CNaYeem Před 2 lety

    I came to see this place.... after playing cod black ops 😆...

  • @Bill-xx2yh
    @Bill-xx2yh Před 2 lety

    FREE FROM GOVERNMENT. Sounds not bad.

  • @colin5064
    @colin5064 Před 2 lety

    Time to move on guys after twenty years

  • @namesomega3694
    @namesomega3694 Před 5 lety +3

    Wonder what kind of other ecosystems have evolved there due to the filth

    • @johnray547
      @johnray547 Před 4 lety +2

      Name's OMEGA Corona Virus prologue

    • @8thsheet407
      @8thsheet407 Před 4 lety +1

      @@johnray547 corona virus : evolution

  • @clcampbell85
    @clcampbell85 Před 4 lety +2

    when your riding your own coattails off a book you and your boyfriend made 20 yrs ago 😂

  • @frederikawells5785
    @frederikawells5785 Před 2 lety

    😂😂😂

  • @KingScorpio84
    @KingScorpio84 Před 8 lety +8

    muslims would have torn each other appart when they would ahve to live in such density

  • @jonathancortez4039
    @jonathancortez4039 Před 5 lety +3

    The narrators voice is irritating sounda like he has flem in his throat. Please stop it.

    • @marishkaspirit
      @marishkaspirit Před 4 lety +9

      You're overly sensitive. please stop it.

    • @Irraptured
      @Irraptured Před 4 lety +2

      "Please stop it" as if the guy can just change his voice. What a moronic comment.