Enough of Macau as exotic backdrop for movies like Indiana Jones – filmmakers are telling local stories now
- Macau used to be an ‘exotic’ setting for films like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom with Harrison Ford. Now filmmakers tell ‘real’ stories about their home
The afternoon heat, humidity and the tight space of Rua do Bocage hold in the pungency of exhaust fumes, incense smoke, ripening bananas and durian, lingering char siu grease, bacalao (dried codfish) and the brick decay of buildings themselves.
With the air-conditioning units’ run-off mixed with rust and concrete, the buildings are perspiring. Typical Macau.
Even later in the evening, with the iconic Macau General Post Office clock ticking towards midnight, I am parched and sweating in a sultry back alley near Senado Square in search of the fabled “Indiana Jones” bar.
The off-the-map watering hole takes its nickname from the opening scene of the legendary 1984 action-adventure film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which was filmed in this storied part of town.
Standing pensive in the narrow Rua do Bocage alley that pours onto the historic Praça de Ponte e Horta, where aunties exercise and uncles read newspapers and sip tea, I peer up at the 15-storey Hotel S.
