tvandfilm: “Is this an American film or is this a Chinese film?” that was the first ques
tvandfilm:“Is this an American film or is this a Chinese film?” that was the first question people would ask when I first started pitching the movie. It’s a trick a question, right? Because if I said it’s an American film, but also saying I wanted it to be subtitled, people would say, “Well then, it’s not American”. But then if I told Chinese investors it’s a Chinese film, they would say, “Well then it can’t be told from Billi’s perspective, because her perspective is too Westernized and a Chinese audience is not going to resonate with her.” It felt in a way very confrontational because it’s like asking me “Are you American or are you Chinese?” [..] Culturally I’m American, my perspectives are American, but from an aesthetic perspective: do other people look at me and think that I’m American? There was all of that and so I knew that I had to tell this movie from exactly where I stand — which is in the middle. – Lulu WangTHE FAREWELL2019 – Lulu Wang -- source link
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