简介：ANOTHERDAYOFDEPRESSIONINKOWLOONisavirtualethnographicstudyandadigitalportraitofHongKongasseenthroughthelensofcontemporarypopularcultureincarnatedintheformsofvideogameandscreenmedia. Usingthemap“Kowloon”fromthepopularvideogameCALLOFDUTY:BLACKOPS(2010)asafieldofstudy,thefilmmakerconductedyearlongvirtualfieldwork,playing,observinganddocumenting“HongKong”assimulatedinthevideogameworld. Hackinganddisplacingthelogicofthegame,ANOTHERturnstheviolentfirst-personshooterintoaseriesofvacant,uncannyandyetmeditativetableaux,unearthingaformalpoetrythatisoftenoverlookedduringtheoriginalgameplay.ANOTHERcombinesmethodologiesfromboththeobservationalandassemblagefilmtraditionsinraisingquestionsaboutculturalrepresentationsincontemporarypopularmedia,whileatthesametimecreatingevocativemetaphorsforapost-colonialHongKongthroughthereworkingofmediamaterials. ANOTHERisa“found”landscapefilm,aballadforapost-colonialHongKongseeminglytrappedinendlessdownpoursofmurkypoliticaldismal.…