My 30 Work Days

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My 30 Work Days: Diary of Shooting A Simple Life
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Author Andy Lau
Original title我的30個工作天:《桃姐》拍攝日記
CountryHong Kong
LanguageChinese
Genre Diary, Prose, Photo-book
Publisher Ming Pao Publications
Publication date
27 February 2012 (2012-02-27)
Media typePrint
ISBN 978-7-5113-2144-2
My 30 Work Days: : Diary of Shooting A Simple Life
Traditional Chinese 我的30個工作天:《桃姐》拍攝日記
Simplified Chinese 我的30个工作天:《桃姐》拍摄日记

My 30 Work Days: Diary of Shooting A Simple Life is a book published by Hong Kong actor and singer Andy Lau extracted from diaries and notes that he wrote while shooting the 2011 film, A Simple Life . Lau's 30 personal diaries and notes details his observations and thoughts about issues raised by the story of the film, in particular appreciation of and care for the elderly. The book also contains 300 behind the scene photographs taken by Lau and his colleagues. [1] [2] The book was published on 27 February 2012 by Ming Pao Publications in Hong Kong.

Andy Lau Hong Kong actor and singer

Andy Lau Tak-wah, is a Hong Kong actor, singer, lyricist and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time. In the 1990s, Lau was branded by the media as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop and was named as "Fourth Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB during the 1980s

<i>A Simple Life</i> 2011 Hong Kong drama film directed by Ann Hui

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<i>Ming Pao</i> newspaper from Hong Kong

Ming Pao is a Chinese-language newspaper published by Media Chinese International in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America; each provides independent reporting on local news and collects local advertisements. Currently, of the overseas editions, only the two Canadian editions remain: Ming Pao Toronto and Ming Pao Vancouver.

Contents

Content

  1. Thoughts and recoomendations by cast and crew members of A Simple Life including director Ann Hui, producer Roger Lee and actresses Deanie Ip and Qin Hailu
  2. Lau's 30 daily diary entries
  3. Andy Lau exclusive photo collection
  4. A Simple Life" production stills
  5. Decryption of the story of A Simple Life with photos and sections of the screenplay

Table of contents

  1. Recommendations
  2. Preface
  3. Notes
  4. Photographs
  5. A Simplfe Life script excerpts

Background

Lau's 30 personal entries were originally meant to be blog entries that he intended to share on his Andy World Club official fan club website. Lau also specifically stated the book is not written for his film, A Simple Life, nor is it a promotion for the film as he originally had no intention in publishing it. Instead, he only wanted to journal down his encounters while working on the film, and how the film influenced his feelings and emotions.

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