RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS @ Singapore Chinese Film Festival 2015 + Films I caught at the festival
Has there not been update on this blog for that long?
It happens, when you are buried with work.
A month ago, RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS was shown at the Singapore Chinese Film Festival.
At the very same festival, I was able to meet Taiwanese directors like the legendary Li Hsing (considered a godfather of Taiwanese cinema), the influential Wan Jen (of the Taiwan New Cinema, a contemporary of Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang's), and the much respected Yang Li-Chou (whose critically and commercially successful documentaries opened the way for Taiwanese documentaries to be shown in their cinemas).
I was very grateful that I had relatives and old classmates from primary and high school attending my screening. Meant a lot to me, even if I was unable to articulate them into words. Only thank you.
Now, aside from my own screenings, the beauty of film festivals is being able to catch great films.
The first night of the fest, I caught Yang Li-Chou's THE MOMENT - FIFTY YEARS OF GOLDEN HORSE, an exquisite documentary that covers fifty years of the Golden Horse Awards (known as the Chinese Oscars) and the sociopolitical situation in the region that shaped its cinema. It inspired me a lot for the documentary that I am now shooting.
The following day, after my own screening, I caught Wan Jen's latest film, the comedy IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO. A departure of style from his previous works.
And finally, Chenn Hsiang's directorial debut, EXIT 迴光奏鳴曲. Chen Shiang-chyi, who had been in most of Tsai Ming-Liang's films, won Best Actress at last year's Golden Horse Awards. It's unsurprising, she carried the entire film by herself.
Chenn Hsiang, by the way, is the great cinematographer of one of my favourite Taiwanese films of all time, BLUE GATE CROSSING. Tis a photo I took with him in Taipei back in 2011.
I also wanted to catch RUBBERS by Han Yew Kwang, whom I had the pleasure to meet at the Network of Asian Fantastic Films in Bucheon Film Festival. Alas, my time in Singapore was too short, and at that time, the film had yet to show. Nonetheless, I still like this photo very much.
It happens, when you are buried with work.
A month ago, RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS was shown at the Singapore Chinese Film Festival.
At the very same festival, I was able to meet Taiwanese directors like the legendary Li Hsing (considered a godfather of Taiwanese cinema), the influential Wan Jen (of the Taiwan New Cinema, a contemporary of Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang's), and the much respected Yang Li-Chou (whose critically and commercially successful documentaries opened the way for Taiwanese documentaries to be shown in their cinemas).
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Director Edmund Yeo with the legendary director Li Hsing, whose career has spanned 60 decades
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I was very grateful that I had relatives and old classmates from primary and high school attending my screening. Meant a lot to me, even if I was unable to articulate them into words. Only thank you.
今天在新加坡举行的《榴莲忘返》放映会对我很特别， 小学的同学们来棒场。 我们都一起长大， 一起谈理想， 我儿时发导演梦的时候， 时常就把剧本的IDEA说给他们听， 真的辛苦他们了。 如今， 我真的拍了人生第一部长片， 能与你们分享我的作品，...
Posted by Edmund Yeo on Saturday, April 25, 2015
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上个周末， 《榴莲忘返》导演杨毅恆出席了新加坡华语电影节举行的放映会， 非常感恩观众们热烈的回应。 也很兴奋， 能与几位来自台湾的前辈们合影。 例如电影风格深入台湾电影界的李行导演， 台湾新电影重要导演之一的万仁导演， 以及拍了不少非常重要...
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Now, aside from my own screenings, the beauty of film festivals is being able to catch great films.
The first night of the fest, I caught Yang Li-Chou's THE MOMENT - FIFTY YEARS OF GOLDEN HORSE, an exquisite documentary that covers fifty years of the Golden Horse Awards (known as the Chinese Oscars) and the sociopolitical situation in the region that shaped its cinema. It inspired me a lot for the documentary that I am now shooting.
The following day, after my own screening, I caught Wan Jen's latest film, the comedy IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO. A departure of style from his previous works.
And finally, Chenn Hsiang's directorial debut, EXIT 迴光奏鳴曲. Chen Shiang-chyi, who had been in most of Tsai Ming-Liang's films, won Best Actress at last year's Golden Horse Awards. It's unsurprising, she carried the entire film by herself.
Chien Hsiang, the awesome cinematographer of BLUE GATE CROSSING
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