Ay? I thought political films not allowed??
Anyway this will be very interesting as it unfolds. Let's see what this Wayne Wang fella is made of... Will a Hollywood director bend to peesai's political pressure?
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/383484/1/.html
Hollywood director Wayne Wang to lend credibility to local film "1965"
SINGAPORE: Hollywood director Wayne Wang will be lending his credibility to a local film, “1965”, which has been in the works for two years.
Managing Director of MediaCorp Raintree Pictures Daniel Yun said that they wanted “someone with the status and standing to bring it to a higher level”.
Yun, who credits Wang for introducing him to indie films, said, “He (Wang) is really more East-West, and I think we need someone with an external view of something internal, so you can make it (the movie) very universal.”
The movie combines facts and fiction, and Yun hopes that the movie will be done in a “in a fair, but not in a bland way”.
“1965” will be based on the title year - the year that Singapore gained independence. The movie will revolve around ordinary characters in their lives during this time, which is “not going to span a wide period”.
“It’s a very difficult period, a very important period, but most importantly, it’s a very interesting background for real characters to show, during a time when it’s not like this (now), their stories, their aspirations, and their struggles. We want to make it very real, and the most important thing is to make a movie like this connect with contemporary audiences,” Yun said.
Hong Kong-born Wang explained his interest in “1965”: “I don’t know a lot about it, but I’m sure that period is so complicated, full of conflicts and it’s so interesting. And I’d love to learn more about it and try to do a very honest film about all the people involved during that time.”
Wang, whose film credits include “The Joy Luck Club” and “Maid in Manhattan”, thinks that getting the facts right in a movie fusing facts and fiction is more important than providing a fictional account.
He said, “I don’t think you can fictionalise it too much because after a while, people will say, ‘This is all unreal. This is fake.’ I think it has to come from a fact, and we have to fictionalise it to make it more of a movie, but that (getting the facts right) has to be the key.”
Wang’s latest movies, “The Princess of Nebraska” and “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” are currently showing at Golden Village Cinemas in Singapore.
- CNA/sl
Anyway this will be very interesting as it unfolds. Let's see what this Wayne Wang fella is made of... Will a Hollywood director bend to peesai's political pressure?
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/383484/1/.html
Hollywood director Wayne Wang to lend credibility to local film "1965"
SINGAPORE: Hollywood director Wayne Wang will be lending his credibility to a local film, “1965”, which has been in the works for two years.
Managing Director of MediaCorp Raintree Pictures Daniel Yun said that they wanted “someone with the status and standing to bring it to a higher level”.
Yun, who credits Wang for introducing him to indie films, said, “He (Wang) is really more East-West, and I think we need someone with an external view of something internal, so you can make it (the movie) very universal.”
The movie combines facts and fiction, and Yun hopes that the movie will be done in a “in a fair, but not in a bland way”.
“1965” will be based on the title year - the year that Singapore gained independence. The movie will revolve around ordinary characters in their lives during this time, which is “not going to span a wide period”.
“It’s a very difficult period, a very important period, but most importantly, it’s a very interesting background for real characters to show, during a time when it’s not like this (now), their stories, their aspirations, and their struggles. We want to make it very real, and the most important thing is to make a movie like this connect with contemporary audiences,” Yun said.
Hong Kong-born Wang explained his interest in “1965”: “I don’t know a lot about it, but I’m sure that period is so complicated, full of conflicts and it’s so interesting. And I’d love to learn more about it and try to do a very honest film about all the people involved during that time.”
Wang, whose film credits include “The Joy Luck Club” and “Maid in Manhattan”, thinks that getting the facts right in a movie fusing facts and fiction is more important than providing a fictional account.
He said, “I don’t think you can fictionalise it too much because after a while, people will say, ‘This is all unreal. This is fake.’ I think it has to come from a fact, and we have to fictionalise it to make it more of a movie, but that (getting the facts right) has to be the key.”
Wang’s latest movies, “The Princess of Nebraska” and “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” are currently showing at Golden Village Cinemas in Singapore.
- CNA/sl
