"Sorry, I'm a cop"

Infernal Affairs by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak (2002) is one of my favourite Hong Kong movies of all times.

I am not a huge fan of crime dramas, it is easy to get desensitized by crime-thriller plots, more so those that are made in Hong Kong – “the good versus the evil” plot is a widely used storyline for countless of movies and dramas.

Mother India

Mother India by Mehboob (1957) is an epic film depicting the life of an Indian woman, Radha, from her early life when she just got married till the days when she aged into a frail old lady, having going through a life of hardships and poverty.

来，去Jiak Hong

Eating Air by Kelvin Tong (1999) is a heavily Singaporean flavoured film, about an Ah Beng who falls in love with an unassuming girl, yet ended up losing his life to honour his friendship with a fellow street hooligan.

What is your 4:30am moment like?

“我觉得一部对白不多的电影，也能感动别人。因为听不到的声音，可以用心来感受。说不出的言语，可以用眼神来流露。触摸不到的人，可以用回忆来重温。那，就是我心里的4：30。”

I feel that a movie without much conversation can also touch the hearts of the audience. Because a voice that cannot be heard, can inevitably be felt, by the heart. Words that cannot be spoken, can instead be conveyed through one’s eyes. And a person that you cannot physically intereact with, can be relieved, and relished, with memories. And that, is my true definition of “4:30”.

- Royston Tan

This is my first time watching an arthouse film directed by local filmmaker, Royston Tan, even though he is best known for his awards-winning feature “15” and commercially successful movie “881”.