Like the Wind

When Christopher Doyle left Australia some forty years ago he let the wind take him on a journey.Today, Doyle is one of the world’s greatest cinematographers.For the past three decades, the Sydney born Australian has been one of the central figures in the rise of Hong Kong cinema.Doyle along with his accomplice on so many projects director Wong Kar Wai, actors Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung and the late Leslie Cheung took the world on a journey of beauty, color and love, which could only be filmed in a city like Hong Kong.His unique style and love for cinema have been molded in Hong Kong as has his friendships and the loves of his life. But he readily admits he is more Hongkongese than Australian yet he acknowledges it’s his Australianisms compliments his character and unique style as a film maker.As a young student at Hong Kong University one of his lecturers dubbed him Du Ke Feng which translated means Like the Wind.Like the Wind is a documentary film by international award winning photojournalist, documentary film maker and journalist Ted McDonnell, who seamlessly interrogates Doyle on his life of Christopher Doyle his films and his love of all things cinema.Like The Wind features interviews with some of the world’s leading actors including Wong Kar Wai, Philip Noyce, Peter Ho Sun Chan, Bill Kong, Rain Li featuring the movies Doyle has shot over the past four decades including In The Mood For Love, Rabbit Proof Fence, ChungKing Express, Happy Together, The Quiet American as well as many other Doyle stylized classics.Cinema legends WKW, Bill Kong, Peter Chan and Phil Noyce have all actively supported the making of Like The Wind. Chris speaks openly about his films the people he has worked with his love of Hong Kong as well as personal film projects he has made over the decades released specially for Like the Wind.In his own style, Doyle takes up the role of narrator of his own story with viewers gaining a rare insight into one of the world’s most significant film makers and the pirate of cinematographers.