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So called beauty is not you know my make up is so good and then i lifted my face a bit. no. beauty is the darkness and the pleasure of embracing that and that giving you something more of your experience of life. i read a script and it says "he looks so sophisticated." how do you film sophisticated? how do you convey the taste of a chili? well never know. but the privilege weve been given is number one weve experienced it personally. so it becomes part of who you are. >> anthony: leaf dessert no...

Film. >> jenny: actually when we were prepping the film we looked at all the fishing villages around hong kong. and this one was the most complete in the sense that its a real community as opposed to you know something closer to the city. and its a metaphor for hong kong because we feel hong kong is disappearing also. and so much of what were doing is to keep something that keeps us unique alive. >> anthony: for lunch theres corn and fish maw soup. fried fish maw with dried scallop dried shrimp ...

Im a recovering catholic. i can answer any moral question. >> anthony: we are changing the world by looking at it through cameras as happens every time you look at real people, the real world, real places. where does that fall in your comfort zone as the character of the place changes? >> chris: thats true. were part of the problem right? >> jenny: the only way is just not to be cynical about it. we want the audience to feel a certain way but if the process is open then i think it has integrity....

Where is the aperture? can you tell me? >> dominic: i think youre at a 2.8. >> anthony: i dont smile a lot on this show by the way. im smiling now. >> chris: i want to shoot you guys. so tell us -- are you behind the camera? what are you seeing? >> fred: im trying really hard to get focus here. >> chris: really? why is that? this is one of the most beautiful shots ive ever made. ive never made a shot about cameras before. so tell us what is a camera to you? >> fred: i think its a good thing to h...

And its a metaphor for hong kong because we feel hong kong is disappearing also. and so much of what were doing is to keep something that keeps us unique alive. >> anthony: for lunch theres corn and fish maw soup. fried fish maw with dried scallop dried shrimp and pork. salted egg yolks are left in the sun to cure slightly then served over rice. crispy pork belly cooked in shrimp paste and you choy. >> chris: i drink to heaven. under which we stand together and enjoy this. we drink to earth beca...

Of those energies focus in a way that somehow connects with other people. hello. what do you want in life? >> anthony: i mean you do understand the impulse right? people see work that youve long ago moved on from. and they get a hard on and it wont go away. i mean come on, its -- >> chris: but the great pleasure is -- i did it. and its done. you want me to reshoot "chungking express"? ♪ >> anthony: but of course they all do dont they? >> chris: but i dont know how i did it. ♪ >> anthony: is ...

Did it. ♪ >> anthony: is there value in just beautiful people and objects moving through space in beautiful ways? >> chris: is there a value to the color of a pomegranate? >> anthony: yeah yeah. there is. >> chris: exactly. this is our challenge -- is to celebrate that. so called beauty is not you know my make up is so good and then i lifted my face a bit. no. beauty is the darkness and the pleasure of embracing that and that giving you something more of your experience of life. i read a scrip...

Ah here we go. >> chris: so this is family food. >> li: [ speaking foreign language ] >> chris: [ speaking foreign language ] >> li: i dont know. >> chris: you dont know. >> li: wonton. >> chris: [ speaking foreign language ] this is the most famous noodle stand in cinema history in hong kong. >> anthony: has he been in the films himself? >> chris: yeah. many many many times. this is a next nomination for hng kong film awards. >> anthony: oh man its good too. ♪ >> chris: i dont watch movies. i...

In voiceover. >> anthony: tai o is one of the last fishing villages in hong kong on the western side of lantau island. the families here have made their living from the sea for generations. for chris doyle and his co-director jenny suen its a return to the location of their recent film "the white girl." >> anthony: so where are we? cause i recognize it. >> chris: were in the venice of hong kong. obviously. i mean there we are. weve got the canals. weve got canals going in all directions here. we...

Im a recovering catholic. i can answer any moral question. >> anthony: we are changing the world by looking at it through cameras as happens every time you look at real people, the real world, real places. where does that fall in your comfort zone as the character of the place changes? >> chris: thats true. were part of the problem right? >> jenny: the only way is just not to be cynical about it. we want the audience to feel a certain way but if the process is open then i think it has integrity....