First it's Hong Kong Harbor pollution. Now the 'Dark Knight' production has been blacked out by local business owners and concerned environmentalists, according to an Associated Press article.
Apparently the production crew asked local businesses to keep their lights on after hours in order to enhance the city's striking skyline during night photography. However, with Hong Kong's environmental problems and the world's energy crisis, consuming electricity for theatricalities sake seemed a bad idea to the city's residents.
"We welcome the filming of Batman in Hong Kong, but why do we need to keep the lights on to make the backdrop? It seems like film-making is coming before environmental protection," Gabrielle Ho, a project manager at conservation group Green Sense, told The Associated Press.
"We believe producers are able to create the same effects via post-productions works, but instead they are asking us to turn on so many lights, wasting so much energy," Ho said.
Reportedly, few businesses complied with the request.
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