“Stop being such a princess.”
We have probably heard the phrase, this has been a story a director has been eager to tell so many times, it has become something of a cliché . However, in the case of director and producer Emily Ting’s film “Go Back to China”, this particular reason for telling a story has an autobiographical foundation. On the occasion of the movie’s screening at this year’s South by Southwest festival, Ting explains further how the story eventually became one she needed to tell before she was able to focus on other projects after her last feature “Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong”.
Even though she emphasizes she does not resemble the main character of her movie, she was also forced to return to her home country China at the age of 24. The experience of working in this culture, which had become somewhat foreign to her,...
We have probably heard the phrase, this has been a story a director has been eager to tell so many times, it has become something of a cliché . However, in the case of director and producer Emily Ting’s film “Go Back to China”, this particular reason for telling a story has an autobiographical foundation. On the occasion of the movie’s screening at this year’s South by Southwest festival, Ting explains further how the story eventually became one she needed to tell before she was able to focus on other projects after her last feature “Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong”.
Even though she emphasizes she does not resemble the main character of her movie, she was also forced to return to her home country China at the age of 24. The experience of working in this culture, which had become somewhat foreign to her,...
- 4/12/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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