cantonese - interview with director of film "ten years"
TRANSCRIPT
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CANTONESE
20.02.16
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TASK
• Please create a summary of the video clip (the solo
interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=36LaQljEK9c
• Concentrate on these talking points (Part I)
• Talking about it being possible that the film might
not be accepted / liked by all• Some critics panning it as not having enough social
breadth because it’s about ““
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TASK
• Why he chose an actress who also took on the
role of an editor
• How he argued that there actually is enough of a
social element
• The symbolic difference between the door andthe wall
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TASK
• Part 2
• When asked by an audience member why he
had chosen to focus on the lower / middle class,how did he answer?
• Why it’s difficult to accept things like mental
disorders, LGBT - “deviation from the socialnorm” - happening around us on a personal
level?
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TASK
• How he reconciles between being an
independent and producing a commercial film
• How he reconciles between art and politics
•
When he talks about reducing people into aperson and the quote at the end of the clip
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DISCUSSION
• Indie vs. going big - what are some of the internal conflicts
artists struggle with? How would you resolve these if you were
an artist?
• If you were a parent of a disabled kid, would you accept charity
from others? An empathetic eye? How about if the roles were
reversed?
•How does one reconcile between donning a guise of lendingan empathetic ear to others who are less fortunate, but
become less amenable when these unfortunate events befall
ourselves?
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DISCUSSION
• Childcare was deemed to be less important than
things like fighting for universal suffrage, hostingthe Umbrella movement. From a practical
standpoint, it might be true. How do we work
together with the government to make sure these
less noticed issues are noticed?