To Be Continued 尚未完場 @ Summerhall, Edinburgh

To Be Continued @ Summerhall, Edinburgh

*** 30th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards - Films of Merit ***

*** Selected for 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival ***

“To Be Continued” Documentary Synopsis

Convenient, tired and vapid, ‘East-meets-West’ is a cliché that has for decades been used to sell the ‘Hong Kong story’ to the world. Yet in the forgotten legend of Harry Odell, Hong Kong’s first impresario, a rediscovery of the city’s soul awaits.

Flamboyant and cigar-chomping, Odell was a Cairo-born, Shanghai-bred Russian Jew who stamped his mark on the cultural life of post-war Hong Kong. His hopeful, if chronically loss-making adventures pushed the cultural frontiers of his adopted home, capturing the open, dynamic and inclusive spirit of a bygone era to leave a legacy that resonates to this day.

What began as a grassroot conservation campaign to save the iconic State Theatre in Hong Kong morphed into five years of research and interviews with those who witnessed Odell in action. The result: a film that is as much a study of one indomitable pioneer as it is a soul-searching journey of what defines Hong Kong.

There will be an online director's sharing after the screening.

First come first serve, Free seating, No refund.

*** 榮獲 第三十屆香港電影評論學會-推薦電影 ***

*** 入選 第47屆香港國際電影節 ***

《尚未完場》紀錄片簡介

歐德禮是一個時代，代表一個被遺忘的美麗舊香港。

他是叱吒一時的娛樂大亨，是皇都戲院前身 - 璇宮戲院的創辦人，五十年代戰後蕭條，他已一手引入多位國際知名音樂家，永遠叼着一口雪茄見報寫專欄，演藝事業虧損慘重，卻為香港文化開闢了新天地，被稱為「香港文化史前人物」。

但他的傳奇今天卻無人知曉。

有人不甘心，五年來鍥而不捨去翻查資料，上山下海用盡古怪方法尋覓歐德禮的後人，甚至尋人尋到明星的家中，赫然發現跨時空的關聯。

在那個白天上映黃飛鴻和林黛電影的大戲院，晚上有名家如 Isaac Stern、Fournier坐鎮，華洋雜處，雅俗共賞，只此一家。標誌香港新時代的大會堂開幕，第一場演奏正是由歐德禮承辦。

五、六十年代那個消失的香港又再被看見：曾經如此兼容並包、不問身世、各種文化互相碰撞，那是香港和世界的初戀。

讓我們記得這個故事。

歐德禮和香港的傳奇，尚未完場。

導演將出席網上映後談。

先到先得，不設劃位，不設退款。

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