At last year’s Venice Film Festival, Stranger Eyes became the first-ever Singaporean film to land in the main competition, vying for the Golden Lion. Launching as a crackerjack thriller and morphing into a tender, existential set of musings on the mutually sparking tussle between surveillance and identity, Yeo Siew Hua’s third feature keeps us guessing, as it takes wild turns.
Ahead of the film’s North American release later this month, Yeo Siew Hua sat down with Outlook’s Debanjan Dhar for an exclusive conversation.
00:00 – 00:06 | Following and Watching 00:35 – 01:18 | Mediations and Perspectives 01:29 – 02:24 | A World of Perspectives 02:45 – 03:26 | Osmosis and the Mirror 03:49 – 05:13 | Watching as Transformation 05:27 – 07:19 | The Challenge of Two Apartments 07:26 – 10:35 | Producers as Companions 10:46 – 13:29 | The Silent Actor 13:35 – 15:14 | Cultures of Acting 15:34 – 17:53 | Editing Beyond Language 18:06 – 21:20 | Surveillance and Reception 21:29 – 22:26 | Voices of Singapore Cinema 22:40 – 22:56 | What Comes Next
