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自然魅力 : 劉信行Franklin

在Frank的Studio裡, 聽到他最多的聲音是: “自然點, 自然就可以了”.

從”無野之城”的海報, 到”永久居留”的寫真, 以及剛為”安非他命”拍的劇照, Frank都自然地讓模特兒展露他們的魅力, 而赤裸本來就是最自然的.

自然而然地, 我, 我的演員, 我的電影, 都離不開Frank.

我的男主角們

“無野之城”海報上沒穿衣服的男孩: 香子俊, 劉裕康, 梁宇聰, 曾健忠, 周德邦, 到現在還有人不相信他們不是明星, 是打了十幾年棒球的香港代表隊.

“永久居留”裡的李家濠Sean, 看他那麼溫文, 原來醉心西洋拳, 還是泳隊的.

至於洪智傑Osman, 他所屬的EO2是香港首屈一指的跳舞組合, 也有自己的舞蹈學校. 鋼鐵是怎樣煉成的?

彭冠期Byron是第一屆”香港先生”, 這很多人都知道, 但他也是武術指導, 游泳教練, 健身教練, 潛水教練, 海豚訓練員, 救生員…跑100米只要11.3秒.

滿街是他的廣告, 穿甚麼都好看的白梓軒Tom, 最早吸引我的, 是在石澳海灘上滑浪的英姿.

運動是男人的生命, 他們的身體, 是一段又一段人生歷程的自然寫照.

我的電影

“無野之城”講香港棒球隊員在球場內外的故事.

“永久居留”講一個沉迷死亡的男生, 愛上一位健帥的直男.

“安非他命”還沒拍完, 賣個關子, 讓Byron和Tom先給你們一些想象…

我的電影被人談得很多的, 是帥哥們的裸體.

而我最想說的, 是一些不尋常的故事, 不可能的愛情, 不思議的人生.

但都是那樣的真實, 角色, 環境, 目光, 神情, 對白, 都發生過, 都沒辦法過去, 永遠裸呈在思海裡.

所以有這個影展.

雲翔  2009.01.13

雲翔

雲翔生於中國大陸，文革中長大，13歲移居香港，家貧，早年半工讀，後創辦軟件實驗室並成為上市公司。退下前線後移居澳洲，回港後成立獨立電影公司：藝行者，編寫及製作第一部電影：無野之城。

Natural Charm

The Photographer

In Frank’s studio, we most often hear him yells: “just be natural, and that will do.”

Frank has shot for our movies the poster of “City without Baseball”, the album of “Permanent Residence”, the body paint portraits for “Amphetamine”. In all these works, Frank encourages the models to expose their charms in the most natural way, which is being naked.

Naturally, my films, my actors, and myself, can’t be more natural with Frank.

The Heroes

The poster boys of “City without Baseball”: Ron, Hong, Chung, Jason and Jacky, were not professional actors but veteran baseball players representing Hong Kong.

Sean, the male lead of “Permanent Residence”, looks too gentle to be a regular boxer and swimming team member.

Osman, another lead, is a member of EO2, the top dance group in Hong Kong. He also owns a dancing school and teaches. Guess how he attains such a heavenly body?

Byron is best known for his title in the “Mr. Hong Kong 2005”. But he has also been a martial artist, fitness trainer, swimming coach, diver, life guard…runs 100 meters in 11.3 seconds.

Tom looks gorgeous in any dress, as you can see from his ad everywhere. However, he first caught my sight surfing on the Shek-O beach of Hong Kong.

Athletics is the life of men, and their life is written on their body.

The Films

“City without Baseball” is about Hong Kong and her baseball delegation.

“Permanent Residence” is the life story of a man who indulges in death and passionately falls in love with a straight guy.

“Amphetamine” is still in progress, so I shall not unveil too much at the moment, except Byron and Tom.

People talk about the beauty and nudity of the actors in my films, and I want to tell some unusual stories, improbable love, impossible life, for they have been so real, the role, the scene, the sights, the expression, the dialogue, everything that happened so nakedly and could never fade away from the memory.

Therefore, we have got this exhibition.

Scud, 13^th Jan 2009

Scud was born in mainland China amid the Great Culture Revolution. He moved to Hong Kong at the age of 13 and lived in poverty. Working at an early age, he founded a public listed company later. He then moved to Australia for a permanent residence. When he returned to Hong Kong, he started an indie film company, Artwalker, wrote and made his first film : City Without Baseball.

劉信行

劉信行八歲自父親手中第一次接觸相機，十七歲獲香港聯校攝影比賽冠軍，畢業後從事專業攝影工作，熱情不滅。

Franklin Lau

Playing around with metallic person merging from dark colored water
The magic is that it has the extreme contrast of light

Metallic paint on the skin and muscle changes tone
Reflecting lights make it dramatic.
Metallic color has the dynamic range from white to black

If it is not shine on it is actually black.

It is about merging two extreme personalities
    about coming out from the dark
    about pain and self struggle
    about what lies underneath the dark

Franklin was given a camera at the age of 8, winner of joint school photo competition at the age of 17, working as a commercial photographer for 20 years since finishing college. Passion still burning.

潘家偉

潘家偉曾任香港「車王」及「MAXIM」 雜誌總編輯，現於藝行者工作。

Jimmie Poon was editor-in-chief of CarPlus and MAXIM Hong Kong. He is a member of Artwalker now.